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Cosy Homes: Die Es, Cape Town

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11 September 2015

Gwen and Gawie Fagan.

A year later and I am still inspired by these two. Read the interview here.

Gwen, I heard you collect plants.

Gwen: My roses are my biggest collection. I became a very ardent collector of heritage roses. I found that Tuinhuis, a government house in Cape Town, had roses in the garden from the early 1800s and we were asked to restore the Tuinhuis and it’s garden. I’m always responsible for the landscape part of our work. I started my research on old roses and how they got to the Cape, where they came from, where they were planted and how they were treated. It became a passion. In the end I decided to publish a book on my findings.