Babylonstoren

Grow your own winter vegetables

Join a hands-on gardening workshop at Babylonstoren to learn how to grow winter vegetables—from soil prep and seed selection to care and harvest. A friendly, practical session for beginners and home gardeners eager to start an edible winter garden in a farm setting.

Sun Prints Family Workshop at Soetmelksvlei

In the Soetmelksvlei garden at Babylonstoren, join a family-friendly workshop to learn sun-printing and create your own blue cyanotype prints. Ideal for kids and adults, this outdoor session offers simple, hands-on printing in a beautiful garden setting.

Risotto 101: a celebration of our farm-grown rice

Join a hands-on cooking class at Babylonstoren to celebrate our farm-grown rice. Learn to craft a proper risotto like a true Italian nonna, mastering stock, stirring technique, and achieving the perfect al dente texture in a welcoming farm-kitchen setting.

Venison & biltong butchery masterclass at Soetmelksvlei

Join the Soetmelksvlei butchery at Babylonstoren to learn how to break down a springbok into its primary cuts. This hands-on venison butchery class covers knife work and game preparation, offering practical skills in a scenic farm setting.

Bake your own savoury breads at Soetmelksvlei

Spend the morning learning to bake savoury breads in Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei heritage kitchen. This hands-on workshop guides you through dough shaping, fermentation, and baking to share with the table. A tasty, family-friendly culinary experience in a historic setting.

Carpentry: craft a herb planter

Join a hands-on carpentry workshop at historic Soetmelksvlei at Babylonstoren to craft a wooden herb planter box for your kitchen. Learn basic tool use, measuring, cutting, and finishing in a friendly, practical session set on the scenic Babylonstoren grounds.

Combat garden pests, naturally

Join this hands-on workshop at Babylonstoren to learn natural pest management, avoiding pesticides while planning a balanced garden ecosystem. The session covers companion planting, natural deterrents, and sustainable garden design.

Butter & buttermilk rusks baking at Babylonstoren

Join a hands-on cooking class at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to churn butter and bake traditional buttermilk rusks. Learn rustic kitchen techniques in a scenic farm setting with a tasty, take-home outcome.

Bake your own pies: butter pastry workshop

Join a hands-on cooking workshop at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to master all-butter shortcrust pastry. Learn four pie techniques—from rolling and handling to blind-baking—in a relaxed farm setting with expert guidance.

Craft a wooden spoon and an iron ladle

Spend a day at Babylonstoren carving wood and forging iron to craft your own wooden spoon and ladle. This hands-on workshop includes feast and expert guidance, ending with you taking home your handmade kitchen utensils in a rustic, farm-inspired setting.

Craft your own homemade soaps

Join a hands-on soap-making workshop at Babylonstoren and craft your own natural soaps using olive oil and essential oils. Learn blending techniques, fragrance choices, and simple molds in a rustic farm setting, guided by experienced artisans amid Babylonstoren’s serene gardens.

Healing Herbs Workshop at Soetmelksvlei

Join a hands-on workshop at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei, where you’ll craft remedies from local herbs. Learn to identify plants, harvest safely, and make simple herbal preparations with doepa, guided by expert herbalists in a farm setting.

Pickling & Preserving Workshop at Babylonstoren

Held on 24 April, 4 June and 4 December at the Soetmelksvlei farmyard, this hands-on workshop at Babylonstoren teaches pickling and preservation from seasonal abundance with practical jars and flavor-driven techniques in a scenic farm setting.

Leathercraft for beginners: make a belt

Join a hands-on beginner leathercraft workshop at Babylonstoren. Learn to cut, stitch, and assemble a belt with buckle in a relaxed hands-on session hosted at Soetmelksvlei, perfect for first-timers to create a personalized accessory.

Crafting kokedamas

Hands-on kokedama workshop at Babylonstoren teaching moss ball plant crafting. Learn soil prep, mossing, ball shaping, and string-wrapping in a relaxed, creative session on a historic farm.

Pasta from scratch

Join Martjie Malan at Babylonstoren for a hands-on pasta class. Learn traditional Italian techniques to mix, roll and cook perfect pasta from scratch, then savor your creations in a scenic wine-farm setting.

Seed Saving & Swapping Workshop at Soetmelksvlei Garden

Get your hands dirty in the Soetmelksvlei garden as you learn seed-saving techniques and join a seed-swapping circle. This hands-on session at Babylonstoren covers growing food from scratch and exchanging seeds with fellow gardeners.

Naturally sweet: baking with honey

Hands-on honey baking workshop at Babylonstoren with master baker Martjie Malan. Learn to use honey as a key ingredient, balance sweetness, and bake with seasonal flavors in a rustic farm setting.

Milk workshop: butter, cheese & yogurt at Soetmelksvlei

Join a hands-on dairy workshop at Babylonstoren’s Soetmelksvlei on May 7 and May 28, learning to make butter, soft cheese and yoghurt from fresh milk. This farm-to-table session covers traditional techniques, tastings, and home-dairying tips amid the farm’s scenic Cape Winelands setting.

Pecan baking workshop: pecan pie & carrot cake

Join a hands-on baking workshop focused on pecans, featuring pecan pie and carrot cake. Learn techniques for using pecans in desserts, guided at Babylonstoren’s Soetmelksvlei starting at 10:00. A tasty, practical session for home bakers.

Craft a traditional wood & riempie stool

Join a hands-on woodworking workshop at Babylonstoren’s Soetmelksvlei to craft a traditional riempie stool from scratch. Learn seat-weaving and natural-wood techniques in a rustic farm setting with expert guidance, creating a functional keepsake.

Cakes in Bloom: Floral Cake Decorating for Mother's Day

Join master baker Martjie Malan at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei for a Mother's Day floral cake decorating workshop. Learn decorating techniques, create a floral-inspired cake, and take your bake home.

Compost 101: Let's get down and dirty

Join Compost 101 at Babylonstoren for a practical, hands-on workshop on composting and soil nutrient cycling. Learn layering, turning, and troubleshooting to turn kitchen scraps into rich garden soil and reduce waste in your outdoor space.

Master meat: make your own salami at Soetmelksvlei

Join head butchers at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei for a hands-on salami-making session on the farm. Learn curing techniques, sausage prep, and share in the rustic farmyard atmosphere as you craft your own salami.

Mastering Meringues & Macarons

Join master baker Martjie Malan for a hands-on session mastering meringues and macarons at Babylonstoren. This immersive cooking workshop covers piping techniques, fillings, and bake times in a scenic estate kitchen, with practical tips for bakery-worthy results.

Blacksmithing workshop: make your own soup ladle

Join resident blacksmith Dan Devonshire at Babylonstoren for a hands-on ironmongery workshop to fashion your own soup ladle. Learn traditional smithing techniques in a practical session hosted by Soetmelksvlei's craftspeople.

International Bee Day

Join International Bee Day at Babylonstoren for an outdoor hive tour. Get up-close with the Cape honeybee, learn about pollinators and honey production from expert beekeepers, and discover how bees sustain farm ecosystems while enjoying the estate's gardens.

Chocolate cake baking class at Soetmelksvlei

Join master baker Martjie Malan in the Soetmelksvlei kitchen at Babylonstoren on May 21, 2026 at 10:00 for a hands-on baking class. Learn to craft a classic chocolate cake and take home your own delicious creation, guided by expert tips in a welcoming, kitchen-side session.

Cape cookery: Milk tart, melkkos & koesisters workshop

Join a hands-on cooking-class at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to bake the iconic Cape milk tart (melktert) along with melkkos and koesisters. Set in a scenic farm setting, this workshop shares pastry secrets and lets you take home your freshly baked Cape treats.

Break bread with our master baker

Hands-on bread-baking workshop with a master baker at Babylonstoren. Learn dough prep, kneading, fermentation, and baking secrets across three dates (26 May, 9 Jun, 30 Jun) in a rustic farm-kitchen setting. Perfect for bread lovers seeking practical, tasty results.

Mozzarella & Gelato Tasting

Discover the secrets of buffalo mozzarella and artisan gelato with a guided tasting at Babylonstoren. Learn traditional techniques, sample creamy mozzarrella and silky gelatos, and hear farm-to-table insights in a picturesque Cape Dutch-inspired setting.

Bake your own: choux pastries with Martjie Malan

Join master baker Martjie Malan in the Soetmelksvlei kitchen at Babylonstoren to craft choux puffs and almond-topped teatime treats. This hands-on cooking-class guides you through piping, baking, and finishing with a wintry crunch of almonds—perfect for pastry lovers.

Cape food: traditional bobotie with quince chutney at Soetmelksvlei

Traditional bobotie and chutney workshop at Soetmelksvlei

Join a hands-on cooking workshop at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to learn traditional bobotie and seasonal chutney. Hosted in a scenic farm setting, the session guides you through authentic techniques and regional flavors.

Winter gems: citrus in the garden

A guided stroll through the citrus blocks at Babylonstoren in winter, led by Comine Joubert, Babylonstoren's lemon queen. Learn about citrus varieties, seasonal care, and the estate’s lush, orchard-style gardens during a relaxed outdoor walk.

Bake your own: make butter & buttermilk scones

Join a hands-on cooking workshop at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to learn butter-making and bake buttery buttermilk scones from scratch. Guided by an experienced baker, you'll churn fresh butter, craft dough, and bake scones in a cozy farm kitchen setting.

Boerewors & Biltong Making Workshop

Join a hands-on cooking class in the Soetmelksvlei butchery at Babylonstoren to craft authentic boerewors and biltong. Learn traditional techniques, seasoning, and safety tips from skilled butchers in a historic farm setting.

Bake with citrus & spice at Soetmelksvlei

Join a citrus-and-spice baking workshop at Babylonstoren’s Soetmelksvlei, celebrating the harvest of citrus and South Africa’s spice heritage. This hands-on session covers flavourful techniques in a scenic farm setting.

Gardening with Indigenous Trees

Join a hands-on gardening workshop at Babylonstoren as you explore indigenous trees, learn about native species, and pick up practical tips for planting, pruning, and caring for local flora in a scenic farm setting.

Indoor gardening: bringing succulents into your home

Join a hands-on indoor gardening workshop at Babylonstoren and learn how to choose, pot, and care for succulents that thrive indoors. Get practical tips on light, watering, soil mixes, and simple propagation to brighten your home with low-maintenance greenery. Ideal for beginners and plant lovers alike.

Advanced leathercraft: make a leather handbag

Join an advanced leathercraft workshop at Babylonstoren to measure, cut, and stitch your own leather handbag. Guided by an experienced instructor, you’ll explore layout, edges, and finishing techniques to craft a stylish, durable accessory.

Eggs: From Coop to Table

Join chef Schalk Vlok at Babylonstoren for a hands-on eggs cooking class. Discover his favorite techniques and egg dishes—from coop to table—in a rustic farm setting at this Cape farm.

Traditional quilting masterclass at Babylonstoren

Join a hands-on quilting masterclass at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei and learn traditional needlework using colorful fabrics. No sewing machine needed as you’re guided through basic stitches and simple patterns to craft your own quilt at home. A charming, farm-side workshop—perfect for beginners and fabric lovers.

Pickling & Preservation Workshop at Soetmelksvlei

Join a hands-on workshop at Babylonstoren's Soetmelksvlei to learn pickling and preserving seasonal produce. You'll explore practical techniques, safety tips, and creative storage ideas in a picturesque farm setting.