Ouma's Tea Garden at Smuts House Museum
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Home of Jan Smuts 1870-1950
Ouma's Tea Garden, set in the shady gardens of the Smuts House Museum, offers visitors a wide selection of delicious meals. We serve breakfast, lunch and tea.
We cater for functions, including children's parties, tea's, weddings, conferences and special events.
Enjoy a drink, delicious lunch, tea and scones, or one of Ouma’s favourite dishes. Special diets are also catered for. Our quaint Tea Garden is the perfect place to unwind and forget about the stressors of daily life, or to host a special occasion.
Our other facilities include:
- Guided educational tours of the Smuts House Museum and Smuts Koppie by arrangement
- Koppie hiking trail
- Picnic venue
- Dog walking off-lead
- Venue for weddings
- Venue for conferences, functions and launches
- Smuts Farm Caravan Park
Ouma's Tea Garden generates funds necessary for the day-to-day administration of the Smuts House Museum. The administration of the Smuts House Museum is an interesting model for cultural preservation in South Africa today.
The Tea Garden is aptly named after the wife of General Jan Smuts. A truly remarkable woman, whose position of First Lady did not change her simplicity, dignity and composure.
Facilities
- Cuisine : Breakfast, Coffee Shop, Country, Light Meals, South African
- Ambience : Relaxed, Traditional
- Dress : Casual
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Trading Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday to Sunday: 08h00 to 16h00
Specials at this Restaurant
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Dear Patrons: SAVE THE DATE!!
You are respectfully invited to attend the General Jan Christian Smuts Annual Parade and Wreath Laying Ceremony to be held at 53 Jan Smuts Avenue, Irene Centurion. Sunday 18 May 2025. To be seated by 14:15.
General J C Smuts was a prominent and revered figure in three major wars: the Anglo Boer War, World War I and World War II (granted Field Marshall status) where he served as a member of the British War Cabinet. He was also a founding fellow of the United Nations and was commissioned to pen the Preamble to the UN Charter.
Considered one of the finest statesmen to hail from the southern hemisphere, Smuts was labelled counsellor to kings, queens and leaders across the globe; this culminated in him receiving The Order of Merit from King George VI in 1947. The annual celebration, which is held around the time of his birthday, is to honour his tireless efforts in engendering peace and reconciliation around the world.
Sir Winston Churchill sagely said of him:
“He was one of the most enlightened, courageous and noble-minded men of the 20th century…. A man who fought for his country but who thought for the whole world”.We will have the award winning Benoni High School Pipe Band the Military Re-enactment and Collector's Society starting at 12:00 as well as the Welsh Male Choir performing on the day.
