The Company’s Garden is like the Green Heart of Cape Town and on the first sunny days of spring this is where most people spent their days. Not wanting to miss out on the first warm day of spring I also headed out to the Gardens.
This Garden was formally established in 1652 by Dutch settlers to service and re-provision the company’s spice-trading sail ships. As Cape Town grew the Garden expanded becoming famous for its plants which were increasingly exported. The garden was left to fall into neglect at some time but today they take very good care of it and it is a very pleasant park to spent a sunny afternoon.
This Garden is a place where you can sit en relax, watch passers-by, feed the squirrels and appreciate the joys of nature right in the middle of the bustling city. I have had loads of fun feeding the little crazy squirrels and even fed the pigeons here the other afternoon.
I love spending some time exploring the Company’s Garden, it is a great break from city life. Luckily access to this public park, which contains a rose garden, fish pond, aviary and tea garden, is free, so there is no excuse for not making use of this space. For a public space in the middle of the city it very clean and well kept.
The tree-lined paths are the ideal place to relax while enjoying  the more than 8 000 species of plants contained here. I was more focused on the butterflies and ducks than the plants actually.
Janaline's world journey 
WOW that is beautiful!
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And to think it is right in the heart of a city.
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what a strange and beautiful butterfly!
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It is pretty and there were quite a few of them on the daisies that afternoon.
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Beautiful through your lens! 🙂
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Thank you Amy!! I had such a lovely day and couldn’t wait to share it with you guys!
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A lovely collection of photos!
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Thank you! Was a lovely spring day out in the gardens.
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You know my thoughts on this lovely garden – I love the jasmine photos, could almost smell that perfume, we had it growing in our courtyard – and what a pretty butterfly. I wonder if they still sell off some of the carp each year?
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I don’t know, there aren’t a lot of Carp in the pond at the moment but they do come when you tap on the side.
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Beautiful flowers 😊
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They are beautiful and this is just the start of spring…..cant wait to see what else pops up.
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Oh that’s a beautiful garden. Such beauty. Great pictures!
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Thank you! They have turned a part of the garden into a vegetable patch so will head over there later on for some photos
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What a stunning butterfly!
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They are beautiful right. It looks like they just love the daisies and the garden was filled with them.
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Fabulous wing markings along with the transparency 🙂 How lovely to have been able to watch them all!
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Beautiful…
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It is the perfect place to spend a Sunday afternoon…
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Love the flowers and the butterflies! I have to laugh tho…..these daisies are a right pest over here! Ok I guess ifvthey are contained
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I do love daisies, they are such cheerful flowers, but I agree, they can take over if not looked after properly.
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