kirstenbosch events 2017 Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/kirstenbosch-events-2017 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Trip Advisor Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden http://toursmaps.com/trip-advisor-kirstenbosch-national-botanical-garden.html http://toursmaps.com/trip-advisor-kirstenbosch-national-botanical-garden.html#respond Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:12:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=246699 Encouraged by the success of the first show, the following year the village organising committee attracted ‘the distinguished patronage vouchsafed by Lady Robinson, who has graciously signified her intention of being present’. Lady Robinson was the wife of Sir Hercules Robinson, Queen Victoria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, and a colonial official of considerable stature. A special train was arranged for the convenience of the party from Government House – a measure of the personal interest in matters botanical that was entertained by many of the political leaders, and those in business, of the Victorian era. Governors General, Lord Chief

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