- Company's Garden
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Walking in the Company Gardens
A well fed squirrel in Company GardensThe Company's Garden is a park located in central Cape Town. The park was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce.[1] It is watered from the Molteno Dam on the lower slopes of Table Mountain, using water from the mountain's springs.[citation needed]
Highlights in the park include:
- The oldest cultivated pear tree in South Africa (circa 1652)
- A rose garden designed and built in 1929
- A well stocked fish pond
- Dellville Wood Memorial Garden, which commemorates the World War 1 Battle of Delville Wood in France, in which a predominantly SA force of more than 3 000 soldiers was reduced to 755 survivors by German forces
- An aviary
- Restaurant - the Garden Tea Room
- Botanically and historically valuable trees
- Local arts and crafts along the avenue
- Lawns and benches
- A herb and succulent garden
- Historic statues
The Iziko South African Museum, Iziko National Gallery and National Library of South Africa are in the garden.
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Nearby Places of Interest
- Parliament & Tuynhuis are adjacent to the park
- St George's Cathedral
- Centre for the book
Events
The Company's Gardens hosts the annual Cape Town Festival.[2]
Wildlife
It has been said[who?] that the squirrels in the park are the most well fed among the species.
References
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