On the way to Warmbaths in Limpopo, just outside of Pretoria, we found a Rose Farm ....
Ludwig's Rose Farm.
We had to stop...
As we got out of the car the smell of roses nearly bowled us over.
I suppose it was more potent in the midday sun and 35 degrees Celsius (96 degrees Fahrenheit) heat and with the sprinklers on them the smell was everywhere, so beautiful.
Wow it was amazing there were hundreds and thousands of rose species.
The roses were all in their specific categories - Hybrid Tea Roses,
Colourscape Roses,
Climbers
Ramblers,
Miniature Roses
Fairy Tale Roses with names like Pooh Bear and Princess Rose Blossom
and of course some more famous names such as
Madiba ( Nelson Mandela),
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| Madiba's Rose |
Very fitting for Madiba!
Super Bowl and Pride of England!
There was a tea room ....
Serving cream scones and cakes.
Ahh it was soooo beautiful!
Only when we drove out on the highway did we realise how large the farm is!
Back on the Great North road to Warmbaths to spend a couple of days near Warmsbath's at a hotel called the Carousel.
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| The Great North Road to Warmbaths |
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| Open bushveld all the way to the Carousel |
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| The Carousel Hotel |
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| Gates to the Hotel |
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| The sign at the entrance of the casino |
I am not a gambler at all - I just can't get my head around putting, good money, that could buy some beads or such stuff into a machine to have it swallowed up in an instantly .
I won until I had R1 900 then lost, then won and then lost, but still came away with my R200 in tact so it was fun.
BUT the Rose Farm was the highlight of my weekend!
Hugs
Cxxx
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5 comments:
Oh C....I love the roses. How gorgeous! More than beautiful. I so hope to plant some roses (Ramblers) someday. Everything so far I just kill. It's the Oklahoma heat and red clay. That's my story and I'm STICKIN' to it!
I hoped to put your button on my blog...can't snag the right one. Can you send it to me?
xoRebecca
How I would love to visit the Rose Farm. This is such a beautiful place with an assortment of roses. The Madiba rose is exquisite. I know my heart would sing if I saw the red roses. The rose jam looks delightful. By the way, I'm not a gambler either. I'd rather use the money for things we need. Happy week to you,
~Sheri at Red Rose Alley
What a wondeful trip! The roses are amazing...I could have looked at them all day. And that cake...oh my goodness! Yum!
Hi Cheryl, Thank you for the kind comment on my blog, I am a newby to crazy quilting but I love it. Your photo's of the Roses are beautiful and make me long for summer, I will call again.
Jill
I can smell the roses from here! Oh how it makes me yearn for my own roses (now very dormant and very covered up with a foot of snow.) Kit
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