Graaff Reinet's Obesa Nursery – Walk the Cacti Labyrinth

Obesa Cacti Nursery
You either get it, or you don't. With the Obesa Cactus Nursery. Although describing it as a 'nursery' hardly does the experience justice. For a visit here, if you allow it, is far more of an experience than it is a simple trip to the nursery to pick up a cactus or two for your window sill.
First of all the 'nursery' takes up the better part of a block. For those of you who want to find it, hunt down the street dominated by a myriad psychedelically painted houses. They're a series of guest houses that go by the same name as the nursery (run by Johan's ex-wife, who remains a fan despite that). The nursery is directly across the road, and all over the pavement, and, if you look around you, on just about every available piece of ground.
That this is the work of a man with a passion is obvious. Having lived with a gardening nut who has transformed the better part of our city garden into a wild vegetable mandala, I think I can handle it. Continued
Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues




























