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The Garden Party 2026
Sat Dec 12, 10:00 - Sat Dec 12, 18:00
Gabrielskloof Wine Estate
ABOUT
What's a garden party? For us, it's simple: summer, outside, in our quad. Live music drifting across the lawn, cold wine in hand, good food shared with good people.
Saturday, 12 December | 10am - 6pm
PICNICS, OYSTERS, BUBBLY & OTHER DELICIOUS THINGS
Tickets
- Adult, R100: entry, plus a glass to keep, filled with wine.
- Kids (under 12), R100: entry, plus a frog-fishing rod and a bindle filled with snacks. Includes face painting, jumping castle and frog fishing.
- Teenager (12 to 17), free: entry on us. Please book a ticket so we can plan for seating and food.
- Picnic Boxes: R620 per box (enough for 2-4 people, see below for box contents)
Activities
- Flower crown workshop with Febe's Florals (R450 per person): make your own in a mini-maker’s workshop, including a glass of bubbly. Book and pay now, and we’ll be in touch closer to the day to confirm your time slot.
- Kids: craft table, face painting, cookie decorating, jumping castle and frog fishing in the ponds.
Food (pay on the day, or pre-order a picnic box)
- Sando bar: 12-hour pulled roast lamb shoulder with whipped white bean, salsa and yoghurt dressing; pulled aubergine with tomato smoortjie, broken burrata and rocket; sweet mustard-glazed fire-cooked pork belly with crispy pickled slaw and mayo; triple-cooked chips.
- All-day breakfast bar: TKD breakfast bun with scrambled egg, bacon and tomato smoortjie; toasted bun with crispy hashbrown, cheesy scrambled egg and aioli.
- Braai stands with chicken sosaties, beef fillet sosaties, halloumi and mushroom skewers, prego rolls and more
- Big Pan Paella (always a hit!) and oysters (of course!)
- Kiddies’ menu: toasted cheese jaffle with chips, free-range chicken nuggets, chips with tomato sauce.
- Soft-serve ice cream bar: kiddies’ cone with sprinkles, plain, or with a flake.
- Picnic box (serves 2 to 4, pre-booking essential): smoked trout paté, pinchos skewer, pork rillette, local charcuterie, four local cheeses, chutney, mini mosbolletjie loaf, lavash, crackers and cultured butter.
Bring a blanket if you’d like a spot on the lawn, or else book a table by sending an email to [email protected] - please note booked tables are very limited.
Make a day of it. Happiness on the lawn.
DIRECTIONS
The Garden Party 2026
Gabrielskloof Wine Estate
Q66X+8R, R43, Bot River, 7185, South Africa
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