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Tag Archives: Western Cape

Vergelegen – Can a Garden be Unethical?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by admin

After an absence of six years, this was my second visit to Vergelegen, and I am always encouraged and excited to see a garden where new developments have taken place and the garden is still evolving; but this is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, South Africa | Tagged Anglo-American Corporation, South Africa, Western Cape

Kirstenbosch – An Indigenous Botanical Garden

Posted on March 8, 2014 by admin

My first visit to Kirstenbosch, some seven years ago, was something of a disaster. Driving from the opposite side of Cape Town, in warm sunshine with clear blue skies; a thick sea fog swept in, turning everything into grey gloom. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, South Africa | Tagged Cape Town, Cecil Rhodes, Western Cape

Babylonstoren – An Exemplary Productive Garden

Posted on February 17, 2014 by admin
The Vegetable Patch

The Western Cape, in November, when the fynbos is in flower is astonishing. There is a profusion and natural exuberance in this unpromising shrubby landscape that is unique – the giant silvery-pink proteas, the orange pin-cushion proteas, the magenta-coloured pelargoniums, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, South Africa | Tagged Karen Roos, Western Cape

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