Darling (B15)

Name: Darling

Darling is the heartbeat of the west coast region

Darling lies tucked away between hills of vineyards and golden wheat fields. Named after Charles Henry Darling who came to the Cape as Lt Governor, the town is strategically well positioned only 75km from Cape Town along the West Coast road. The ocean is but 23km away at the coastal town of Yzerfontein.

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The Darling Wildflower Society has held a show virtually every year since that first show in 1917. The ideals expressed by the founders still hold true today. They wanted to display Darling's God-given wealth for the world to see. At the same time they promoted the conservation of flowers amongst the farmers of the district, who have since maintained the botanical diversity of the region over several generations.

The West Coast flower region, an integral part of the Cape Fynbos Kingdom, boasts more than 1200 species of flowering plants. About 80 of these are endemic to the West Coast and known nowhere else. The rich flora of the West Coast occurs on mainly three different soil types, culminating in three distinctive vegetation types, namely, Strandveld, Renosterveld and Sandveld.


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