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Must-do holiday activities for families in and around Cape Town

December 9th, 2019


The Mother City is the place if you’re looking for family-friendly things to do over the festive season. While there’s no shortage of guides and ...

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It’s mulberry season

October 23rd, 2019

Our mulberry block boasts a row of trees with black and a row with white fruits, both known as the white mulberry Morus alba. The white mulberry – with large, soft, glossy, hairless, heart-shaped leaves – originated in China and is best known as the sole diet of the industrious silkworm.

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Babylonstoren is growing nuts!

August 1st, 2019

The alluring smell of freshly roasted almonds and macadamia nuts have lured many farm visitors to our newly established Lekker Room. Here, our love for all things fresh, raw and organic is celebrated daily with a tasteful variety of nuts, brittles, rusks and granolas.

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The Clivias at Babylonstoren

July 26th, 2019

September is the month of the Clivias at Babylonstoren.  We have an exceptional collection of these beautiful indigenous lilies, and celebrate their peak flowering time ...

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Bellissimo for Balsamic Vinegar!

June 14th, 2019

If you’re a regular visitor to Babylonstoren you might have noticed that we are greatly influenced by the Italians when it comes to our food and wine. When the time came to make our very own balsamic vinegar, we again turned to the masters of la dolce vita for inspiration.

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