Experience a Village in Bloom
10-24 September 2025
10-24 September 2025
The overberg village of Stanford is ready to BLOOM AGAIN THIS SPRING
How to Get Involved, Participate or Become a Vendor
There are numerous ways to get involved with this year’s Stanford in Bloom.
For vendors and participants, this is more than just a market—it’s a chance to:
- Be part of a highly anticipated, two-week celebration in the heart of Stanford.
- Connect with thousands of visitors looking for unique products, quality food, and memorable experiences.
- Showcase your brand in a vibrant, family-friendly, and creatively charged environment.
Set against the stunning backdrop of Stanford’s heritage charm, this festival offers vendors a unique platform to grow, engage, and thrive.
Choose the category below that best suits your business’ / brands’ needs and please complete the online forms.
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS – 27 JULY
If you are a STANFORD BUSINESS looking to get involved as a PARTICIPANT (promote a special, promote an event, promote your accommodation or restaurant), please fill in the linked form above.
We are looking for passionate individuals, artists, makers, educators, and organisations to host engaging, hands-on workshops that reflect the spirit of Stanford in Bloom.
Whether your focus is on gardening, arts and crafts, sustainability, wellness, or something uniquely creative, we invite you to share your skills and inspire our community.
This category is for individuals or businesses offering handcrafted, artisanal, or curated gift items suitable for home décor, locally made crafts, jewellery, wellness products, stationery, candles, textiles, and other unique giftware. It also includes vendors selling pre-packaged or shelf-stable food items such as biscuits, sweets, preserves, and similar treats. This section is open to all and will form part of our Stanford in Bloom market.
This category is intended for vendors who will prepare and sell hot, ready-to-eat food, as well as those wishing to sell alcoholic beverages at the event. This section is open to all and will form part of our Stanford in Bloom Market.
We are seeking passionate and high-quality food and liquor vendors to contribute to an exciting culinary experience for our visitors. Whether you serve delicious street food, gourmet treats, craft beverages, or locally produced wines, we welcome vendors who can offer flavour, quality, and a memorable experience.
New to this year’s STANFORD IN BLOOM is a GARDEN EXHIBITION.
Stanford in Bloom welcomes landscapers, garden designers, community groups, and garden enthusiasts, to enter the garden design show which offers an opportunity to highlight talent, promote green living, and inspire the public with unique living installations.
Entries are judged by celebrity judges on creativity, use of plant materials, sustainability, and overall visual impact—bringing the essence of Stanford in Bloom to life.
Stanford in Bloom, Garden Design Show, where brilliance takes root with your creativity and teamwork to make this a truly impressionable experience for all.
This spring, Stanford will burst into colour as it hosts the 2nd Stanford in Bloom!
The vibrant two-week celebration invites South Africans, garden enthusiasts, families, and travellers to explore the beauty of gardening and the unique biodiversity of fynbos through an array of floral-themed events.
At the heart of the village-wide festival is the much-anticipated Çhelsea Flowers in Stanford — a perfect replica of the gold-award winning exhibition designed and built for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025. Visitors are invited to immerse themselves in the imaginative creativity of Leon Kluge and Tristan Woudberg.
Stanford in Bloom also features:
-A central tented village on the Village Green
– Garden exhibition
-Pop-up plant nursery
-Hands-on gardening and creative workshops
-An artisanal market filled with local food, produce and crafts
-A botanical craft-gin garden, wine and beer garden
-Music performances, concerts
-Book talks
-Art exhibitions
-Curated festival of talks throughout the village led by horticultural VIPs, conservationists, gardening experts and creative thinkers.
For Sponsorship Opportunities please GET IN TOUCH
EMAIL USUpcoming Festival Events
Chelsea Flowers in Stanford
We’re thrilled that Chelsea Flowers in Stanford will be returning to our village for 2025! Tickets are now on sale!
10-24 September
From 10 Sep 2025 09:00
Stanford in Bloom Market
From food to gifts and botanical delights, come and shop the Stanford In Bloom Market with vendors from across the Overberg. Applications are now open. Choose either the Market Vendor or Food/Liquor Vendor applications to complete.
10-24 September
Times TBC
WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
