Feb 2020
Moot House
10am – 5pm The beautiful terraced garden at historic Moot House has recently been extensively revamped. The formal rose garden with gravel pathways and raised beds gives way to expansive lawns and a glorious shade garden with tree ferns, whimsical corners and paved pathways. The contrast between the wide-open sunny spaces and the shaded areas is wonderful. This is a garden of vistas with meandering paths winding through cleverly planted beds with a mixture of indigenous and exotic plants…
Find out more »Mar 2020
Gordon Harrison
10am-5pm The Head Gardener “After 17 years of trying and not succeeding with different garden styles, we have embraced our steep, south facing slope, heaps of rock, heavy winter frost and a limited budget. Less formal, more indigenous and natural, is our new approach! Please join us and be part of our gardening journey.”
Find out more »Jane McKenzie
10 am- 5pm Jane McKenzie 26 Portman Road, Bryanston As you wander through Jane's beautiful, indigenous garden in the heart of Bryanston, you experience a sense of peace and tranquillity created by the canopy of trees which she planted 25 years ago. The many paths leading from the house take one on a journey of discovery to different sections of the garden where a variety of indigenous plants such as plectranthus and aloes cover the banks, and agapanthus bloom. The…
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Aloe Ridge
10 am -5pm Aloe Ridge 303C Olievenhout Avenue , Northriding. As the owner has made very interesting changes to the garden Aloe Ridge will be open again this year. Aloe Ridge a 6700 m indigenous garden is set in the Northriding Agricultural Holdings Valley just below the Northgate Dome. There are over 300 planted South African indigenous tree species growing amongst the original ancient African Olives, Mountain Karee, Bushman’s Poison, Common Hook Thorn, Red leaf Rock Fig and Rock…
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Shepstone Garden
10 am -5 pm Shepstone Gardens, 12 Hope Rd, Mountain View Joburg’s Shepstone Gardens are a mix of verdant and intriguing concealed spaces. They are theatrical gardens filled with hidden treasures. The owner took inspiration from 18th century English gardens, especially in terms of the views and different levels. It is about a sense of theatre, about not divulging everything at first glance. A meander along the gently curving pathway reveals constant notes of surprise. For starters there’s very…
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