Vegetable Garden Management across the Atlantic Seaboard & Southern Suburbs.
A productive vegetable patch is one of the most rewarding parts of a Cape Town home — and one of the easiest to neglect. Rock House Gardens manages established vegetable beds end-to-end so your garden produces, all year, without becoming a chore.
Vegetable gardens reward consistency more than any other planting. Skip a fortnight in spring and the aphids win; skip a season's seed and the bed runs to weeds. Rock House Gardens schedules vegetable visits weekly through the growing season and fortnightly through winter, with a planting plan written down and adjusted twice a year.
Run by someone who has farmed for real.
Founder Jed Druiff spent seven years running a self-sustaining farm in the Tankwa Karoo — growing food to a commercial standard in one of the harshest, driest landscapes in South Africa — and supplied restaurants and retailers including Pesto Princess, BM Foods (Mediterranean), Ima Parman and Food Lover's Market with herbs such as basil, wild rocket, coriander and okra. If a vegetable bed can produce in the Tankwa, it can produce in your garden.
What's included.
- Seasonal planting plan (twice-yearly review)
- Bed preparation, mulching and composting
- Seedling planting (we can supply, billed at cost)
- Succession sowing so beds keep producing
- Watering checks and irrigation tuning
- Hand weeding and bed tidying
- Organic-first pest and disease management
- Light pruning, staking, tying and training
- Harvesting (left at the kitchen door, washed if you prefer)
- End-of-season clear-out and bed reset
What's not included.
- New bed construction or major soil works (quoted as a once-off setup)
- Greenhouse or tunnel construction
- Orchard / fruit tree management beyond a few mixed-bed trees
- Livestock (chickens, bees) — happy to recommend specialists
Pricing.
Each vegetable garden is priced individually. Final pricing depends on bed area, complexity, and whether you want us supplying seedlings. Most vegetable clients are on weekly visits in summer (October to April) and fortnightly through winter. We quote after seeing the beds.
New vegetable gardens — bed construction, soil prep, irrigation install, first planting — are quoted as a once-off setup.
Frequently asked.
What kind of vegetables can you grow in a Cape Town garden?
Cape Town's Mediterranean climate suits a wide range — winter brassicas (kale, cabbage, broccoli), year-round leafy greens (spinach, lettuce, rocket), summer tomatoes, peppers, courgettes, beans, herbs (basil, parsley, thyme, oregano), and root crops (carrots, beetroot, radish). We plan succession plantings so something is always producing.
Do you bring the seedlings or do I supply them?
Either works. Most clients let us bring seedlings from our trusted suppliers, billed at cost. If you prefer to grow from your own seed or select your own varieties, we plant whatever you provide.
What about pest control without harsh chemicals?
Vegetable gardens get organic-first pest management — companion planting, hand-picking, neem oil and natural predators where possible. Chemical sprays only as a last resort and only with your written permission.
Can you set up a new vegetable bed from scratch?
Yes. Bed construction, soil preparation, irrigation install and first planting are quoted as a once-off setup, separate from ongoing management. Setup is quoted depending on size, location and irrigation complexity.
Related services.
Most vegetable-garden clients also have us doing general garden maintenance. International owners often bundle vegetable management into home management so the produce is harvested even when they're abroad — we'll donate or distribute it on request.
Want a productive vegetable patch?
Book a free assessment — we'll tell you what your beds can produce.
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