The Company's Garden is a park

Urban park

An urban park, is also known as a municipal park or a public park, public open space or municipal gardens , is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality...

 located in central Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

. The park was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce. It is watered from the Molteno Dam on the lower slopes of Table Mountain

Table Mountain

Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and is featured in the flag of Cape Town and other local government insignia. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top...

, using water from the mountain's springs.

Highlights in the park include:

• The oldest cultivated pear tree in South Africa (circa 1652)
• A rose garden designed and built in 1929
• A well stocked fish pond
• Dellville Wood Memorial Garden, which commemorates the World War 1 Battle of Delville Wood in France, in which a predominantly SA force of more than 3 000 soldiers was reduced to 755 survivors by German forces
• An aviary
• Restaurant - the Garden Tea Room
• Botanically and historically valuable trees
• Local arts and crafts along the avenue
• Lawns and benches
• A herb and succulent garden
• Historic statues

The Iziko South African Museum

Iziko South African Museum

The Iziko SA Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897...

, Iziko National Gallery

South African National Gallery

The South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. The collection began in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal gallery....

 and National Library of South Africa

National Library of South Africa

The National Library of South Africa is the agency of the government of South Africa which maintains a national library of all published materials relating to the country.-Creation under the National Library Act:...

 are in the garden.

Nearby Places of Interest

• Parliament
  Parliament of South Africa
  The Parliament of South Africa is South Africa's legislature and under the country's current Constitution is composed of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces....
  
   & Tuynhuis are adjacent to the park
• St George's Cathedral
  St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town
  St George's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town....
  
  
• Centre for the book

Wildlife

It has been said that the squirrels in the park are the most well fed among the species.