Lisa from Die Tuishuise & Victorian Manor in the Karoo town of Cradock sent in these images of lovely gardens showcased at this year's Bedford Garden Festival.

The Bedford Garden Festival is an annual event offering three days of fresh air and inspiration.

Cavers Garden

 

Visitors can amble through and explore world renowned country gardens and pretty town and township gardens. Also on offer - scrumptious food, fine wines, and lots of country life fun!

Nellie van Aard's garden

 

Using the comprehensive map visitors are promised that they will "discover stunning scenery on quiet country roads, visiting open gardens en route. Meet the gardeners and pick their brains – local know-how is based on generations of experience. 
Choose from masses of home-grown plants and gardening necessities, meander through the craft stalls at The Country Fair and stock up on locally-produced pantry-fillers in our Food Market"

Pottager at Kim's garden

 

Find out more and diarise next year's festival by visiting http://www.bedford-gardens.co.za/.

Norwood Farm

 

 

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About Die Tuishuise & Victorian Manor

 

Die Tuishuise & Victorian Manor in Cradock in the Eastern Cape is an elegant collection of beautifully restored Victorian era craftsmen’s houses in the frontier town at the eastern edge of the Great Karoo of South Africa. More than two dozen Tuishuise line Market Street up to the Victoria Manor, a grand old colonial hotel that welcomes you with hearty country fare and décor from the days of Cecil John Rhodes, Olive Schreiner and the droves of adventurers who passed here en route to the hinterland.

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