Kirstenbosch Gardens - finalist in 2025 MICE awards
Kirstenbosch gardens has been nominated as one of five finalists for the best events venue in Africa in the 2025 MICE awards. The other finalists include Table Mountain's upper cableway venue and the Rovos Rail events train.
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Kirstenbosch showcases the splendour of Cape flora, set against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. It's relatively easy to get to, with the best way of arriving being in an City Sightseeing red bus (click here to read more about them).
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The estate covers 528 hectares of diverse fynbos flora & natural forest. Kirstenbosch cultivates only indigineous South African plants, particularly those from the winter rainfall region of the country.
It's an awesome place to go for a Sunday picnic.
There are several special gardens:
- Fragrance garden
- Medicinal garden
- Peninsula garden - with about 2500 of the Cape Peninsula's plant species.
- Protea garden - best in winter, when the proteas, conebushes & serrurias flower
- Restio garden - focuses on variety of texture & form found in the reed family
- The Dell - the oldest part of Kirstenbosch, with Colonel Bird's Bath & several shade-loving trees
- Useful Plants garden - an extension of the medicinal garden
- Van Riebeeck's hedge - planted in 1660 & used to protect the cape colony's cattle
- Water-wise garden - demonstrating how to garden with minimal use of water
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