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Barrydale in Bloom 14-16 November

Posted on Mon August 18, 2025.

With this event going from strength to strength this is a brilliant weekend to be in Barrydale. The hotel is fully booked but this is just a heads up re the program

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY
Michelle Berry Cooking Demo 10:00 - 12:00 14 pax Kamala Karoo Sanctuary Chickpea Triple Magic
Magpie Creative Art Workshop 14:00 - 17:00 10 pax Magpie Making flowers out of recycled plastic

WEDNESDAY
Magpie Creative Art Workshop 14:00 - 17:00 10 pax Magpie

THURSDAY
Magpie Creative Art Workshop 14:00 - 17:00 10 pax Magpie
Sculpting This Earth Matinee 15:00 - 16:35 Belanti

FRIDAY
Nicky Michell Fabulous Fynbos Workshop 12:00 - 15:00 20 pax Karoolkie Learn how to use fynbos in flower arrangements
Sculpting This Earth Matinee 15:00 - 16:35 Belanti
Janet Botes Land Art Workshop 15:30 - 17:30 20 pax Karoolkie

Gala Dinner 18:30 - 23:30 100 pax Karoolkie Shane Peltzer & Barbara Bridge prizes
(Sanbona, Braai Boikie, Peta-Dawn) Judge Water Cans & AUCTION

SATURDAY
Barkrun 07:30 - 8:30 Karoo Art Hotel
Open Gardens 9:00 - 17:00
Market and Tea Garden 9:00 - 15:00 Karoolkie
Kids Play Pod: 9:00 - 15:00
A Wildlings Wiggle Den 9:00 - 10:00 Karoolkie Garden
B The Forest's Seekers Hideout 10:00 - 11:00 Karoolkie Garden
C Play with Nature 11:00 - 15:00 Karoolkie Garden
D Little Apothecaries 11:00 - 15:00 Karoolkie Garden
Speakers:
1.     Johan van Niekerk 9:30 - 9:50 Karoolkie Guest House Municipal Environmental Management
2.     Strijdom van der Merwe 9:55 - 10:55 Karoolkie Guest House Sculpting The Earth
3.     Dale Imerman 11:00 - 11:30 Karoolkie Guest House The Nature of AI
4.     Annette Müller 11:35 - 11:55 Karoolkie Guest House Why Weeds are Vital for These Times
5.     Sanbona 12:00 - 12:30 Karoolkie Guest House Technology in Wildlife Conservation
6. Robert Damstra 13:30 - 13:50 Karoolkie Guest House Grey Water Recycling

Nicole Huke Cyanotype Workshop 13:00 - 14:30 6 pax Karoolkie Botanical Art with Sunlight
Sculpting This Earth Matinee 15:00 - 16:35 Belanti
Denise Bierman: Scent & Self 15:30 - 16:30 Karoolkie Guest House A Creative Ritual in a Bottle

Champagne & Canapés 17:00 - 19:00 30 pax Die Langhuis

SUNDAY
Veld Walk with Flora 7:30 - 9:30 Somewhere in the Veld Location still to be announced
Dogs Hike to Disa Pools 7:30 - 9:30 Karoo Art Hotel Drive to starting point
Open Gardens 9:00 - 13:00
Market and Tea Garden 9:00 - 13:00 Karoolkie
Brunch at Kamala Karoo Sanctuary 11:00 - 13:00 30 pax Kamala Karoo Sanctuary
Talks in Gardens:
i. Marie-Noëlle Favard 10:00 - 10:45 Kamala Karoo Sanctuary Practical Tips for Rose Gardens
ii. Robert Damstra Garden Walk 10:00 - 10:45 11 Van Riebeeck Street Showcasing Waterwise Landscaping
iii. Gordon Aeschliman 11:00 - 11:45 Cr Upington & Tinley Streets Community Food Gardens
iv. Grootvadersbosch Corné Brink 12:00 - 12:45 Caravan Park River Restoration

Further Reading

Welcome home Cathy Milner 28th-31st August.

"Drawing is not what one sees, but what one can make others see." ~ Degas

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Right on our doorstep. Yamu Botanicals and a fabulous new Barrydale experience Tue August 19, 2025

If you look out from the hotel front verandah or one of the upstairs room balconies, across and beyond the lavender field right across the street you'll see a broad field of green (mainly olive trees), that's the home of Yamu Botanicals and the Karooljie property which is currently under a rapid transformation into a world class herbal resource.

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We have another icon headed our way - Roger Lucey. 28 November Mon August 18, 2025

HOW TO BUILD A HOUSE IN THE MOUNTAINS. Roger Lucey will be in song and story telling mode in the Belanti in wonderful opportunity to share in the journey of an extraordinary artist on Friday night the 28 November.

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