Bedford Open Gardens

Please note these gardens are only open to the public during the Annual Garden Festival.

  • More InfoUpdated: March 2023
    Graeme and Liesl are your hosts at the tranquil Orchards farm. Theirs is an informal country garden that springs to life with an abundance of colour in the spring, continuing through to the warm summer months.
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    • 074 899 5387
  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
    The historical Maasström Farm is embraced by the sweeping Kaga mountains, giving you a glimpse of the beauty ahead. A majestic Atlas Cedar surrounded by a riot of Clivias welcomes you to this beautiful garden. Formal flower beds...
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    • 083 232 3735
  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
    This seventh-generation farm exudes a sense of the timelessness of a bygone era. The park-like garden with informal mixed borders, is more like an English country garden, complementing the 250-year-old farmhouse.
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  • More InfoUpdated: April 2019
    Glen Avon Farm, near the historic little town of Somerset East in South Africa's malaria-free Eastern Cape, lies at the foot of Boschberg Mountain and provides a perfect environment for a farm holiday.
    • Bed And Breakfast
    • Self Catering
    • Farm Getaway
    • Bird Watching
    • Fishing
    • Hiking Trails
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  • More InfoUpdated: September 2021
    Black and white and colour photocopying, phot printing, laminating. Design service. Selection of stationery and art materials. Art classes run by Anything Art. Refurbished second-hand furniture. Art. and more
    • Nursery
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  • More InfoUpdated: 7 months ago
    This peaceful oasis with huge trees, sweeping lawns and plentiful herbaceous borders frames a blue-chip guesthouse and a gracious 5th-generation family home. 'Windows' in the various garden ‘rooms’ invite the eye outwards...
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
    This soft tranquil space is in sharp contrast to the rugged and harsh countryside surrounding it. The garden mirrors the formality of the 7th-generation homestead, although planting within the beds is informal. Mass planting is...
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 8 months ago
    A true treasure hiding in the mountains awaits you here. Ria makes use of natural elements with masses of roses softening the effect of stone and river pebbles. Registered cycads, a generator, sun and wind power as well as a...
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  • More InfoUpdated: October 2021
    This inspiring child-friendly garden has a quirky sense of fun along with commitment to sustainability. Ramble up the 180m long rose walk, count the 8000 eco-bricks that make up the circular herb bed; guess at the size of the...
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    • 082 497 2138
  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: March 2023
    After a lifetime of working in the big citites, Mike and Barbara bought a piece of her ancestral farm and rennovated the old stone farmhouse. Lifestyle farming is going well with a productive veggie garden, hens and a dairy cow....
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months ago
    Mandalay (23 Stockholm Street) is situated on the edge of Bedford village facing the mountain. This peaceful garden has an 'away-from-it-all' feeling. Espaliered fruit trees count among the 12 different varieties of fruit and nut...
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
    Olivewoods is a farm 9km from Cookhouse and owned by a 6th generation farming family dealing in cattle, angora goats, sheep, citrus and pecan nuts. The lovely home and B&B cottage are set in a beautiful park-like garden. The...
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: September 2021
    Hospitality straight from the heart awaits you at this Karoo-style garden that is both a place of healing and a refuge for rescued and arid-zone plants. Hilda has a personal vision and a quirky sense of humour that infuses her...
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  • More InfoUpdated: January 2022
    (Stocklholm Street). Gwen Fagan, the doyenne of heritage roses, was instrumental in setting up this living archive of South Africa's old roses. Visit this unique garden and be beguiled by the roses of old. Their tenacity at...
    • Sightseeing
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: September 2021
    The garden of Glen Gregor with beautiful mountain and forest views, is situated at the top end of a peaceful valley. Free flowing beds are lush with shade-loving plants. The nearby indigenous forest-margin, with yellow-woods,...
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  • More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 6 months ago
    Cookhouse Creamery is welcoming visitors on the Friday and Saturday to taste our very local produce, take a short guided hourly tour of the factory and visit our new Factory Shop on the next door premises. NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS
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