Team South Africa at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show I want to send off Team South Africa to the Royal Chelsea Flower Show with all the best of wishes that we as KBRC can muster. We are extremely proud of the fact that our biosphere reserve was chosen as the theme of this year’s display. […]
READ ARTICLENewsletter: Vol 3, Issue 2 – Chelsea Flower Show: May 2016
Dear Stakeholder
The big news I alluded to in my last newsletter is out!
SANBI-Kirstenbosch announced on Thursday 21 April 2016 that the theme for its 41st annual entry to the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show this year will be the Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Gateway to the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.
At the unveiling of the model for the show the following message on behalf of Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company Chairman Johan West was delivered by Mr Richard Starke, KBRC director for the marine component and life-long resident of Betty’s Bay where the Harold Porter Botanical Garden is situated. Thank you, Richard!
With 160 000 people expected to visit the Chelsea Flower Show, including the British Queen celebrating her 90th year – and our stand one of the largest at the expo – I think we are going to make a huge impact. Who have ever thought that flower power is something of an era long gone.
Just living is not enough … one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower, Hans Christian Andersen said once and that was not in a fairy tale.
Unbelievable things can happen! Thank you SANBI and good luck!
JOHAN WEST
CHAIRMAN
South Africa in Bloom
41 years at the Chelsea Flower Show SANBI-Kirstenbosch’s 41st annual entry to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show (CFS) will place the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden – A Gateway to the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve World Heritage Site on centre stage at the exhibit. The Harold Porter National Botanical Garden in Betty’s Bay […]
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Message from SANBI CEO, Tanya Abrahamse
This year we showcase Harold Porter National Botanical Garden located in the beautiful area of Betty’s Bay, tucked away to the east of Cape Town near the southernmost tip of the African continent where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. Our Garden is uniquely located within the renowned Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (KBR) – a place […]
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Clarence Drive
The spectacular Clarence Drive The route to Betty’s Bay and the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden follows the spectacular thirty-mile stretch of coast between Gordon’s Bay and Kleinmond around False Bay, known as Clarence Drive and regarded by some as the most scenic drive in the world, it is the sheer scale of the mountains […]
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Our History at the Chelsea Flower Show
Showcasing the world’s richest and most diverse floral kingdoms Initially an image-building initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the immeasurable value of this event as a magnet for tourism has increased dramatically since the dawn of the New South Africa, despite the termination of government funding in 1995 in favour of other diplomatic expansion […]
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The Designers
David Davidson and Raymond Hudson have been responsible for designing and creating the Kirstenbosch-South Africa exhibit for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 23 consecutive years, together with a small core team and an enthusiastic crew of volunteers. Award-winning exhibits During this time, the exhibit has garnered 16 RHS Gold Medals (bringing the total since […]
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