About

Heaven Scent Garden and Nursery occupies two hectares on a working apple farm against the mountains in the Elgin Valley of the Western Cape near Grabouw (approximately 90km from Cape Town).

The original family garden has developed over the last six years into a nursery and cutting garden from which we supply the local farm stalls and guest houses (www.southhill.co.za) with bunches of flowers.

All our flowers are grown out in the open and as organically as possible.
We make our own compost and vermicompost, which we use in the garden and nursery bags.

The Flower Cutting Garden

I started selling Tussie Mussie posies at Houw Hoek Farm Stall and as their popularity grew, we developed the garden to increase the number of posies and bunches that we could produce. That was when the garden began expanding at the expense of the neighbouring apple orchard!  To date we have taken out nearly two full orchards.

Once we had taken out the apple trees we proceeded to plant the area up with flowers and foliage. I couldn’t bring myself to plant the various types and varieties in functional blocks which would have been more sensible and easier to pick!

It is a working garden but is very relaxing to work in – a far cry from your usual cut flower suppliers. You are more than welcome to experience the garden for yourself and wander through it on one of our regular Open Days.

You can buy our flowers at Houw Hoek Farm Stall, Peregrine Farm Stall off the N2 through Elgin, Petals at Kleinmond, and Walker Bay Nursery in Hermanus.

The Plant Nursery

The nursery part of Heaven Scent Garden and Nursery is a result of us propagating plants for our own use and visitors expressing an interest in buying our plants.  We now have a good selection of plants some of which are not always that readily available at the usual retail nurseries.

We concentrate on plants that are good for cutting for the vase, as well as indigenous plants and exotic plants that grow well on the farm.

Plants can be bought from Heaven Scent Nursery itself.  The nursery is open to the public by appointment only. If you are passing and would like to stop by, please telephone and make an appointment to make sure I am on the farm.