Tree fundi Clare Burgess will lead a Company’s Garden Trees & Design Tour at the Company’s Garden in Cape Town on Saturday, 5 November 2022 at 10am.
Culture Connect organises regular, popular tours delving deep into particular aspects of Cape Town’s history and cultural scene. The social history content will be covered by Kate Crane Briggs, founder of Culture Connect in 2012.
Expect lots of fascinating facts and beautiful trees in Cape Town’s first cultivated land of note, which was initially used for fruit and vegetables for the Dutch East India Company in 1652 During the British era. What was once a botanical pleasure garden is now a popular park in the centre of the city.
This will be the third rendition of the tour for Culture Connect.
Historical aspects
The event will briefly cover social history, including slave labour, monuments and the Friends’ scheme. This includes the winning entry for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, honouring Black South Africans who died during the First World War (1914–1918).
Clare is a landscape architect who initially worked for the City, who own and run Company’s Garden. She is now a consultant with her own award-winning practice.
She is the co-founder and Chair of the campaign group TreeKeepers Cape Town, and has taught at both the University of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
The start and finish will be at Coffee at the Vine, Heritage Centre, Company’s Garden, 17 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town.
To book, contact kate@cultureconnectsa.com +27(0) 72 377 8014. Weekend readers can go for R250 pre pay, otherwise R350. Kate will send you payment options.
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What: Company’s Garden Trees & Design Tour
When: 5 November 2022 at 10am.
Where: Company’s Garden Cape Town
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