Oct 2019
Roedean School
A BLOOMING AFFAIR- Garden and Craft Market Day Roedean School has a truly magnificent garden of botanical interest, which intertwines with the schools 116-year history. The Herbert Baker buildings are complimented by beds filled with a great variety of plants, with roses abounding. Visit the Anne Lorentz Peace garden, which is an indigenous water garden at the start of the Roedean Kopje walk. There will be a variety of plants for sale and enjoy a guided tour by Florina Jensen…
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Michelle’s Garden, High Cloud High Cloud Rd , Irene (25 minutes drive from Johannesburg) High Cloud will welcome you to this magnificent park-like estate in the peaceful surroundings of Irene. Set on 10 acres with 5 acres under planting, this garden is both beautiful and unusual. Paths lined with trees of many varieties guide one through annual and perennial beds . Humpbacked bridges span the many ponds where swans glide regally and then lead onto the wonderfully whimsical follies. An…
Find out more »NORTHWARDS HOUSE
This historic home in Parktown built by Herbert Baker was once the home of the Dale Laces and then the home of Sir George Albu. As one enters there is a small koppie with indigenous plantings. The rest of the garden follows a more traditional style of Baker Italianate gardens modelled on Gertrude Jekyll ideas. At this time of year one looks down from the garden over a sea of mauve jacaranda blossoms. A view not to be missed.The book…
Find out more »Judith Williams
10am-5pm Beautiful old stone walls surround the gated entrance to this garden. A brick pathway with herbaceous borders on either side, filled with mixed plantings of roses, azaleas and annuals welcomes you.To the left of the house is a wooded area with a small stream and pond then one goes up onto a lawn with a magnificent view. Below the ridge is a wooded wild garden with a waterfall. If you like to explore the whole garden it is…
Find out more »Nov 2019
Random Harvest
9-10 November 10 am-5 pm Random Harvest Garden, Plot57, Nooitgedacht, College Road, Muldersdrift(S26 01.796 E27 53.649) Random Harvest’s garden features a variety of carefully created habitats for wildlife. Birds (169 species on their list), many pollinating insects and other creatures abound in the sanctuary provided for them. The gardens are run on natural principles without the use of harmful pesticides, which accounts for the quantity and diversity of creatures present.Of interest are the beautiful indigenous trees, many of which are…
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