Bedford Country Gardens 2025
These gardens will be on display from Friday, 31st October 2025- Sunday, 2 November 2025 and Friday, 7th November 2025- Sunday, 9th November 2025.
Time: 8:00- 17:00
Tickets: R30 can be purchased at each garden gate
Enquiries: Marcell Ainsley- 072 683 9733 /www.bedford.co.za
Belmont Farm
Ria and Henry Moolman
Belmont farm offers a unique lifestyle for the Moolman’s who have always been totally off-grid. A donkey boiler provides hot water, while solar and wind power generate electricity. A Lister engine generator is used to charge the batteries when needed.
Directions: Take the Tarkastad road via Baviaans Route, pass the big white church on your right, 2 km after the church turn left, onto a smaller road. Belmont is the third farm.
- Plant sales
- Picnic spots
Cavers
Kenneth and Rozanne Ross, Bruce and Tarin Ross
This peaceful oasis with huge trees, sweeping lawns and bountiful herbaceous boarders frame a blue chip guest house and gracious 5th generation family home. Windows in the various garden rooms invite the eye outwards towards the magnificent mountain sky. There is space to unwind and dream.
Directions: Travel out of Bedford on the R63 towards Adelaide. After 8 km, turn left at the Cowie/Mill cricket ground sign onto a dirt road. After 3,4 km turn left at the T-junction through a security gate and travel for 4 km. Cavers Country House will be on the right.
Enquiries: Rozanne 082 579 1807
Email: info@cavers.co.za
- Plant Sales
- Wheelchair Access
- Food and drink
Cole Street Conservatory
Edcot Trust
The Cole Street Conservatory is a peaceful space which consists solely of a collection of beneficial edible plants and herbs and includes heritage roses and citrus trees. The medicinal and gastronomic uses are displayed alongside each plant and you’re welcome to taste the various plants.
Times: 9:00-14:00
Tickets: Free
Directions: From the roundabout in Bedford head towards Adelaide for 50 m. You will see the Conservatory ahead on your right.
Enquiries: Abigail White 074 187 3783
Email: Abigail.white@dukeofbedford.co.za
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
- Picnic spots
De Oude Fabreeck
Jacques Muller and Benita Blom Kotze
This garden is a must-see, featuring a vast lush green landscape adorned with a beautiful old factory and buildings that create interesting accents to the scenery.
Time: 8:00-late
Tickets: Free
Directions: 47 Van Riebeeck Street (lower end).
Enquiries: 046 685 0994
Email: jacques@deoudefabreeck.co.za
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Donkerhoek Farm
Michael and Barbara Church
This old ancestral stone house has wonderful vistas out front framed by lawns, old trees, aloes, plumbago and Tecomaria capensis. A stone walled kitchen garden with raised beds has plenty of veggie and fruit trees.
Tickets: Donation for staff lifestyle and skill upliftment.
Enquiries: Barbara Church 083 354 8841
Email: churchs@icon.co.za
Directions: Travel out of Bedford on the R63 toward Adelaide for 8 km then turn left at Cowie sign onto dirt road. After 3.4 km left at T junction, then go through security gate. After 0.5 km turn, right at Donkerhoek/Kelvinside sign, over causeway and around the hill, see sign on the left.
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Eildon Farm
David and Taryn Pringle
Open 2nd weekend only.
Mass planting of 600+ roses, established trees, sweeping lawns and 100 year old stone walls, all set against a backdrop of the harsh Baviaans, makes this 7th generation homestead a must see. A formal garden with informal planting, come and enjoy the timeless serenity of this lovingly tended country garden.
Directions: From Bedford take the R63 to Cookhouse/Cradock. 9 km from Bedford, turn right and through the boomgate. Stay on this road for 37 km. Eildon will be on your left.
Enquiries: Taryn – tpringle1981@gmail.com
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Fair Holt Farm
Pringle Family
A new garden has been established around the original homestead of Fair Holt Farm. The garden is low maintenance and waterwise, featuring indigenous plants as well as a formal planted area framed by salt bush. Delicate French panarosa roses are planted along the front of the house. The herb and vegetable garden has been expanded over the last two seasons and is now an extension of the nursery area.
Tickets: R20
Enquiries: Lucy Pringle 082 879 5006
Email: Lucy5006@gmail.com
Directions: From Bedford, turn right onto the R63 towards Cradock. After 10 km turn right towards Tarkastad and go through a security red/white boom (no cell signal after this point). After 18.5 km turn left at the white sign ‘WD Pringle’ among other names and drive through a drift. Continue for 5 km the road will then fork (left/house or right/shed). Take the left fork, drive ±500 m and park on the road.
- Plant sales
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Glen Avon Farm
Alison and Bill Brown
A garden filled with banks of climbing roses, interesting perenials and shubs for a mass of colour against the backdrop of oak trees, mountains and lush pastures. Birds and butterflies are in abundance.
Directions: Take the R63 from Cookhouse towards Somerset East. After 20 km turn right onto a gravel Road and follow the signs to Glen Avon for 6 km.
Enquiries: Alison Brown 072 653 1545
Email: brown@glenavonfarm.co.za
- Plant sales
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Glen Gregor
Shirley Ainsley
Nestled in the cowie valley, this lush garden, shaded by large trees and nourished by the cowie stream, boasts beautiful mountain and forest views. It’s a haven for shade-loving plants and a paradise for bird lovers.
Tickets: donation to animal welfare
Directions: turn left off the r63 towards the mill cricket ground and cavers. at the t-junction, turn left. go through two access gates to the end of the road.
Enquiries: liesl brown – liesl@mamasuif.co.za
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Kokskraal
Bertus and Liza Troskie
Escape to the tranquility of a vast, lush farm garden where vibrant blooms and ancient trees await. Perfect for garden enthusiasts, it offers scenic walks, fresh country air and many hidden spaces to refuel your soul. Ideal for relaxing, unwinding and reconnecting with nature.
Tickets: R20
Enquiries: Liza Troskie 082 267 5945
Email: info@kkhc.co.za
Directions: From Bedford, take the R63 towards Cradock. About 10 km from Bedford, take the Cradock turnoff to your right. Continue until you get to the N10 and turn right. After about 1 km you will cross the Baviaans River bridge. Then turn left onto the Klipfontein Road. Continue for about 6 km and find the Kokskraal entrance on your right (no gravel road, only tarred surface).
- Plant sales
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
Maasström Farm Garden
Pete and Dors Freese
A magnificent Atlas cedar welcomes you to the historical Maasström farm garden. The formal garden of roses, topiaries and pathways are surrounded by informal plantings. The grove of yellowwood trees lead you to the Heritage Rose Garden which also include David Austin roses. Mature trees shade the footpaths, with benches placed for quiet contemplation. The cycad garden has developed well and houses interesting specimens. A memorable garden that will inspire and fill you with peace.
Directions: Van Riebeeck Street will lead you straight to the entrance, which is marked by two white pillars.
- Plant sales
- Wheelchair access
- Picnic spots
Mandalay
Janine and Bruce Pitt
23 Stockholm Street, Bedford
Mandalay Garden is worth seeing for its exquisite blend of country charm and French accents, featuring majestic arches, beautifully espaliered fruit trees and lush planting. The harmonious union of styles creates a serene and breathtakingly beautiful space below the mountain. Perfect for relaxation and nature lovers alike.
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
Nellie’s garden
Nellie van Aardt
Nellie has taken her years of gardening experience and created a semi-formal, exceptional masterpiece in the heart of Bedford Town.
Donation box
- Plant sales
Olivewoods
Brett and Wendy Wienand
Olivewoods is a large, well-established, park-like Garden in a wonderful setting with spectacular Views. Richly planted perennial borders frame. A sweep of lawns and majectic old trees. Large group plantings fill the beds and banks to create a lushness.
Time: 8:30–17:00
Directions: From the N10 drive through Cookhouse onto R63 towards Somerset East for 6 km. Turn right at white walls then 3 km gravel driveway.
Enquiries: Wendy Wienand 082 579 5084
Email: wienand@bosberg.co.za
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Food and drink
- Picnic spots
The Orchards
Graeme and Liesl Brown
A large informal country garden that springs to life with an abundance of colour in the spring, continuing through the warmer summer months. Graced by grand old oak trees, the homestead enjoys breathtaking mountain views. Full and colourful garden beds lead onto lush kikuyu pastures leading the eyes onto magnificent mountain landscapes. Liesl’s love of roses and colour is evident everywhere you look!
Times: 8:30-17:00
Directions: From Bedford, take the R63 towards Cradock, turn left onto the N10 to Cookhouse. Turn right onto R63 and after 21 km turn right at sign Glen Avon B&B. Travel 6.5 km on a good gravel road.
Enquiries: Liesl brown 074 899 5387
Email: Lieslbrown2020@gmail.com
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
- Food and drink
The SA Rosarium
Kim van Niekerk
Corner of Upper Stockholm and Hart Street
The special and unique national collection of old roses occurring in South Africa is planted in The South African Rosarium. The tranquil garden is nestled at the foothills of the Kaga Mountain on the outskirts of the village. This position offers an ideal growing climate for these wild species roses to prosper and be preserved. At varying times of the year the roses are in full flush and it is a site to be seen. Springtime and autumn are the two main times for viewing and experiencing the heady perfume of the garden. The entire garden is run on organic and sustainable principles with absolutely no use of any spray regime, artificial fertilisers nor weed control measures. The roses are surrounded by companion plants, herbs and medically useful plants and uses the phases of the moon for propagation of these special plants.
Time: 8:30-17:00
Tickets: Donation
Enquiries: Kim van Niekerk 082 775 5178
- Plant sales
- Dogs allowed
- Wheelchair access
- Picnic spots
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