Continuing on our journey down the
Garden Route, I thought that for those not au fait with the route, I should perhaps first expand a little on the area before letting you into my next secret find.

The Garden Route in the Western Cape is one of the most scenic routes in the country and a main tourist attraction.  If you had been one of my international clients, visiting South Africa, I would have definitely recommended that, had you the time, you explore this region…

If you have never been to South Africa, and you were wondering what kind of floral kingdom it would have, perhaps, because you think of it as being hot and sunny, you assume that it’s pretty desert like and quite scarce in the flower department; well nothing could be further from the truth. 

10% of the world’s flowering species are found in South Africa with the Cape Floristic Kingdom being one of the world’s six plant kingdoms. The others are the Antarctic, Australasian, Boreal,…