Posts Tagged ‘kirstenbosch botanical gardens’

ART IN THE PARK

Gambolling Horses by Fungai Dodzo (www mambosculptures blogspot com)

A stroll around Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens may reveal unexpected figures tucked into thickets or peeking from behind flower beds. These would be the exquisite stone sculptures dotted discreetly around the grounds.  They represent the Shona style of art, whose Zimbabwean origins date back no further than the 1950s. Even in such a short time, [...]

Kirstenbosch Stories Unearthed

Cape Grace Florist

A walk around Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is a soothing experience, but it can be so much more when a few background stories have been unearthed… We have to thank Cecil Rhodes for this patch of land, purchased in 1895 as part of his plan to preserve the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, which he bequeathed [...]


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