Please join us in The Garden Room, The Plettenberg, Church Street, Plettenberg Bay, on Friday 12thSeptember 2025. Rodney Grosskopff, well- known Plett raconteur, renowned architect and amateur historian, returns to the podium to tell us about Louis Michel Thibault, one of South Africa’s greatest architects. Born 1750 in Picquigny, France, a small town on the […]

We have all enjoyed the breathtaking views from the passes which enable us to travel over our spectacular mountains and into the beautiful valleys beyond . But do we ever stop to think of the extraordinarily difficult journeys which faced our ancestors  before these incredible gateways were built ? Do we  pause to acknowledge the […]

We look forward to welcoming you to The Old Rectory on Friday 16th May when Dael Fairbairn, principal of award-winning Erasmus Fairbairn Architects, will tell us how she came to be entrusted with the restoration and transformation of The Old Rectory into a luxury boutique hotel. Known for their meticulous attention to detail, Fairbairn's firm specializes in […]