A Blooming Affair is a yearly garden and craft market day organised by the South African Old Roedeanian Association.
Held in Roedean’s beautiful gardens, the school will turn into a beautiful craft market where you can enjoy scrumptious food, treat yourself to bespoke quality goods and enjoy an exclusive tour of the gardens. One of South Africa’s top film critics, Mr Digby Ricci, will also be giving a talk.
A great day out for families and friends alike, do not miss our yearly event on Saturday 7th October.
The proceeds of this event will be donated to the Roedean Academy as well as a percentage to the The Link @Yeoville’s Literacy programme.
WALK
10:00 | Guided garden tour
by Fiorina Jensen
TALK
11:30 | Talk by Digby Ricci:
“Treasures to be discovered: Women writers who may need an introduction”
EAT
Variety of gourmet food stalls
SHOP
Array of beautiful craft stalls
For over 35 years, the late Anne Lorentz created a magnificent garden of botanical interest at Roedean, a garden that ‘intertwines’ with the school’s 113-year history. Fiorina and Selwyn Jansen have now been entrusted with the care of Roedean’s gardens.
A Blooming Affair is part of Gardens of the Golden City, a wonderful initiative that invites the public to get behind our walls and fences to explore Jozi’s best kept gardening secrets while raising funds for various charities.
The proceeds of this event are donated to The Roedean Academy, The Link@Yeoville Literacy Programme, Gardens of the Golden City and all unsold books to the Society for Animals in Distress.
It is with great appreciation that The Link received a generous donation from SAORA's Blooming Affair event, for the Yeoville centre.
It is wonderful to know that a school like Roedean is so involved in contributing to the upliftment of less privileged children.
- Megan Maynard, The Link Literacy Project Co-ordinator
Thank you so much for the extremely generous donation of R100 000 for the Roedean Academy. We so appreciate you choosing the Academy as one of your beneficiaries and we assure you that the donation will make a difference in the lives of our Academy girls. Your donation is both needed and greatly appreciated.
- Sandra McCallum, Director Roedean Academy
