The Gooding Country House

13/09/2023

The theme this spring on the farm is definitely yellow. The veld is literally bursting forth with joy.

06/07/2023

What a joy to share the Country House with friends and family. Quinne Brown Huffman Esther's Art Dianne Mountfort Elsa Krüger

06/07/2023

Winter sunrises are the best on the farm

24/05/2023

I just had to capture and share the beauty of the farm.

04/04/2023

Just too beautiful not to photograph and to share

07/02/2023

Sunsets on the farm.

08/01/2023

Family time at The Gooding Country House.

18/10/2022

14/07/2022

During our visit at The Country House Quinne Brown and me, Salome Brown Gooding, shared time at various nursery schools in Bonnievale and McGregor where we donated the children’s book, Ouma se Stories. It is an inspiration to visit these wonderful community projects in the area.

12/07/2022

28/06/2022

We are so proud of Bonnievale where a small group of concerned citizens got together, bound by faith and the common vision of creating a no-fee, zero-drop-out technical high school. They had in mind a centre of excellence that would provide high-demand skills and real job prospects to restore the self-worth of their children, including those teenagers who could barely read or write.

Through philanthropic donations the group obtained land that had been a wine farm. The town’s two rugby clubs, Bluebirds and Bonnievale United, gave up a weekend to rip out all the vines. The architect and professional building team provided their services pro bono, the heavy earth-moving equipment was donated, and the construction contractor did the job at cost.

As there was no large single funder, the bulk of the funding came from locals, in cash or in kind. There was even a scheme whereby people could contribute R2.50 at the local supermarket to buy a single brick.

Over the next four years the group raised R100m for the creation of the Jakes Gerwel Technical (JGT) school, with space for up to 1,000 pupils.

Small-town SA has become an educational wasteland, littered with failing public schools. But a new breed of technical high school, founded on community and employer collaboration, offers the youth a way out. Towns across SA are sitting up and taking notice

20/05/2022

More dramatic sunrises at the Gooding’s Country House

19/05/2022

We are so happy to be part of this wonderful project. Well done to you Dianne Dempsey and Pauli’s.

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08/05/2022

Can you believe this view from the Country House veranda today? Looks like we moved to the edge of the sea overnight

25/04/2022

Beautiful photos taken by our guest Cynthia Hein’s family. Thank you so much for sending these images to us.

21/04/2022

‘Oggendstond het goud in die mond.’ Earlier risers at The Country House are in for a wonderful sight from the veranda

11/04/2022

It is harvest time. The Frantoio olives are ready for picking and pressing this season’s Gooding’s Groves olive oil.

01/01/2022

Here is our grandchildren’s favourite spot on the farm. The treehouse in one of the age-old oak trees with a view over the olive groves.

28/12/2021

Sundowners on the veranda

21/12/2021

Best times and best views! The sundowner deck at the Country House

18/12/2021

Gooding’s olive farm and Country House magic.

15/12/2021

Back at our happy place. Spending a family festive season at Gooding’s Country House.

01/12/2021

Precious time at the Gooding’s Country House with family and besties.

22/10/2021

It’s spring and The Country House is wearing it’s new coat. Thank you Rodgers and your team for a job well done.

20/09/2021

Full moon tonight over the groves at The Country House

01/09/2021

Spring at the Gooding’s Country House is breathtakingly beautiful this year

22/07/2021

Bulk sale of olive oil and olives:
Cold pressed extra virgin Olive oil - 5 litre container @ R600
Olive oil - 500 ml bottles @ once-off special offer of R60.00 marked down from R95.00.
Hand-picked black table olives in bulk -
5 l plastic buckets (dry weight 3 kg) @ about R70 per kg = R220 (BULK IS BEST).
1 kg olives in plastic tub @ R80.
Stocks available in Johannesburg.
Contact Malcolm Gooding on cell 0825655636 or email [email protected].

22/07/2021

Winter is a great time to be at the Country House. Just keep the fire going.