Mooi Makers Market at Montebello
I'm looking forward to checking out a new market very recently launched at the Montebello Centre. The Mooi Makers Market will showcase handmade products by and for designers, makers and craft producers from South and Southern Africa. more
Green Drinks Newlands: 19 July 2010
Loving the lineup for this month's Green Drinks Newlands - this coming Monday 19 July. more
Kirstenbosch Biodiversity Expo 2010
Every year Kirstenbosch hosts a Biodiversity Expo, highlighting the ongoing work that is being done to preserve biodiversity in this country. It's really exciting to see how many dedicated people there are out there, working so hard to make sure we don't lose our precious eco-systems and plant and animal species. And, since 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and Conservation, it's bound to be an extra-special display. more
Kirstenbosch Garden Fair 2010
This annual fundraising event supports Kirstenbosch development projects and is a showcase for South Africa’s indigenous flora especially grown to offer gardeners a unique opportunity to acquire a wide range (some 500+ species) of trees, Proteas, shrubs, Buchus, herbaceous perennials, succulents, Ericas, Restios, bulbs, Cycads, etc. and other rare and unusual plants for collectors. more
Green Drinks Newlands – March 2010
Green Drinks Newlands, as you probably already know, is a monthly gathering of greenies and interested parties at the lovely Josephine Mill. The event is on tonight (15 March 2010) from 6.30pm. This year, the gatherings are broadly themed and the topic for March is Energy: more
Folio Books Poetry Evening
19 March 2010 - FOLIO BOOKS invites you to an evening of poetry with Helen Moffett & Liesl Jobson. Come and share a glass of wine while listening to poems that will delight, shock, anger, comfort and amuse. more
Folio Books Read Write Event
25 March 2010 - An interactive evening for book lovers, book clubbers, writers and closet writers with Dorian Haarhoff more
The healing hands of Eslinah Magemgenene
Guest author Joy-Anne Goodenough experiences the healing touch of blind massage therapist Eslinah Magemgenene, and shares Eslinah's inspirational story. more
Green Drinks Newlands: Last one of 2009!
So, things are winding down, and the last Newlands Green Drinks of this crazy year will be held this evening at Josephine Mill... No talks, just fun and music, and a laid back evening. more
Win coffee-for-two from Jaqui Daya (x25)
Jaqui Daya's coffee is sublime - so much so that I find myself drinking it at any chance I get (the perks of working from home, and living a few minutes' walk from the place). And now I get to share some coffee love, by giving away coffee-for-two to 25 readers... more
Epic hiking and ambitious conservation on the menu at Green Drinks (Newlands) tonight…
I absolutely love the sound of what's on at Green Drinks (the Newlands version) this evening... and if you're into hiking, conservation and a time-out from the helter-skelter of modern living, you will too. more
Folio Books: Aernout Zevenbergen discusses Storytelling in a time of instant gratification
On Friday 30 October at 6pm, award-nominated journalist and author Aernout Zevenbergen will give a talk and be in discussion... more
Green Drinks and climate change: on tonight at Josephine Mill
It's Green Drinks time again, on this side of the mountain (Newlands), and this month climate change is the hot topic (ahem, so to speak). On the bill for the evening: Samantha Bailey (350.org), Leonie Joubert (scorched.co.za), Robert Zipplies (bendingthecurve.co.za) and Brenda Martin (90x2030.org.za). more
Kirstenbosch Craft Market
The Craft Market takes place on the last Sunday of the month, except for closing in June, July and August (winter) and in December when the market takes place on two Sundays. Hours are from 9 am to 3 pm, and entrance is free. more
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