Life is aMAZing

Which Gardens to visit in South Africa

soekershof — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:31:57 +0000

Recently one of the many global garden forums published a submission about gardens in South Africa. Main stream gardens may have qualities but the real garden gems of South Africa are all together a different story. Horticulturists and garden lovers from abroad with an explorative mindset are nowadays discovering these jewels and they spread the word.

Oedipus in the open air

soekershof — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:49:16 +0000

A date:

Thursday 25 MARCH @ 6.00 PM sharp

A place:

McGregor (High School)

The Play:

Oedipus

Olwethu (who plays Tiresias) created an amphitheatre and altar from the mud and reeds. The space itself is worth the walk past our playing fields. There will be many willing hands to assist you to your seats.

We have worked on stylized speech and gestures which reverberate through the dam and down the ages. The performance will start at 6.00 pm sharp to make use of the daylight. As Oedipus descends into darkness, night will fall.

The Testimonial

soekershof — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:34:35 +0000

A nice testimonial, spontaneously written, is far more valuable than hiring a PR-bureau and their ghost writers. It’s the best free advertisement any business can thrive on.

Here is an example

Underwater paintings in Hermanus

soekershof — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:38:14 +0000

What most visitors/tourists don’t see in Hermanus are the incredible lively underwater paintings.

Herewith a few:

The best in Western Cape

soekershof — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:44:54 +0000

The Independent (UK): “Best Garden in the Western Cape” http://ow.ly/11jQP

Quality pays off

soekershof — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:39:32 +0000

Despite economic recession and its impact on tourism in South Africa there are also tourism enterprises that are doing relatively well. Tradition almost is that Soekershof, Private Mazes & Botanical Gardens In South Africa publishes on January 1 of each year its visitors statistics of the previous year.
You can read these here: http://soekershofwalkabout.blogspot.com/2010/01/wrapping-up-2009-and-celebrating-2010.html
Significant however are the comments on this blog post from all over the world.

Metaphorical jewels along Route62

soekershof — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:23:20 +0000

Seldom we read an article about Robertson where the phrase “free wine tasting” is not mentioned. But the small town Robertson in the Western Cape, South Africa, has more to offer. Travel journalist Carol Lazar wrote a 5 page article about Robertson with the emphasis on the town itself (history, countryside, sphere, etc.), the new Robertson Small Hotel and Soekershof. It was published in the travel section of The Star (October 17, 2009); a publication of Independent Newspapers that is distributed in Gauteng (J’burg, Pretoria). The article is about a very personal experience but it at least shows a side of Robertson that is commonly unknown: “quality of life in one of the most surprising countrysides in the Western Cape”. Robertson is about the joy of life; good food and a glass of good wine go very well together with it. Or as Lazar describes it: “… unknown magical mystery destination filled with metaphorical jewels….”

Quality of life of a bee

soekershof — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:20:59 +0000

Bees are ants alike: busy, busy, busy. But there is at least one bee that enjoys other aspects of life. Somewhere along Route62 a photographer followed one of the pollinators of a private maze and botanical garden in South Africa. See for yourself how this bee pollinates, cuddles a co-workers and has a break:

Top SA musicians in Montagu

soekershof — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:00:07 +0000

For performances of top musicians one does not always have to go to the ‘big city’.

The Montagu Music Society (Montagu, Western Cape) organised last Saturday October 3 a concert of Trio Hemany with three of South Africa’s top (classical) musicians of international fame in the local museum.

The tango was brought back to its pure roots and Mendelssohn’s Trio in D minor ‘refreshed’ for piano (Malcolm Nay), cello (Marian Lewin) and flute (Helen Vosloo).

Saturday 17 October there is a performance of another known musician: Ben Schoeman (piano) winner of the UNISA International Piano Competition. Location: Montagu Museum, Long Street, Montagu, 08.00 PM.

Memorable visit

soekershof — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:54:59 +0000

Feedback via third parties is better than a visitors book as is diverse contributions in the ‘Social Network’ on Internet (Facebook, Flickr). Personal e-mails from visitors sometime after their visit is also very useful.
Here is one that The Green Cathedral of South Africa recently received.

It says all.