Fairmount Nursery and Tea Garden

Spruce up your garden this summer!

And have yourself a delicious looking muffin while at it.

Can't remember her name now but the resident confectioner does know her story, the presentation was just  as good as the taste, if not better too.

I had a late breakfast at Fairmount nursery and tea garden,it was a lazy afternoon with families gathered for a nice chat and children building sand castles or feeding goats. Very quaint.

The service was not a 100% but i was happy to just relax under the leafy foliage.

The food when it finally arrived was quite good, it came on a wooden slab - I thought it was a nice touch.

Effect on your pocket.

I can't say it's a cheap place to eat at but it's not 5 star dining either so the prices are quite reasonable, for the ambience and peacefulness offered.

I picked up a few plants and herbs on my way out,and for that my garden is a much happier place.

The details 

Give them a call or drop them an email, who knows, you might even like it.

0116406490

Email: teagarden@fairmount.co.za

Address: 26 Sandler Road Fairmount, Johannesburg.

Kensington Spring Fair.

Don't you just love spring?

The flowers blossoming, little buds becoming green crowns on once dried up trees and happy fairs.

I love it!

10 rand pony rides, jumping castles am sadly too old to partake in, over priced drinks and stalls upon stalls of some new and some lovely old things to browse through if not buy.

A fair by the lake

The Kensington Spring Fair takes place every 1st Sunday of September at Rhodes  park in Johannesburg.

It's quite lovely seeing young and old stretch the winter tired bones and breath in the freshness of Spring.

The park is nice and spacious, with little lakes of water scattered about in which green algae floats.

It's all quite quaint.

The Food

One of the reasons i go to these fairs is for the food, i got to taste curry straight from Durban, apparently it had been emailed through a few minutes back, girl was it hot!. I would share about it's after effects on bits and parts of me but there is such a thing as TMI - too much information :-p.

Rhodes Park is found at Cnr Cumberland and Ocean streets.

I will most certainly be there next year for the spring fair!

Gillooly's farm

Gillooly’s farm.

We went to gilooly’s on a Tuesday, which meant that we practically had the whole place to ourselves.
Mrs sippi blue restaurant just by the lake has a bluesy feel to it, they played quiet music and we ate our lunch looking at the ducks play in the water, unfortunately outside was too windy as this was in august.
The food was ok, nothing to write home about, I had nachos, which were sadly not the original nachos chips I like but the doritos impersonation.

Little one had chips and a hotdog, the chips came in a little basket, loads of them, we later fed what was left of them to the ducks, who seemed awfully hungry.
We then went off into the park, which is well maintained and well equipped and burnt off the food on the swings, slides and climbing thingies.
A few people walked their dogs, others just sat quietly, the set up was just amazing.
Gillooly’s farm is quite ideal for family picnics, a lover’s stroll or simply a walk in the park.

Gillooly’s farm is open daily and entrance is free.

Easily accessible from the R24 and N3
5 minutes from east gate, 10 minutes from OR Tambo.

Tel: 011 453 8066/2207/8252
Fax: 011 453 3298
Email: gilooly@mweb.co.za
Postal address: Box 467 Bedfordview, 2008
Physical Address: Boeing Road West, Bedfordview.
Previous Address: www.gilloolysbanqueting.co.za