Gansbaai Seafront Accommodation: Ons C-Huis & Casa Balena

29/09/2024

The Grootbos Foundation is still exhibiting an exact replica of their prestigious gold medal award winning stand from the Chelsea Flower Show in London until 6 Oct right here in Stanford! Do not miss this opportunity this week to visit and celebrate with us their great achievement!

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28/09/2024

Visit the World’s longest zipline on your way to whale watching and shark cage diving in Gansbaai Seafront Accommodation: Ons C-Huis & Casa Balena!!

With the formal debut of the world's longest zipline, adrenaline enthusiasts now have another reason to visit the Western Cape, Cape {town} Etc reports.

24/09/2024

Do not miss your opportunity to see the Gold medal-winning Chelsea Flower Stand by Grootbos Foundation in Stanford this week!

24/09/2024

We 💙 🐳 season in Gansbaai!

06/09/2024

Whale season is truly a magical time in our Bay!

22/08/2024

22/08/2024

14/08/2024

12/08/2024

Everything you need to know about whale watching in Cape Town:
www.capetown.travel/whale-watching-in-cape-town-all-you-need-to-know/

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23/07/2024

We received the following Media Statement from the Grootbos Foundation regarding the Chelsea Flowers in Stanford from 21 September - 6 October 2024

𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗘𝗔 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗗
𝑆𝐴’𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥ℎ𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑜𝑛 3 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑, 21 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 - 6 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟

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 nation’s 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 again…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, “thanks 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.” 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 Africa’s win at Chelsea, local Grootbos Florilegium artist, Daleen Roodt, won a Gold Medal, Best Botanical Artwork and the People’s Choice Award at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Botanical Art and Photography Show held in the Saatchi Gallery in June. Daleen‘s 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!

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭:
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 - 𝟔𝐩𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟏 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 𝟔 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬: R200pp (children 12 years and under - free of charge)
𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: R175pp (children 12 years and under - free of charge)

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Photo credit: Sven Musica

11/05/2024

Gansbaai yet again continues to amaze us!..this time we are treated with the Aurora Australis!!