Groot Constantia Christmas Gift and Garden Fair

I hadn’t man­aged to get to the Christmas Gift and Garden Fair dur­ing the even­ing this week so popped in dur­ing lunch time on its last day.  Held at Groot Constantia, the set­ting itself would have been good enough if the fair had not lived up to expect­a­tion.  But it did not fail to deliver!

For a small R20 entry fee (all pro­ceeds go to The Red Cross Children’s Hospital, and in par­tic­u­lar will be used to buy lifesav­ing equip­ment for the new Operating Theatre Complex) I gained access to the ‘hall’ and strolled along the rows of exhib­it­ors.  On sale were all sorts of lovely things, per­fect for Christmas shopping ...

One stand had the most inter­est­ing trays – with bent cut­lery for handles!  Very quirky indeed.  Amongst other things were kit­chen black­boards, jew­ellery hold­ers, photo frames, Panama hats, deli­cious bis­cuits (I know, I bought three pack­ets!), jams, bags and vari­ous other trinkets.  There was also a wide range of garden accessor­ies and a stall selling cus­tom made kit­chen furniture.

The two organ­isers of the fair travel the coun­try and source exclus­ive and mainly hand­craf­ted, upmar­ket gifts.  This really is an ideal place to start the Christmas shop­ping or per­haps just to buy a few fun things for your home!

A friend joined me for a quick bite to eat at Jonkershuis after I had done my Christmas shop­ping.  Jonkershuis is situ­ated at Groot Constantia and offers the most per­fect views from their lawns out across to False Bay.  If its too windy then per­haps move into the court­yard under the vines — both are lovely and make for a per­fect lunch location!

Jonkershuis also offers the option of hav­ing a pic­nic bas­ket made up to enjoy on their lawns.  Including all sorts of deli­cious nibbles from local cheeses, sliced meats, pates and brownies to round off the meal, this is a fun way to have a relaxed group lunch.

All in all a lovely lunch time out­ing — great shop­ping, deli­cious food and the most gor­geous sur­round­ings.  Again I had to remind myself, I am so lucky to live in this beau­ti­ful coun­try of ours!

Photographs:
Top photo — Christmas Gift and Garden Fair at Groot Constantia
Middle photo — Lunch at Jonkershuis
Bottom photo — Groot Constantia

The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Trust:
The Children's Hospital Trust is an inde­pend­ent char­ity and the fun­drais­ing arm of Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, the stand alone, spe­cial­ist children's hos­pital ded­ic­ated entirely to chil­dren in Southern Africa. Visit the web­site for addi­tional inform­a­tion at: http://www.childrenshospitaltrust.org.za/

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