Bedford Country Gardens Open Gardens Tourist Attractions

Please note these gardens are only open to the public during the Annual Garden Festival.

• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: 4 months ago
  Eildon Farm

  ONLY OPEN FROM 8th to 10th November 2024. This soft tranquil space is in sharp contrast to the rugged and harsh countryside surrounding it. The garden mirrors the formality of the 7th-generation homestead, although planting...

  • Open Gardens
  • 071 422 8792
  • tarynpringle@gmail.com
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: September 2021
  Glen Gregor

  The garden of Glen Gregor with beautiful mountain and forest views, is situated at the top end of a peaceful valley. Free flowing beds are lush with shade-loving plants. The nearby indigenous forest-margin, with yellow-woods,...

  • Open Gardens
  • 0878080767
  • 082 881 4818
  • lrsa@iexchange.co.za
• More InfoUpdated: October 2021
  The Upcycled Garden

  This inspiring child-friendly garden has a quirky sense of fun along with commitment to sustainability. Ramble up the 180m long rose walk, count the 8000 eco-bricks that make up the circular herb bed; guess at the size of the...

  • Open Gardens
  • 082 497 2138
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2023
  Belmont Farm

  A true treasure hiding in the mountains awaits you here. Ria makes use of natural elements with masses of roses softening the effect of stone and river pebbles. Registered cycads, a generator, sun and wind power as well as a...

  • Open Gardens
  • 087 700 3440
  • 087 700 3440
  • glenross@r63.co.za
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: October 2023
  Cookhouse Creamery

  Cookhouse Creamery is welcoming visitors on the Friday and Saturday to taste our very local produce, take a short guided hourly tour of the factory and visit our new Factory Shop on the next door premises. NOT OPEN ON SUNDAYS

  • Open Gardens
  • 082 382 3231
  • shop@cookhousecreamery.co.za
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
  Maasstrom Farm

  The historical Maasström Farm is embraced by the sweeping Kaga mountains, giving you a glimpse of the beauty ahead. A majestic Atlas Cedar surrounded by a riot of Clivias welcomes you to this beautiful garden. Formal flower beds...

  • Open Gardens
  • 083 232 3735
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: March 2023
  Donkerhoek Farm

  After a lifetime of working in the big citites, Mike and Barbara bought a piece of her ancestral farm and rennovated the old stone farmhouse. Lifestyle farming is going well with a productive veggie garden, hens and a dairy cow....

  • Open Gardens
  • 083 354 8841
  • churchs@icon.co.za
• More InfoUpdated: March 2023
  The Orchards farm

  Graeme and Liesl are your hosts at the tranquil Orchards farm. Theirs is an informal country garden that springs to life with an abundance of colour in the spring, continuing through to the warm summer months.

  • Open Gardens
  • 074 899 5387
• More InfoUpdated: January 2022
  SA Rosarium

  (Stocklholm Street). Gwen Fagan, the doyenne of heritage roses, was instrumental in setting up this living archive of South Africa's old roses. Visit this unique garden and be beguiled by the roses of old. Their tenacity at...

  • Sightseeing
  • Open Gardens
  • 076 708 9593 Joan
  • joansfb@gmail.com djcomyn@gmail.com
• More InfoUpdated: September 2023
  Cavers Country Guest House

  This peaceful oasis with huge trees, sweeping lawns and plentiful herbaceous borders frames a blue-chip guesthouse and a gracious 5th-generation family home. 'Windows' in the various garden ‘rooms’ invite the eye outwards...

  • Open Gardens
  • 0825791807
  • info@cavers.co.za
  • Visit Website
• More InfoUpdated: September 2021
  Stationery on Hope

  Black and white and colour photocopying, phot printing, laminating. Design service. Selection of stationery and art materials. Art classes run by Anything Art. Refurbished second-hand furniture. Art. and more

  • Nursery
  • Open Gardens
  • 076 150 6989
  • stationeryonhope@gmail.com
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
  Glen Avon Farm

  This seventh-generation farm exudes a sense of the timelessness of a bygone era. The park-like garden with informal mixed borders, is more like an English country garden, complementing the 250-year-old farmhouse.

  • Open Gardens
  • 072 653 1545
  • brown@glenavonfarm.co.za
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: May 2023
  Mandalay

  Mandalay (23 Stockholm Street) is situated on the edge of Bedford village facing the mountain. This peaceful garden has an 'away-from-it-all' feeling. Espaliered fruit trees count among the 12 different varieties of fruit and nut...

  • Open Gardens
  • 082 776 3723
  • janinepitt21@gmail.com
• More InfoGarden Festival OnlyUpdated: August 2022
  Olivewoods Farm Garden

  Olivewoods is a farm 9km from Cookhouse and owned by a 6th generation farming family dealing in cattle, angora goats, sheep, citrus and pecan nuts. The lovely home and B&B cottage are set in a beautiful park-like garden. The...

  • Open Gardens
  • 082 579 5084
  • wienand@bosberg,co.za