Workshops
Swing Dancing Festival
Fynbos was in festive mood this weekend when 72 swing dancers came from all over the world to the farm for a swing dancing festival. They danced their hearts out, had a fabulous Saturday night party with a live jazz band and ate delicious meals from Lise Marie’s kitchen. Happily they are back in March…
Read MoreThree Years of Workshops
We last posted workshops in 2019, and since then have had all kinds of workshops and events, including weekends of swing dancing, yoga, meditation and plant medicine, as well as numerous university workshops. Most recently we have had two workshops from Stellenbosch University, the first a SRC retreat and the second a workshop of post…
Read MoreAfter School Programme
Closing the Opportunity Gap “After School Programmes enrich learners’ lives and grow dreams.” This amazing programme for learners is run by the department of Western Cape Government, in partnership with the City of Cape Town and a number of NGO’s. They recently held a second workshop at Fynbos. Everybody worked really hard and said our…
Read MoreUCT Critical Urbanism Workshop
Research and Design Workshop for Masters Students in the Critical Urbanism Program. This group has come to us twice before – each time with different students. It is a joint program between UCT and the University of Basel in Switzerland. Students spent each day in session in the Pavilion covering the awnings with different colour…
Read MoreBEST MOVE Pilates Workshop
BEST MOVE Pilates based in Cape Town brought a number of lovely women to Fynbos for a weekend of rest and restoration, plus two extended pilates sessions in glorious weather in the Pavilion. They enjoyed specially chosen meals and wine, and since many are mothers, they celebrated mother’s day while they were at it .…
Read MoreVinpro / Winetech Workshop
Vinpro and Wintech ran a workshop at Fynbos Estate directed predominantly to Swartland grape growers, to assist them in their production. They chose De Perdestal as a venue. They said it worked excellently and the food was delicious. Actually, they were especially treated to a sweet and savoury high tea.
Read MoreUCT Research and Design Workshop
Masters students in the Critical Urbanism Program This group has come to us twice before – each time with different students. It is a joint program between UCT and the University of Basel in Switzerland. Students spent each day in session in the Pavilion covering the awnings with different coloured bits of paper and had…
Read MoreA wonderful week-long workshop for The Engine Room
14 members of the organisation The Engine Room spent a week on Fynbos for their annual staff meeting, team building and strategic planning. They describe themselves as follows: “We are an international organisation that accelerates the fight for social justice by advancing civil society’s strategic, responsible and effective use of data and technology. We are…
Read MoreAn AIMS group of students spent the week at Fynbos Estate
Photo above, clockwise from top right: Irene Kyomugisha (PhD student), Funmilayo Lydia Makinde (PhD student), Samuel Ofosu Mensah (PhD student) and Mhlasakululeka Mvubu (Masters graduate).Front left: Bubacarr Bah (Research Advisor), Emmanuel Kabuga (Masters student) and Shankar Agarwal (Postdoctoral fellow). African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is an academic network that enables Africa’s talented students to…
Read MoreAfter School Game Changer Team
The After School Game Changer Team, a project of the Western Cape government, joined at Fynbos for a writing retreat in preparation for their symposium on after school programs, to be held in June 2019. The team is working to build acknowledgement of the work of after school programs as an important educational intervention –…
Read MoreThe Art of Living Retreat
This weekend we once again hosted an Art of Living retreat at Fynbos. As before this was a retreat based on physical and emotional cleansing, meditation and yoga. Trusha Lakana, the teacher from Durban, again ran the retreat which took place primarily in the Pavilion The Art of Living, now in its 35th year of…
Read MoreElaine Seidel’s wonderful Yoga Weekend
It was a fabulous success: everyone loved the yoga (and Elaine is a seriously good teacher) We were complimented, the energy of the farm and the venue raved about. Proof of their satisfaction is another booking this time next year. If you like yoga, keep in touch.
Read MoreFlowing Nomads Yoga Retreat
Last weekend saw Fynbos hosting a wonderful group of yoga practitioners. They were such a pleasure working inside and out, eating meals in De Perdestal, walking up the mountains Their energy was such a pleasure. This is their review of us Flowing Nomads have scouted venues from the hills of Tuscany to the…
Read MoreChildren from Big Issue
A short while ago we had the pleasure of hosting 12 children between the ages 9 and 18 who are children of Big Issue vendors. These children living in various townships had never been to a place like this and their joy and exploration was palpable. Under the skillful leadership of Nicky and Penny, the…
Read MoreTwo University Workshops
Stellenbosch University Student Leadership Workshop 28 student leaders from the University of Stellenbosch came to Fynbos for a team building and leadership workshop. This is the second year they have been here, and as before they partied some and workshopped a lot and were a pleasure to have on the farm. On leaving they all…
Read MoreMad Hatters Retreat
Every few months the Mad Hatters come to Fynbos for transcendence retreats. This time they brought their extraordinary didgeridoo’s which reverberated most wonderfully throughout the farm. There is no doubt they love being here and we love having them.
Read MoreBoogie Woogie Swing camp at Fynbos
This weekend was fantastic The Boogie Woogie swing community came to Fynbos for the second time for their swing camp. As before it was full of music and laughter and good clean fun. Although people were mostly from the Western Cape I heard plenty of foreign accents; French, Russian, German American. Every day there were…
Read MoreHomeChoice Choir
This weekend 40 employees of HomeChoice came to Fynbos to practice as a choir prior to the Western Cape finals next weekend. Homechoice, a telesales organisation selling Homeware, has 1500 employers, 40 of which belong to this choir. The singing was extraordinary. What powerful voices. They nearly took the Chapel roof off. In…
Read MoreSAPECS Workshop
We have just concluded a very interesting and valuable three day workshop with a group of 24 lovely people. Their description of the event was that it was part of SAPECS – South African Program for Ecosystem Change and Society. The review given us by the facilitator Haley Clements on behalf of the participants was very…
Read MoreTwo valuable workshops at Fynbos
Two valuable workshop were held at Fynbos Estate in July. UCT African Centre for Cities hosted their first MPhil Southern Urbanism thesis workshop to assist students to hone in on their research topics at Fynbos Estate. Find out more about the degree: https://www.africancentreforcities.net/programme/mphil-southern-urbanism/ Biowatch hosted a writing workshop on one of a…
Read MoreThe Universities of Cape Town and Basel workshop on Critical Urbanisms
From the 8th-10th of April, students and staff of “Critical Urbanisms” – an Masters course jointly hosted by the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town and the University of Basel in Switzerland – came together at Fynbos Estate for an intensive research design workshop. Led by Professor Sophie Oldfield, Dr. Anna…
Read MoreMamelani workshop at Fynbos
The lovely members of Mamelani projects met with a facilitator Sue Soal in what was described as a ‘transitional support process’ in light of some big changes happening inside the organisation. The group worked very hard, but also swam, braaied, walked, played games, and left saying they wished they didn’t live in the city. …
Read MoreLaid back CA Gobal Team Building
27 members of CA Global International came to Fynbos for an overnight team building event. From the moment they arrived on Friday they got going with refreshments, swimming and games- including a mammoth 30 seconds game that impressed me no end at their quick minds and general knowledge. Then it was time for a wine…
Read MoreExciting and different workshop at Fynbos
Cape Town based company OfferZen, which is a marketplace for the hiring of software developers, came to Fynbos to do their year’s planning and to team build. It was a delight to see so many young talented people excited and committed to what they are doing. Of their company OfferZen says: We are changing the way developers…
Read MoreArt of Living at Fynbos Estate for lovely yoga retreat
Trusha Lakana came here from Durban once again to run yoga and cleansing retreat. This is the third time this particular retreat has been here and it was great to witness from a distance the mediations and yoga and the lovely clear laughter that grew day by day as participants went through what was, it…
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