| Cape Town, Kirstenbosch: Winter Wonders Festival |
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From Saturday, 21 June 2008 - 08:00
To Sunday, 13 July 2008 - 17:00
Every day
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Kirstenbosch will once again be holding this popular festival with a fun-filled programme of events on at the garden including comedy magic and clown shows, eco-art workshops, winter concerts and a free moms-and-tots workshop.
As is traditional during winter, Kirstenbosch will also be offering free entry to all children and scholars (under 18yrs) for the national school holidays (21 June - 13 July).
The Silvertree Restaurant will be laying on free entertainment for kids throughout the school holidays. Moms and dads can relax and enjoy morning tea or a meal while the kids are kept busy with comedy magic shows, clown shows, balloon animals and face-painting. Silvertree Restaurant will also be hosting the Johnny Walker Winter Concert series which takes place on Sunday evenings until 26 October and features a line-up of great local musicians such as Melanie Scholtz, Heather Mac & The Brills, Plush and Gavin Minter. Tickets cost R100 and include a welcome drink and starter portion of soup. (Info Silvertree Restaurant:     021 762 9585 ).
For classical music lovers, the Kirstenbosch Tea Room will be presenting the popular Pick n Pay Chamber Music Breakfast Concert series. The series of six concerts takes place on Sunday mornings from 27 July to 31 August and features some of South Africa's most renowned chamber musicians. Tickets cost R140 which includes a sumptuous breakfast buffet and garden entry. Also on at the Kirstenbosch Tea Room throughout winter is their soup festival where you can enjoy a choice of vegetable and barley or Moroccan spicy black bean soup for R40 or beef goulash or pea & ham soup for R46. (Starter portions are also available at R25 / R29).
Room to Grow and the Kirstenbosch branch of the Botanical Society will be hosting a free moms-and-tots morning on 2 July where parents can attend a series of gardening lectures and demonstrations while the little ones are kept busy. There will be talks on garden maintenance, pruning and propagating indigenous plants as well as a demonstration on planting a window box for the moms. Older children will be shown how to pot a plant, how to sketch flowers and how to make cards while the younger children will be entertained with story-telling, colouring-in and decorating cupcakes and biscuits. (Space is limited so booking is essential - tel Cathy Abbott on 021 465 6440)
Well-known art and environmental educator/lecturer Sue Nepgen will also be presenting eco-art holiday workshops on the theme of 'Nature's Beautiful Biodiversity' at the Gold Fields Education Centre during the school holidays. (There are a limited number of partial or full bursaries available. To book contact Marian or Sue on 021 794 6609.)
The Kirstenbosch Gift Shop will be offering 15% of all kids products such as soft toys, clothing and jewellery and the Botanical Society Bookshop will be offering 15% of all children's books for the duration of the school holidays. The Kirstenbosch Nursery has a range of colourful kids Wellington boots in stock and a promotion on a wide selection of Aloes, buchus and ericas for winter. There will also be a 5% discount on Zimbabwean Stone Sculptures (15% for Botanical Society members) on sale at the garden. Finish off your visit with a stop at Caffe Botanica in the Visitors' Centre where you can enjoy the soup of the day for R17,95.
For further information about 'Winter Wonders at Kirstenbosch' call the Kirstenbosch Information Desk on (021) 799 8783 or visit Kirstenbosch's What's On page at www.sanbi.org |
Location: Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
Contact: Kirstenbosch Information Desk on 021 799 8783. or website
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