Friday, 18 April, 2025 to Sunday, 20 April, 2025

Easter Fun: The Amazing Rabbit Race at Soetmelksvlei

Babylonstoren is celebrating Easter with an Amazing Rabbit Race for kids at Soetmelksvlei from 18-20 April 2025.

Soetmelksvlei, Simondium    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 23 April, 2025 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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Thursday, 24 April, 2025 Wednesday, 21 May, 2025 Wednesday, 11 June, 2025 Tuesday, 1 July, 2025 Tuesday, 29 July, 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, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 2 May, 2025 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 hands-on, farm-to-table workshop on Soetmelksvlei.

Babylonstoren, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Friday, 30 May, 2025 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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Friday, 27 June, 2025 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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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

Babylonstoren, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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Wednesday, 27 August, 2025

Discover and grow cycads at Babylonstoren

Join us in the Babylonstoren garden for a stroll among the living dinosaurs of the plant world

Babylonstoren, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    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.

Babylonstoren, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    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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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, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    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, Babylonstoren Road, Franschhoek    Franschhoek    Babylonstoren

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