Six hectares of land on the Lourensford Estate in Somerset West have
been cleared to create a new site for the South African Airways Cape Town
Flower Show 2006.
Following the success of last year’s event which attracted
more than 24 000 visitors over four days, the organizers, with the support
of South African Airways, have promised a bigger and brighter show this
year with parking for an additional 600 vehicles.
Six hectares of unproductive orchards, have been cleared to make way
for the flower show and its catering and entertainment elements. The new
site is double the size of last year’s site and designed specifically to
the show’s requirements. Existing old pin oaks and poplar and plum trees
will be retained to create a natural four-sided border to the site with
the balance used for parking.
“We are very excited about this expansion, which will obviate the need
for a shuttle service,” said Paul Jackson one of the show’s directors.
“Visitors will now be able to walk from their parked cars directly to the
showgrounds.”
In a celebration of gardens, exhibition manager David Davidson is
inviting members of the public, horticultural societies, garden and flower
clubs, and commercial growers and retailers to exhibit fresh flower
displays, new and unusual plants for the house and garden, wild flower
specimens, as well as displays of fruit and vegetables. By growing this
element of the show the South African Airways Cape Town Flower Show hope
to provide visitors with a profusion of colour.
This year, Feature Gardens will again form one of the prime
attractions to the show, with luminaries and novices of the garden design
world creating inspiring gardens that mirror the changing enthusiasms of
gardeners to the present day and even into the future.
In order to improve the overall quality of show gardens, design
concepts and plans will be required from all garden exhibitors this year.
The organisers are confident that this should dramatically improve the
quality of exhibits and they will be offering professional assistance to
first time or less experienced exhibitors.
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