Comments on: Organic food gardens, micro-enterprises and a ’survival garden’: A visit to Oude Molen Eco Village in Pinelands

By: Could Cape Town be the next World Design Capital? – Cape Town Partnership

Could Cape Town be the next World Design Capital? – Cape Town Partnership — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:04:32 +0000

[...] The Oude Molen eco village [...]

By: Rondebosch Craft Market closed | Cape Markets

Rondebosch Craft Market closed | Cape Markets — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:42:00 +0000

[...] the market will take place, but at Oude Molen Eco Village, instead of its usual spot, until this dispute is [...]

By: Wetland clean up at Oude Molen Eco Village this Tuesday | Haroun Kola: Eco geek, Rainbow guru

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:24:44 +0000

[...] Pia of Mother City Living paid Oude Molen Eco Village a visit a few months ago, read about it and see her photographs here. [...]

By: Pia

Pia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:02:22 +0000

Hear hear! The more people visit the Eco Village, the more likely it is to survive. Here’s to a little bit of rural living within the crazy city

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:29:43 +0000

Hello

I FINALLY went to the Millstone Cafe on Saturday with my nearly 2 year-old daughter. What an amazing time we had. Even though it was raining and we went home soaked, it was a very special experience. I can’t wait to take her back on a sunny day to explore the rest of the Eco village. The food was delicious, the coffee excellent and the staff so friendly and attentive. PLEASE let’s not let any more greedy developers take over another inch of the city and create another super-trendy, over priced Cape Town attraction which marginalises so many of it’s residents. We have enough of those!

By: Pia

Pia — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:52:42 +0000

Yes, let’s all wax lyrical about Oude Molen and perhaps the awareness will grow further! They need all the support possible… and they deserve it, too.

By: Millstone Farm Stall and Oude Molen Eco-Village « Grains of Sand

Millstone Farm Stall and Oude Molen Eco-Village « Grains of Sand — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:27:29 +0000

[...] 5 May 2009 by Reggie After reading Pia’s recent post (April 2009), titled “Organic food gardens, micro-enterprises and a ’survival garden’: A [...]

By: Oude Molen Eco-Village under threat? « Grains of Sand

Oude Molen Eco-Village under threat? « Grains of Sand — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:47:38 +0000

[...] Review on Mother City Living website Review on Urban Sprout website Review on SA Venues website Some history about the Oude Molen [...]

By: Reggie

Reggie — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:06:53 +0000

Dear Pia I am so delighted that you have written this beautiful article about my very favourite farmstall in the whole of Cape Town. Since hubby and I moved to Pinelands a couple of years ago, we've been frequent visitors to the Millstone, and LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! We keep telling our friends about it, dragging family and visitors there at any opportunity, and blogging about it every chance I get. It is *absolutely* an oasis for stressed-out city folk like me who wish they could move into the countryside but can't right now. It's the place I go when I want to unwind, to inhale the smell of the horses, to get away from the demands of work, or just to sit and gaze at the mountain. Everytime I visit, there is something happening there... youngsters riding horses, dogs running around, a kiddies' party, a drumming lesson, little ones climbing up into the tree-house and swinging from the tyre, .... it's never boring, there's always something to photograph or write about, and the food is just superlative. When I read that the whole place may disappear soon to make way for yet more dreadful housing developments, my heart almost stopped. This cannot be allowed to happen. Yes, almost the entire eco-village looks dilapidated, run-down and neglected, but there is so much potential there for improvement *as an eco-village* and not into a housing development. What an awful, sickening thought. PLEASE can you keep us updated on this? And I will continue telling everyone I know about this amazing, beautiful place and that it is under threat and needs all our support. Reggies last blog post..Almost a wipe-out