Thursday, 3 July, 2025 Thursday, 4 September, 2025 Thursday, 27 November, 2025

Traditional handcrafts: Colour crocheting at Soetmelksvlei

Join us at Soetmelksvlei to master the art of crochet with needleworker Doortjie Gersbach on 3 July, 4 September or 27 November 2025.

Soetmelksvlei, Babylonstoren    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 4 July, 2025 Friday, 10 October, 2025 Friday, 5 December, 2025

Everything’s better with butter: make butter and bake buttermilk rusks

Join us for a buttermaking and buttermilk rusk baking workshop at Soetmelksvlei, a delightful new excursion by Babylonstoren presented by master baker Martjie Malan.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 9 July, 2025

Family fun: grow your own succulents from scratch (for kids aged 6–12)

Kids, grow your own succulents from scratch at Babylonstoren on 9 July presented by ou resident succulent expert Cornell Beukes.

Babylonstoren    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 11 July, 2025

Cape food: learn to preserve seasonal guavas at Soetmelksvlei

Join us in the Soetmelksvlei kitchen on 11 July as we celebrate the bounty of guavas in the heart of winter, presented by Louzel Steyn.

Soetmelksvlei, Babylonstoren    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Saturday, 12 July, 2025 to Sunday, 13 July, 2025

Franschhoek Bastille Festival

Save the date for Franschhoek Wine Valley's iconic Franschhoek Bastille Festival taking place on 12 & 13 July 2025 in the heart of the village at the Hospice parking area.

Hospice Parking Area, La Rochelle Street    Franschhoek    Franschhoek Wine Valley

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Tuesday, 15 July, 2025

Family fun: Move and breathe in the garden (for kids aged 6-12)

Join us on 15 July for a sensory experience in the Babylonstoren garden as we move and breathe in a family-oriented workshop presented by Babylonstoren yogi, Carel Cloete.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 16 July, 2025

Babylonstoren: Build your own garden structures

Learn how to build your own garden structures at Babylonstoren on 16 July. Presented by Tenecia Stevens, Hendrik Gersbach and Constance Stuurman.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 18 July, 2025

Cape food: bake your own farm-style loaves with seasonal marmalade at Soetmelksvlei

Join us on 18 July as we celebrate the bounty of winter in the Soetmelksvlei kitchen by making our own seasonal marmalade, to serve with fresh bread and butter.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Saturday, 19 July, 2025 Saturday, 20 September, 2025

Learn the art of bookbinding at Soetmelksvlei

Learn to make your own in this beginner workshop taking place in July and September at Soetmelksvlei, presented by Marianne Cronjé.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 23 July, 2025

Explore the magic world of mushrooms at Babylonstoren

Spend the day with Babylonstoren’s head gardener, Alex Bosman on 23 July to discover more about the functions and uses of fungi in our garden.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Thursday, 24 July, 2025

Caroline's Red Wine Review 2025

Join us at the DHL Stadium on Thursday, 24th July in Cape Town for an evening of walk around wine tasting of the most highly rated red wines presented by the winemakers!

DHL Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Rd, Green Point    Cape Town    Caroline Rillema

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Thursday, 24 July, 2025

Master meat: All about venison and biltong at Soetmelksvlei

Jaco Koegelenberg, a springbok meat master invites 10 eager learners to a masterclass in biltong presented at Soetmelksvlei.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 25 July, 2025

Cape food: Traditional bobotie with guava chutney at Soetmelksvlei

Learn how to make traditional bobotie with master baker, Martjie Malan, on 25 July at our heritage kitchen of Soetmelksvlei.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Tuesday, 29 July, 2025 Tuesday, 26 August, 2025 Wednesday, 17 September, 2025 Tuesday, 21 October, 2025

Craft your own homemade soaps at Babylonstoren

Learn how to make your own natural soap using Babylonstoren’s olive and essential oils as inspiration.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 30 July, 2025

Create beautiful tree shapes with espalier at Babylonstoren

Create beautiful tree shapes with espalier at Babylonstoren on 30 July 2025, presented by Anton Roux and Comine Joubert.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 1 August, 2025 Friday, 7 November, 2025

Magic with milk: make your own butter, soft cheese and yoghurt at Soetmelksvlei

Learn the incredible art of making your own soft cheese, butter and yoghurt from scratch at this arm-to-table workshop on Soetmelksvlei.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 8 August, 2025

Nuts for pecans! Bake a pecan pie and carrot cake at Soetmelksvlei

In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to make a classic pecan nut pie with flaky pie dough and nutty filling in the Soetmelksvlei kitchen.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Thursday, 14 August, 2025 Thursday, 23 October, 2025

Master meat: Make boerewors and droëwors at Soetmelksvlei

Join us and learn how to make your own boerewors and delicious frikkadelle from scratch at Soetmelksvlei.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 22 August, 2025

Bake with citrus and spice at Soetmelksvlei

Explore a world of sweetly spiced bakes, including delicious orange and cardamom tea cake, lemon drizzle madeleines, and more on 13 June and 22 August at Soetmelksvlei.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 27 August, 2025

Discover and grow cycads at Babylonstoren

Join Basie Dreyer on 27 August 2025 in the Babylonstoren garden for a stroll among the living dinosaurs of the plant world.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 5 September, 2025

Bake your own: Make butter and buttermilk scones

Master baker Martjie Malan will teach you the art of handmade butter at Soetmelksvlei. With buttermilk as by-product, you’ll also learn to create the fluffiest scones.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 26 September, 2025

Master meat: make your own salami at Soetmelksvlei

Join master butcher Jaco Koegelenberg and master charcutier Shelvin Jacobs in the Meat Room at Soetmelksvlei for a butchery masterclass.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Tuesday, 30 September, 2025

Broaden your gardening horizons with indigenous trees

Babylonstoren’s Ernst van Jaarsveld will guide you through the diversity of trees in various Southern African ecosystems in this workshop on 17 June and 30 September.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 3 October, 2025

Hands-on kids: Bake and ice your own farm animal biscuits at Soetmelksvlei

Calling all aspiring young bakers! Join the hands-on baking workshop at Soetmelksvlei on 28 March, 27 June, or 3 October 2025.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 15 October, 2025 Wednesday, 5 November, 2025

Discover the secret life of bees with Babylonstoren

Discover the secret life of bees with this beekeeping workshop with Arné Stander at Babylonstoren, Franschhoek.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 17 October, 2025

Celebrate with chocolate and cake: bake your own treats at Soetmelksvlei

Join us on 20 June and 17 October at Soetmelksvlei to learn to bake your very own chocolate cake with master baker Martjie Malan.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Thursday, 6 November, 2025

Bloomin' beautiful: the art of flower pressing at Soetmelksvlei

Join the Babylonstoren team for a hands-on flower pressing workshop at Soetmelksvlei and try your hand at this age-old craft.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Thursday, 13 November, 2025

Hey, Brew! Fruit and flower cordials and bush teas

Join us on 19 June and 13 November for a hands-on morning in the fresh farm air as we step back in time to brew our own fruit and flower cordials and bush teas.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 14 November, 2025

Bake your own at Soetmelksvlei: Teatime treats with choux pastries and almonds

Try your hand at baking choux pastry at this Babylonstoren workshop taking place at Soetmelksvlei on 7 February, 30 May, and 14 November.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

Unlock the diversity of indigenous succulents at Babylonstoren

Learn to cultivate, propagate and design a succulent garden under the keen and knowledgeable guidance of Ernst van Jaarsveld at Babylonstoren.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 28 November, 2025

Bake your own savoury breads at Soetmelksvlei

Join Martjie Malan in the heritage kitchen of Soetmelksvlei on 31 January or 28 November to learn how to bake savoury breads.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Thursday, 4 December, 2025

Pickle and preserve summer's abundance at Soetmelksvlei

Join us in the heritage kitchen of Soetmelksvlei on 13 March and 4 December as we unpack the traditional practice of pickling and preserving.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Tuesday, 9 December, 2025

Lavender and essential oils workshop

Join the lavender and essential oils workshop at Babylonstoren on 29 January or 9 December 2025.

Babylonstoren, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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