13/09/2026
Take time to visit this amazing installation
STANFORD IN BLOOM & CHELSEA FLOWERS IN STANFORD PREPARE FOR THEIR THIRD YEAR: 12 – 27 September 2026.
It’s official! Stanford in Bloom and Chelsea Flowers in Stanford will be back for the 3rd year in a row. Leon Kluge and the South African team’s Gold and the ‘Best Exhibit in the Great Pavillion’ award-winning display will be recreated in the village of Stanford. Visitors and villagers alike can look forward to: a tented Stanford in Bloom Market, foodie demonstrations and workshops in the Klein River Cheese Demo Kitchen, creative workshops and talks, live music and much more!
“This year’s display ‘Life After Fire’ showcased the diversity of South African flowers that appear after wildfires in the Cape region. Up to 20 000 stems of Protea cut flowers as well as thousands of burnt Protea branches were arranged to create a post fire landscape where bulbs and orchids from all regions of South Africa were on display. Artist Tristan Woudberg led a team to assemble a sculptural vortex of burnt material, including charred wood and burnt branches sourced from the remnants of the devastating fires which tore through the mountainous areas of the Western Cape last year.
‘Life After Fire’ is one of South Africa’s biggest displays at the RHS Chelsea flower and features a babbling ‘fonteintjie’ or natural stream complete with Disa orchids and carnivorous sundew plants. Other unique plants on display included the miniature star like flowers of Rhodohypoxis which hails from the high elevations of the Drakensberg.”
STANFORD IN BLOOM SCHEDULE: https://stanfordinbloom.co.za/ {New Events updated weekly}
KLEIN RIVER CHEESE DEMO KITCHEN: https://stanfordinbloom.co.za/events/list/ {New Events updated weekly}
TICKETS for CHELSEA FLOWERS IN STANFORD ARE NOW ON SALE: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1595779908&fbclid=IwY2xjawSUaZNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFDYjE0OU1DMnduVlJNRFFSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpoILZmOwBc-tC-OnvAAKfGhISAEu9B1wJd9La2mplkVITCGMw3MVKB5Rscf_aem_c3ef1KwqbpSRRC7MPtM2qg
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