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The Cellars-Hohenort Camphor Walk
June 30, 2011

The beautiful Camphor trees, photographed below, line The Cellars-Hohenort Camphor Walk.

They are quite something, not just because of their size but also because of their age. Each of these trees is over 300 years old. Wow!

 

Posted by Veronique Rossouw in The Cellars-Hohenort

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Mad about Mushrooms
June 29, 2011

We are presently using a lot of local mushrooms, which we pick in the Valley, in a variety of our delicious Greenhouse and Conservatory dishes. The Porcini mushrooms, pictured above, are particularly spectacular. They are so versatile and they work well with any meat or chicken dish. They are also beautiful by themselves, simply fried [...]

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Cape Town makes the Shortlist for World Design Capital
June 23, 2011

Cape Town has been shortlisted for the World Design Capital 2014. From an initial list of 56 hopeful’s we now stand alongside just two other cities: Dublin and Bilbao in Spain. This in itself is a huge achievement, but we know that as a city we have what it takes to be crowned World Design [...]

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