Company's Gardens
If any garden completely embodies the history of its place, this one does. This landscape tells several stories: of the founding of a trading post by the Dutch East India Company, of the displacement of the native Khoekhoen people, of a garden and town built by slaves, of the country’s first synagogue, and of the establishment of the national government. The Garden also...
"The Company’s Garden ... takes its name from the Dutch East India Company who first started the garden in 1652 for the victualing of their ships that plied the spice trade route between Europe and the East Indies, via The Cape of Good Hope." Source: City of Cape Town
During my visit to the Company’s Gardens in Cape Town South Africa, the architecture and landscape of De Tuynhuys, or The Garden House, caught my attention. But it was the 300 years of history of the place that kept my interest...