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A CELEBRATION OF THE MAURITIAN COUNTRYSIDEOf the hundreds of acres that stretch as far as the eye can see, the majority will remain largely outside the golfcourse project. Bertrand d'Unienville, its landscape designer, sees it as a real opportunity: “This kind of projectis like a blank page. The new course provides a unique opportunity to design a golf setting that blends in withthe Mauritian countryside. It is up to us to create a formula that works environmentally within the existinglandscape and over time. That’s the main driver behind everything being undertaken within the Bel Ombreestate.”As a result of its physical location, the Reserve’s course will indeed create an ecological link between thehillsides and the sea, using endemic and native grasses which are suitable for the immediate surroundingsof a golf course. “The choice of species that will be used for large meadows around the course has beenmade by studying the immediate perimeters of the course. We’ve particularly been seeking grasses that lookafter themselves, those that are found naturally in the soil here and don’t need us to water them. It’s fromthat starting point that we have built up a spectrum of plants that blends in with the existing vegetation.” AsBertrand d'Unienville goes on to say, “The idea isn’t to recreate a natural environment such as existed in thepast but, with responsible landscaping techniques, to make use of available species that suit and blend in withthe setting. The golf course is a great opportunity to celebrate the Mauritian countryside. Melinis repens andBothriochloa insculpta are two of these naturalised species which we have been able to use to create a plantpalette on the terrain in keeping with that already there.”HERITAGE RESORTS STORIES |75
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