Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Everything starts with stone. Stone becomes soil. The better your soil, the better you eat.” Dr Ernst van Jaarsveld, renowned horticulturalist and Babylonstoren’s own succulent expert, is passionate about rocks and their geological ancestry. Join him for a highly informative talk and tour in his beloved Welwitschia rock garden, and learn how to create your […]
Garden Town Stellenbosch, one of the country’s most prominent garden-lifestyle celebrations, returns from 31 October to 9 November 2025 with a fusion of vibrant botanical displays, insightful workshops, engaging talks and unique garden tours. At its heart is the highlight event: the Garden Show and Market at the Town Hall; a lively hub where growers, […]
Drought-tolerant, hardy and amazingly diverse in shape, colour and type, succulents have taken the gardening world by storm. Learn to cultivate, propagate and design a succulent garden under the keen and knowledgeable guidance of Ernst van Jaarsveld, our resident botanist.After walking through our cycad garden to look at various succulent ground covers and species, Ernst […]
Ever dreamt of creating a handmade blanket, or perhaps a beautiful scarf of your own design? Join us at Soetmelksvlei to master the art of crochet with needleworker Doortjie Gersbach. Under Doortjie’s guidance, we’ll then learn to crochet select heritage crochet patterns – used by grandmothers and great-grandmothers before us. After a hands-on morning, we’ll […]
Join us on an olfactory adventure as we nose our way around the estate. Our oil fields stretch out below the Babylonstoren koppie, sun drenched and rich in essential oils. Make sure to bring a sunhat and sturdy shoes as we follow master gardener Gundula Deutschländer on the scent trail to harvest some fragrant herbs. […]