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Barrydale in Bloom 14-16 Nov

Posted on Tue September 30, 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

Helen Van Stolk took our ideal of the hotel as a creative salon and made it a reality Tue August 4, 2026

At the flick of a switch Cape Town artist Helen Van Stolk filled the entire hotel with a group of top artists and sculptors with no agenda beyond just a shared time of inspiration and talent, fulfilling a long held dream that we'd become a home from home for people of this ilk.

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A reason to book into Barrydale, The Karoo art hotel's early morning swim club in the Tradauw Pass
The Karoo Art's Barrydale To Do list is leading to longer stays Tue August 4, 2026

When you read our Trip Advisor reviews there's still many a client wishing they'd made more of a stay of it. But it's less and less as case or a one night stand these days thanks to a bulging village To Do list

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The town of the year is worth more than just a one night stop Mon August 3, 2026

Two journalists had checked in the night before. It was a our Christmas party. We were closed for the day. But at breakfast they were so full of questions that Wayne never boarded the party bus to Warm Waterberg and committed the morning to showing them the dorp. Only later did we find out why they were in town. The things he showed them are why the town is changing from a...

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