23/07/2024
Wow! What an opportunity!
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
We received the following Media Statement from the Grootbos Foundation regarding the Chelsea Flowers in Stanford from 21 September - 6 October 2024
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The thrill of South Africa winning a World Cup in any sport buoys up the nation and builds pride. It was the same when South Africa won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, lifting the spirits of South Africans as much as our Rugby World Cup win did!
The beautifully designed display of our nationβs stunning proteas achieved not only a Gold Medal but also the coveted Best in the Pavilion and the Best New Design awards. Leon Kluge designed the stand and with the help of a hard-working team and private donations, showcased the spectacular Cape fynbos in a unique layout, breathtaking for its creativity, array of flowers and heady fynbos scent which filled the Pavilion. Now, Leon Kluge is building the fynbos display againβ¦this time, for South Africans.
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve (one of the sponsors of the South African display at Chelsea) and Leon Kluge have decided to bring the glorious floral design home to South Africa so that everyone can experience the uniqueness of the display garden and the triple-award win from the most prestigious garden show in the world.
Leon and his team will build an exact replica of the winning design, in full size as it was built in the Chelsea Pavilion for South Africans to visit on their home turf.Grootbos and Leon are thrilled to be able to share the beauty of fynbos with the people who are its natural custodians. Just as the Springboks did a Victory Tour when they returned home to South Africa and shared the Webb Ellis trophy with the nation, this perfect replica floral display is for locals to share the victory of fynbos.
Overstrand Executive Mayor, Dr Annelie Rabie, is the patron of this home-grown exhibit called Chelsea Flowers in Stanford.
She is incredibly proud to announce that, βthanks to the exuberance and long-term efforts of Grootbos to champion fynbos, the very best of the world-renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show is coming to Stanford! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Overstrand and is sure to be a resounding success.β Mayor Rabie looks forward to welcoming visitors to the village of Stanford.
Chelsea Flowers in Stanford will open to the public between 21 September - 6 October 2024 in the village of Stanford close to the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve.
The full-sized 100 square metre floral display will be replicated so that local South Africans can enjoy the full experience.
120 illustrations and vignettes from the Grootbos Florilegium, a private collection of fynbos botanical artworks, will also be on display in the venue along with Grootbos Florilegium books.
Following South Africaβs win at Chelsea, local Grootbos Florilegium artist, Daleen Roodt, won a Gold Medal, Best Botanical Artwork and the Peopleβs Choice Award at the Royal Horticultural Societyβs Botanical Art and Photography Show held in the Saatchi Gallery in June. Daleenβs winning artworks will also be a part of the display in Stanford.
Chelsea Flowers in Stanford is a celebratory event that brings the exhilaration and glamour of the Chelsea Flower Show to home soil. Attending the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London is abucket-list dream for many, and now you are invited to see this grandeur in your own backyard!
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