Category: flowers
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Who are we?
Between April 2000 and July 2011 we, Herman and Yvonne, owned Soekershof in Robertson. We restored and extended this historical botanical garden (with the oldest cactus -Anno 1910- of South Africa) and ended up with one of the world’s largest outdoor collections (>2600 species/subspecies/varieties/etc) of succulent plants including cacti. The garden was globally recognized in […]
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Vineyards and their spin-off
It’s amazing to see the developments of the different wine producing farms in Stanford since our arrival here in July last year. Not only new vineyards are planted but we also noticed that wines from this village are merely exported to upmarket Europe and North America. While most wine-tasting tourists limit themselves to visit known […]
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Honeymoon in Stanford
A promise is a promise! When we left Robertson last year we promised one of our than staff that if he would marry someday we would take care of his honeymoon. Xolile is a special guy and the first employee who gave us a written notice every time when he needed a day off and […]
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Romancing the Flower
Clarissa, one of the ‘girls’ of the Stanford Hotel, likes to go into the open. She loves flowers and one night, when she was off duty, she fell in love …
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Pincushion and a farm with a view
The larger Stanford area is the South African hotspot of Fynbos and most of the Fynbos flowers are exported around the globe. Partly the flowers are harvested from cultivated plants and partly in a environmental responsible way in the open ‘veld’. This month and the few following ones some farmers and their staff are full […]
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September flowers in our garden
One of the advantages of living in Stanford, South Africa is that we can achieve a yearround floral display in our garden. Here are some pictures shot during the past two weeks. Enjoy!
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Flowers in our garden
Except for the Youtubes you find in the left collumn we made more of those. The latest one “Flowers in our Garden” is one we really like to promote. The Green Cathedral of South Africa is not a tourist attraction but we really want to share it all with you. All pictures in this […]
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A Love Affair
Our garden is one very intensive love-affair…: Everything we always wanted to know about SEX …. between plants but never dared to ask……..
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Flowers from Stanford
Stanford is in the heart of the Fynbos flora. Virtually all species (>90%) can be found in the local ‘veld’. Here are some of the flowers Yvonne pictured today. Nature is one big garden.
Life in the Overberg 