Bedford Open Gardens
Please note these gardens are only open to the public during the Annual Garden Festival.
- More InfoUpdated: April 2019Glen 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
- Open Gardens
- 042 2433628
- 072 653 1545
- brown@glenavonfarm.co.za
- Visit Website
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months agoAfter 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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- 083 354 8841
- churchs@icon.co.za
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months agoThe 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 InfoUpdated: 11 months agoGraeme 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. Graced by beautiful...
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- 074 899 5387
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 10 months agoA 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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- 0877003440
- 0877003440
- glenross@r63.co.za
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 10 months agoThis 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. Stately old oak...
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- 072 653 1545
- brown@glenavonfarm.co.za
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months agoOlivewoods 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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- 042 2433 533
- 082 579 5084
- wienand@bosberg,co.za
- More InfoUpdated: 10 months agoThis 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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- 0825791807
- info@cavers.co.za
- Visit Website
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 5 months agoThe Albertvale gardens focus on the organic edible approach to plantings of old roses, herbs, edible flowers, and medicinal plants. All this in a counry garden style that is self-seeding and abundant in plant matter. This farm...
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- 082 775 5178
- gecko@eastcape.net
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months agoThe 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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- 0878080767
- 082 881 4818
- lrsa@iexchange.co.za
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 5 months agoA new arbour of frost-hardy heritage roses at the end of the 200x20m erf creates a visual 'destination' and party spot in this exceptional garden - an innovation to the original design with its moon gated raised vegetable...
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- 076 708 9593
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 9 months agoMandalay (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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- 082 776 3723
- janinepitt21@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: 10 months agoA l-o-n-g stretch of mini demo veg gardens features loads of ideas for growing happier, healthier veggies at home. And adding a creative touch with bird feeders etc.
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- 0829328864
- catherineknoxmail@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: 6 months ago(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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- 076 708 9593 Joan
- joansfb@gmail.com djcomyn@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: 11 months agoBlack 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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- 076 150 6989
- stationeryonhope@gmail.com
- More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 11 months agoHospitality 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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- 083 717 9527
- hilda@bosberg.co.za
- More InfoUpdated: 9 months agoThis 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: 11 months agoThis 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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- 071 422 8792
- tarynpringle@gmail.com