Company's Garden

The Company's Garden is a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. It is watered from the Molteno Dam, which uses water from the springs on the lower slopes of Table Mountain.Features in the park The oldest cultivated pear tree in South Africa A rose garden designed and built in 1929 A well stocked fish pond Dellville Wood Memorial Garden, which commemorates the World War I Battle of Delville Wood in France, in which a predominantly South African force of more than 3,000 soldiers was reduced to 755 survivors by German forces An aviary Restaurant – The Company's Garden Restaurant Botanically and historically valuable trees Local arts and crafts along the avenue Lawns and benches A herb and succulent garden Historic statues Iziko South African Museum and Iziko National GalleryNearby places of interest Parliament & Tuynhuys are adjacent to the park National Library of South Africa St George's Cathedral Slave Lodge Centre for the Book Gardens Shul, South African Jewish Museum Cape Town Holocaust Centre Hiddingh Campus, University of Cape Town Mount Nelson Hotel