Accommodation near The Company Gardens - 18
The Company’s Garden is situated in Queen Victoria Street, in Cape Town City Centre.
The Garden takes its name from the Dutch East India Company who first started the garden in 1652 for private use but was made open for public use in 1848. It is now visited by tourists for its amazing views, flowers, water feature and historic setting.
The Company’s Garden is surrounded by many important landmarks, including the Houses of Parliament, the Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium, St George's Cathedral, the National Library of South Africa, the South African National Gallery, and the Jewish Museum.
The main features include:
• The oldest cultivated pear tree in South Africa planted in 1652
• Historic statues and a sundial dated 1781
• A well with a hand-pump embedded in an oak tree next to it, which is still connected to the well by an underground pipe dating back to 1842
• A memorial slave-bell which is actually the old fire-alarm bell from the original town hall in Greenmarket Square
• The rose garden designed and built in 1929
• The Delville Wood Memorial Garden, designed in 1929 by Sir Herbert Baker
• A Japanese theme garden with Japanese lantern donated by the Japanese Ambassador in 1932
• Water features and a koi fishpond
• An aviary with a variety of birds
• A herb garden
• A rockery garden
• The Visitors’ Centre and Information Office which houses a pictorial history of the Company’s Garden
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