October 2018
Roedean School – A BLOOMING AFFAIR – Garden and Craft Market Day
Roedean School has a truly magnificent garden of botanical interest, which intertwines with the school’s 115-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 Anne Lorentz Peace Garden, which is an indigenous water garden at the start of the Roedean Kopje walk. A BLOOMING AFFAIR is an annual event of one day only that can be enjoyed by all the family.…
Find out more »Christopher and Susan Greig: Beechwood Garden
This is surely one of the most classical landscaped gardens in Johannesburg. Laid out in 1945 by a legendary landscape architect, Joane Pim and redesigned by the current owners, Christopher and Susan Greig, this 3.5 acre garden surrounds a magnificent old-world house, designed by Steffen Ahrends and features a colossal Water Oak which is believed to be one of the largest trees in Johannesburg. The garden features a forest setting with pathways leading to an English styled garden where several…
Find out more »November 2018
Maatje and Hendrik Barnard
The owners started developing this garden in 2007 by planting over a 100 indigenous trees on the property. These trees have grown to big specimens as has a lane of Aloe berberae (Tree aloe). There are several flower beds with a backdrop of colourful shrubs. The garden shows an excellent mix of colour, with foliage both exotic and indigenous. A good description of this garden is a peaceful oasis.
Find out more »Dalene Loubser
Due to popular demand, one of our most admired gardens will be open again, and it is a joy to visit.
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