The sun was slowly fading into the horizon when I walked into Grace Lewa’s garden. Right from the entrance, I knew that I was in for a treat because this garden was unlike others I have visited before. Ms Lewa’s garden was a foliage garden. While flowers tend to outshine everything else in all gardens, in this urban garden located in Lang’ata, the foliage plants are most prominent.
“I moved here 16 years ago. Welcoming me to the neighbourhood was the dying green grass and the dust,” Ms Lewa tells me as we walk around the intimate garden.
