off-beat garden
 

Going 'Off-beat'

For the broad-minded personalities always in search for the unusual there is
Soekershof Walkabout in Klaas Voogds West between Robertson and Ashton.

'Weird but Passionate' hosts; great stories; a wealth of plantlife; the
worlds' largest hedge-maze; time-travel with Albert Einstein; a stone-age
cinema; the New South African Handshake; philosophers garden and, of course,
the highly acclaimed succulent gardens with more than 2400 different species
from all over the world in the unprotected open air. Visitors can earn a
memorable reward by fullfilling a quest in the Klaas Voogds Maze.

This Maze is not a Maze in the traditional perception that you have to get
lost but is a reflection of life; walking from one story into another which
are visualised by objects, as orientating points, towering above the hedges.
However there are, as in life, also a few 'stories' you will have to look
for. And ........ visitors are invited to make their own stories.



A visit to Soekershof is hard to describe for it is a very personal
experience as can be found out in the 'love-letter' section of the
Soekershof website (http://soekershof.com).



The own Soekershof nursery distinguishes itself from other (specialist)
nurseries by providing visitors with sufficient custumised cultivation
information. Sometimes even by refusing selling a plant if, distilled from
the information provided by the client, it turns out that the environmental
conditions (climate, location, etc.) are not suitable. From statistics,
f.e., it's known that 60 to 70 percent of the succulents including cacti
sold in the Cape Town area die within months or will never prosper.



In short: The place where Klaas Voogds, James Bond and Albert Einstein
meet..........

And: everything you always wanted to know about sex .......... between
plants but never dared to ask.



A visit takes at least 1.5 to 2 hrs. Visitors are invited to bring their own
picnic.

See website http://soekershof.com for precise road directions and 'What
visitors can expect'.

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Soekershof Walkabout
Mazes and Botanical Gardens

One of SA's primary unusual destinations

Klaas Voogds West, P.O. Box 291,
Robertson 6705, South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)23-6264134


http://soekershof.com