The General Garden section, which lies north of the stream running past the new restaurant, consists of four smaller gardens:

Water-wise Garden - here you will find a small demonstration garden, which shows the visitor how to create a garden that is lush and colourful throughout the year, but which requires less water and maintenance than an ordinary garden;

Peninsula Garden - in this garden you will see some of the special and unique fynbos plants that grow nowhere else on earth but here; Sculpture Path - designed to exhibit African sculpture with the gardens in the background. It is interesting to see how the landscape and the sculptures interact and compliment each other;

Vlei Garden - a raised boardwalk carries the visitor over the vlei which is rich in plant and animal life.