The 350-year old Company Gardens are situated just across the road from the Taj Cape Town. If you stand in the meetings rooms and the rooms in the Tower Wing you can steal a glimpse (or a lot more) of these beautifully maintained gardens.
It’s hard to believe that these gardens were among the first things set-up by Cape Town’s founder, Jan van Riebeeck (Henrik Boom did the heavy lifting). If you remember your history you will recall that Cape Town was originally established as a refueling station for the Dutch-East India Trading Company; a place where they could pick up fresh water, vegetables, fruit and meat. The vegetables and fruit were all grown in the expansive Company Gardens.
Image courtesy of Danie VDM
The Company Gardens, that exist today, are a fraction of their original size but they’re still am impressive piece of living history. It really is amazing that 350 years on these gardens are still here and still carrying their original Dutch-East India Trading Company purpose related name.
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