The Telephone Book !!! - Nieuwoudtville Olive Camping and Caravan Site |
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| The telephone book explains it all. It contains the telephone numbers for (just to give you an idea of the extent of the Northern Cape Province) Alexander Bay, Springbok, Nieuwoudtville, Upington, Kathu, Kimberley the Government Section AND the yellow pages for the Northern Cape Province. |
| This book covers 30% of South Africa, but only 5% of the South African population live in this province.
Nieuwoudtville is just 10 kilometers from the Western Cape boundary and should actually be treated as an extension of the Western Cape. We have a Mediterranean climate - wet winters and dry summers - and are part of the Cape Floral Kingdom. |
| Hendrik Van Zijl - Your Host |
While living and working as an attorney in Cape Town he developed the biggest indigenous bulb nursery in South Africa with up to 600 items on his catalogue.
At his invitation Barbara Jeppe the botanical artist came to stay with the Van Zijl family in Constantia. Over a period of three years she spent a year with the family illustrating and writing the first book (Spring and Winter Flowering Bulbs of the Cape) ever to be published just on the bulbs of the Cape Floral Kingdom. Of the 420 bulbs (illlustrated on 62 plates) 85% came from Hendrik's nursery.
In the acknowledgements to this book Barbara Jeppe wrote the followings "this book was the concept of Hendrik and Rhoda Van Zijl. I stayed with them during the two winter seasons and one summer period while writing and painting for this book. It was a long association of co-operation and friendship during which time I became part of the family. Their three daughters Liezl, Adele and Tanya were good companions.".
In 1991 he bought his first house at Nieuwoudtville and thereafter all the guesthouses listed on this web site. But it was his interest in indigenous flora and particularly bulbs which brought him to Nieuwoudtville.
During 1997 Hendrik translocated to Nieuwoudtville bringing his Clivia collection and his large collection of historical and botanical reference books with him.
The Smidswinkel Restaurant is run as a full on Information Centre with maps, books and Hendrik in attendance to answer what questions you may have about the Flora at Nieuwoudtville and the history of this fascinating area. |
| If you have any questions please e-mail me. |
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