As the heat of summer subsides and autumn extends its tendrils through the crisp morning air, the Babylonstoren garden that shares her summer fruits so generously, exhales and lets slip each leaf and weighted burden to earth, to travel sparsely through the rejuvenating heart of winter.
What joys each season brings! In the Boland, autumn is particularly sweet. A harbinger of cool respite, of rest and replenishment. A time to savour the bounty of past labours, to uncork a heady red as the sunset streaks the sky in impossible hues of pink, purple and iridescent citrus.
“Because there’s less to see – in terms of foliage and fruit – there’s so much more to see,” explains Didi Brink, Babylonstoren’s garden production manager. The underlying structure emerges, its brilliance laid bare, as all the carefully trellised designs become visible. Lest we forget, we too are part of nature and receptive to this mellowing of pressure and the understated pleasures of the season. Hours of blissful sleep, perfectly ensconced against the cooling earth, the soothing crackle of a late-afternoon fire, like butter yielding to warm bread. A time to take in, soak up, and waft the world away.
It’s a beautiful time to come and stay on Babylonstoren Farm.
Make the most of their seasonal offer from April to August – stay for 4 nights and only pay for 3!
5 Reasons to love this season in the Babylonstoren Farm Hotel
1. Babylonstoren’s Fynbos Rooms
A short distance from the heart of the farm, the Fynbos Cottages and Family House offer quiet luxury surrounded by pristine vegetation.
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2. Babylonstoren balance
Energise your chi with mindful stretching classes presented every morning and afternoon in the Babylonstoren White Studio.
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3. Italian Evenings and Carnivore Dinners
The Old Bakery offers delicious dining in a convivial atmosphere, alternating between an Italian-inspired four-course meal and five-course Carnivore Evenings that celebrate delicious meat from Babylonstoren’s Chianina herd.
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4. Hot spa
Spa and hotel guests have full access to the exclusive hot spa area with a sauna, steam room, heated indoor vitality pool, tropical rain showers and salt room. Yield to the deep relaxation of a water treatment in the traditional hammam or experience a cleansing and revitalising mud scrub and deep soak in the authentic Rasul chamber.
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5. Farm activities
Earth yourself in the rhythms of a working farm. Meet the makers behind the beautiful produce enjoyed at Babylonstoren and exchange knowledge with their gardeners as you explore the garden and beyond.
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Autumn garden delights
- Celebrate all things citrus
- Beautiful flowering brassicas
- Preserving the olive harvest
- Ginger and turmeric in the Spice House
- The Mushroom Room in full bloom
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