Babylonstoren’s particular interest in clivias started four years ago, when Dr Hans Roos gave us clivias from his collection as a gift.  The plants came from ...

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Cross –pollination is the term used when one type of cultivar of stone and pome fruit are planted in between another cultivar and then gets ...

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When you come for a walk in our garden this weekend …..

…do peep over the door into the walled bee garden. The hives ...

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As you know, September is clivia month at Babylonstoren. These famous indigenous lilies flower during September, with the first blooms starting to show now. A shaded ...

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We have quite a variety of figs growing at Babylonstoren, which you can read about here, but we have some favourites that we’d like more ...

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After all of the rain of the past few days the sun is shining on Babylonstoren today. And according to the weather report tomorrow will ...

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Dragonflies have been around for millions of years, and are very useful to have in a garden, as they are excellent predators of insects like ...

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Have you seen the article in VISI magazine about our greenhouse? Click here to see their beautiful photographs.
The greenhouse is not only home to ...

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Gardening has a lot of lessons to teach, and planting asparagus has certainly taught us patience. The first was the wait until winter when the ...

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Our garden is always so beautiful in the sun after the rain! The perfect thing for a day of wintery sunshine like today would be ...

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