Le Grand Jardin is exactly what its name translates to – a beautiful garden. Against the backdrop of lush Stellenbosch vineyards, the Sir Herbert Baker-style manor house overlooks Le Grand Jardin’s garden in full bloom, unveiling a scattering of beautiful spaces to discover this spring.
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One night, we sprawl out on the lawn to watch The Secret Garden under the stars, on a screen set up against the glass- house. Gardens can be tame and polite – but as we know from fiction, they can also be places of wild imagination and conjuring, from Tom Long’s magical midnight one to Rebecca’s Manderley. ‘I have a much-loved T-shirt with the slogan “Stay young, stay foolish” that has become my mantra,’ Sue tells me, ‘although I don’t think childhood is foolish.’ Later, my sons convince me to join them for a nocturnal swim in the eco pool, splashing alongside the frogs and fish. Here’s somewhere to be foolish; a private playground amid the manicured winelands of South Africa.
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Set in a lush park in the Stellenbosch Winelands, this luxury family retreat promises adventure at every turn. It is said that some of the most evocative memories of our lives are spawned in the gardens of our childhood. It was this that prompted Sue and Bernard Fontannaz to buy Le Grand Jardin in the Stellenbosch winelands more than 20 years ago, when their son Arnaud was just a few months old.
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