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80 potatoes and a baby Cape Cobra

It is another stunning day here at Cape Point: In the veggie garden things are growing and we have been busy sowing yet another garden with all… Read more “80 potatoes and a baby Cape Cobra”

April 3, 2012 by Good Hope Nursery

A fresh start with spring

So new and exciting beginnings have begun! Good Hope Gardens Nursery and farmstall is fully operational. Coinciding with the beginning of Spring we relaunched with a bang… Read more “A fresh start with spring”

September 8, 2011 by Good Hope Nursery

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then here is 10,000 words of what we have been up to this wintery month…

June 30, 2011 by Good Hope Nursery

Endings and new beginnings

Things have been changing a lot around here. Namely the entire business. ‘Roger Gray trading as Good Hope Nursery’ comes to an end as from today. However,… Read more “Endings and new beginnings”

June 1, 2011 by Good Hope Nursery

New day, new project.

Yesterday was really, really, ridiculously hot. Hot is not a good enough descriptive word…shmaaaahggg or pshaaaaaweeee might be better. Took a melting Pecan & vanilla cake down… Read more “New day, new project.”

March 8, 2010March 8, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

The Fynbos Ecolodge after pics!!!

It is over. Our crazy, no-words-can-describe THREE day revamp is over…had to have a day to recover before sitting down and writing this. To recover and to… Read more “The Fynbos Ecolodge after pics!!!”

March 5, 2010March 5, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

Day 2 of the Ecolodge revamp

Day two. Am. The birds have barely started singing and Kingoftheplayground flutters an eyelid open. Blinks once. Sits straight up in bed. “Oh. Ok, its time to… Read more “Day 2 of the Ecolodge revamp”

March 3, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

Day 1 of Ecolodge revamp.

Day 1 went smoothly enough. Raced off to fetch camera (mine broke…think it heard it was really, really needed) and paint and galvanized nails. Designer friend came… Read more “Day 1 of Ecolodge revamp.”

March 2, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

Tomatoes and prep for the revamp.

Yesterday was a howling wind.  It whipped and whistled around the nursery. I decided to try and escape it by going out to ‘Town” for last minute… Read more “Tomatoes and prep for the revamp.”

February 28, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

Inspiration and wind.

The wind started gently blowing today. It blew softly through these (pink) Port St. Johns creeper and the (yellow) Helichrysum umbraculigerum….Say that three times fast! The weather… Read more “Inspiration and wind.”

February 19, 2010February 19, 2010 by Good Hope Nursery

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