Upcoming Events

3-4 September 10am -4pm  Sandspruit River Ramble From Kelvin Drive ,left into Stighling, first right into 1st Ave, Rivonia This first Spring event we like to open in memory of Dave Hunt. Dave , an active environmentalist, took the initiative to clean up the Sandspruit from Kelvin Drive northwards, removing alien vegetation and litter. He has planted hundreds of indigenous trees,put up benches and build bridges. Thanks to all his effort, we can enjoy this beautiful stretch of the Sandspruit…

  Saturday 1 October 2022 9am to 4pm  Roedean School (SA), Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown  A Blooming Affair - Garden and Craft Market Day Roedean School has a truly magnificent garden of botanical interest which ‘intertwines’ with the school’s 119-year history. The Herbert Baker buildings are complemented by beds filled with a great variety of plants, large and small, indigenous and exotic, with roses abounding. Visit The AnneLorentz Peace Garden, which is an indigenous water garden at the start…

 ELPHIN LODGE 1st  & 2nd OCTOBER, 2022 Time 10am -4pm l0 jewels of small  gardens set in the park-like grounds of the village, complete with dams partly bordered with sleeping willows, small thatched bomas, a wooded copse on the northern border, the 100-y'ear-old blue-gum trees reaching high alongside the river, which flows on the eastern  side of this extensive property. The birdlife is abundant and varied. A small  English country garden near the river contrasts with a fruit salad hotch-potch…

15th-16th October 10 am-4 pm  Jill Gillman 12 Alwyn Road. Bedfordview.   A large,elegant and abundant garden, sunny and green, with flowering pink and white roses en mass everywhere, standard and climbing: an archway of roses leads the eye down manicured lawns to a dense treed forest boundary as backdrop. Dramatic against the pristine white of the double storey gabled home, the classical figures and urns and the occasional cherub in a water feature highlight the banks of roses, pansies, impatiens, dainty…

15 th -16 th October 10am-4pm  Sharon Kroon 11 Ferguson Road. Bedfordview  ln adventurous mode, owner Sharon transformed a mud patch into a cleverly designed  front garden, based on circular and semi-circular flower beds, accessed by paving stone paths, set into perfectly seeded lawns. Neat, clipped topiary trees and bushes to the left and the right of the garages, with the emphasis on the larger garden area to the right, its beds of roses, verbena, a large oak-leafed hydrangea, a…

29-30 October  10 am-4 pm   Lynne Marais. 26 11th Ave, Melville  A small garden ,but with a wonderful integration into Melville Koppies. This garden incorporates a bio swimming pool, complete with a rainwater holding tank to facilitate watering. Although not entirely indigenous , the levels are terraced and the endemic species meld gently into the surrounding landscape. The garden will be combined with Melville Koppies. Wendy Carston will take people for short walks in the reserve as well giving a…

26-27 November 2022 10am-4pm  Burkleigh House 327 Pine Avn. Ferndale, Randburg   Burkleigh House. The beauty of formality is set against blossoming informality in this one acre garden. There are shrubs aplenty, including roses, set amongst mature trees, surrounding lush lawns. In a corner is a delightful vegetable garden inhabited by Bantam hens.  Entrance R 50.00 per person-Children under 12 free. No bookings required. All proceeds from the event go towards our chosen charities- Park Care and Earth Centre. Contact…

  4th Feb -5th Feb 2023 10 am- 4 pm   Casa Trevelle  Trevor and Michelle Backman 351 d Spionkop Avenue  NorthRiding A.H. 2162 Casa Trevelle represents the old and the new, meeting and flowing into various areas or rooms.    The slope of the land creates natural terraces of which some have been adapted as interesting cultivated areas. And wherever you go, there are the sounds of water and of birds. This garden offers many options from a stroll around to sitting in…