Tag Archives: South Africa

Babylonstoren : Beyond the Kitchen Garden

Posted on 03/12/2022 by The Gardens Trust

I don’t often write more than one post on a garden. But then few gardens are quite as extraordinary as Babylonstoren. After last week’s look at  the 8 acre formal kitchen garden I’m going to look at the rest of … Continue reading →

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Babylonstoren: an historic garden in the making

Posted on 29/11/2022 by The Gardens Trust

Back in September I was in South Africa and taken to see Babylonstoren, an impressive  “new” garden about an hour north of Cape Town. The 200-hectare estate lies at the foot of the  Simonsberg mountain range near Franschhoek in the … Continue reading →

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The Company’s Garden

Posted on 17/09/2022 by The Gardens Trust

I’m writing this post in Cape Town the home of the oldest European garden in Africa.  Known as The Company’s Garden it  lies near the heart of the modern city just four hundred metres south of where Jan van Riebeeck … Continue reading →

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The Empress’s Greenhouse

Posted on 11/07/2020 by The Gardens Trust

Last week’s post about Josephine and the landscape at Malmaison left out any discussion of the plants grown there, so today’s post is going to make up for that, because  it was plants that really captured her imagination. That meant, of … Continue reading →

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Christmas with the Vicar and some Naked Ladies

Posted on 21/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Scratching my head for something suitably seasonal, and having previously looked at poinsettia and mistletoe but reluctant to do the obvious like Christmas Trees, holly or ivy, it occurred to me that very little has been written about Naked Ladies…. … Continue reading →

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