Wild Birds

March 8th, 2012


We inherited a 150 year old weeping mulberry tree with our garden, and when planning the layout, we decided to establish as central to ...

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Meet Sugar Baby

February 29th, 2012

Remember the watermelon experiment we blogged about in January? Well, our experiment has borne fruit! Meet Sugar Baby – the watermelon we planted on 15 October ...

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Carrot Flowers

February 27th, 2012


Many of the patrons visiting Babel Restaurant have been wondering about the white lace-like flowers we have on display, and can hardly believe it when ...

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Pick a fig, any fig

February 10th, 2012

If you love figs, this is the time to visit the Babylonstoren garden, as we’ve got figs… well… we’ve got figs growing on trees!  And ...

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Our Table Grapes

February 7th, 2012

We’re enjoying monitoring the progress of our table grapes on the farm, where we have 18 different varieties, planted  in a pattern of ripening, from ...

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Experiments with Watermelons

January 25th, 2012


We were a little surprised to come across this odd object in our garden, but all was revealed by the art director of Visi Magazine, ...

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Growing Tomatoes

October 21st, 2011

This was written by Constance-Marie Hugo, an inhouse gardening student doing a practical at Babylonstoren for 6 months. Contance-Marie’s particular interest is gardening with edible plants, ...

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Planting a forest

September 7th, 2011

If you visit Babylonstoren now and take a stroll down to the dam at the far end of the farm, you’ll notice a new woodland ...

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Prieure Notre Dame D’ Orsan, Part IV

August 12th, 2011

During July, our head gardener, Liesl van der Walt spent two weeks gardening at the Prieure Notre Dame D’ Orsan in France, home of the architect ...

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Prieure Notre Dame D’ Orsan – Part III

August 11th, 2011

During July, our head gardener, Liesl van der Walt spent two weeks gardening at the Prieure Notre Dame D’ Orsan in France, home of the architect ...

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