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A whimsical fairytale world made entirely by hand
Tiny towns, gnome gardens, a sleeping dragon & tours for R100Last updated: Thursday, 4 December 2025
This magic garden feels like you’re in Narnia - only stranger, more intimate and entirely handcrafted. Gnomes leave footprints in the sand, trolls grumble from the shadows, and a life-size dragon exhales slow clouds of smoke across the Koornlands River.
Hidden Dragon Magic Garden isn’t just whimsical; it’s immersive, theatrical and almost overwhelmingly detailed, as if you’ve stepped through the looking glass into a fairytale.
There’s nothing quite like it. Image: Hidden Dragon Magic Garden
“When we become adults, we forget that we have an inner child that always stays with us,” says Celeste Coetzee, the artist behind the garden in Swellendam. “My goal was to create something that makes us aware of the importance
