Part 1 - Large farm gardens
Every second year in spring (around October) Underberg hosts the Open Gardens festival. I had the privilege of being in the area over this time to view these most magnificent gardens.
Underberg is little village located at the base of the Southern Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. It gets cold in winter with heavy frosts and very often snow. The summers are gorgeous and hot with regular afternoon thunder showers.
I hope the gardens will inspire you as much as they inspired me.
A good advice gardening quote:
"A good gardener always plants 3 seeds: One for the bugs, one for the weather, and one for
herself"
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| Down the garden path for tea |
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| A lovely setting for a garden tap |
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| Colours galore. Orange and yellow poppies and blue violas |
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| Love the flowers in the watering cans |
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| A bridge over a garden bed with stunning views of the Drakensberg foothills |
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| Beautiful yellows |
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| Stunning porch on the old farmhouse |
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| Stone steps and rose covered arch leading to another "room" of the garden |
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| Trickling stream edged with rocks |
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| Pathway leading to a relaxing bench surrounded by pink Azaleas |
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Your pics of Underberg are beautiful. I can imagine myself walking into the different garden rooms. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWonderful place! I'm enchanted!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'm no gardener, and I'm really bad with house plants, even. I really admire beautiful gardens like the ones you've showcased here.
I'm now following you back via GFC and twitter!
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Those are lovely, all of them.
ReplyDeleteThe banana bread you made in your earlier post looks delicious too. I'm already following but wanted to wave hello while I was here. Thank you for linking to Super Sunday Sync! :)
Gorgeous photos and what a beautiful place. We are just going into our winter season so all of my flowers are now gone and it was a joy to read your post. Stopping by the Tuesdays with a Twist Party
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This are absolutely gorgeous gardens. Can't decide which I like the best. My flowers are mostly gone because we are into the winter season and cold weather, but I look forward to next spring when Nature will be my garden back alive again with beautiful colors. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Linked Up Tuesdays.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous gardens! Thanks for sharing on the Maple Hill Hop! ;0)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, and interesting to know that it actually snows in some places in Africa. Thanks for sharing on Tuesdays With a Twist.
ReplyDeleteWow. I love them! I can only imagine the amount of work that they must have put in to making such magnificent gardens. I love how the flowers pop out in such amazing colors and hues. Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
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