A Blooming Affair Garden & Craft Market Day 2024
Sat Oct 5, 09:00 - Sat Oct 5, 16:00
Roedean School
ABOUT
Join the Roedean community as we usher in Spring with our annual A Blooming Affair Garden & Craft Market Day. A vibrant springtime market with plenty to tickle your fancy, all for a good cause as we build community and raise funds towards our educational charities.
The highly anticipated A Blooming Affair Garden & Craft Market Day, established in 2010, is a celebration of the beauty of nature and the creativity of human hands. Held in the verdant grounds of Roedean School, the event transforms the school into a veritable cornucopia of colour and delight. Visitors can wander among the stalls, browsing the wares of talented artisans and craftspeople, or simply revel in the beauty of the gardens. There is something for everyone at A Blooming Affair, from delicious food to bespoke quality goods to stunning displays of flora, as well as a kids' area to keep your little ones entertained.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Roedean School (SA)
Princess of Wales Terrace, Parktown
BENEFICIARIES
One of the beneficiaries of this year’s event is the Roedean Academy, a donor funded initiative that aims to provide additional tuition for Scholars from under-resourced schools. Roedean has established a world-class, sustainable training environment for girls from under-resourced communities. Roedean has partnered with the neighbouring Barnato Park High School and Newgate College to provide tuition in Mathematics, English, Accounting and Physical Science to up to 100 girls from Grade 8 to 12.
The overarching aim of the Academy is to encourage talented girls to thrive academically and to open doors of opportunity for them. Several of the Academy’s past students have been awarded full bursaries for tertiary education. Other girls have gone on to study education with a view to becoming teachers. These girls have been able to use the platform of the Academy to launch the start of successful careers. The Academy can change lives; each pupil receives individual care and attention, and although the resulting development is difficult to measure accurately, it is inspiring to witness.
For further information, click here.
GARDENS OF THE GOLDEN CITY
A Blooming Affair is part of Gardens of the Golden City, a wonderful initiative that invites the public to get behind our walls and fences to explore Jozi’s best kept gardening secrets while raising funds for various charities.
Roedean School has a truly magnificent garden of botanical interest, which ‘intertwines’ with the school’s 121-year history. The Herbert Baker buildings are complemented by beds filled with a great variety of plants, large and small, indigenous and exotic, with roses abounding.
For over 35 years, the late Anne Lorentz created a magnificent garden of botanical interest at Roedean. Fiorina and Selwyn Jansen were entrusted with the care and development of the Roedean’s gardens for 12 years until 2021, during which time they built on Anne’s legacy. Martine de la Harpe was the landscaper overseeing the care of the Roedean gardens until September 2023. The gardens are currently in the care of landscaper Heather Mansour who is also the owner of Styleview Gardens.
For more information about Gardens of the Golden City and to view their Open Garden schedule, click here.
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