English: UCT Middle Campus - The Japonica Walk, which leads up to the Summer House, was by 1814 (when surveyed by Thibault) an oaklined walk and a distinctive feature of Rustenburg farm. When Cecil John Rhodes purchased the Groote Schuur estate, he made parts of it freely accessible to the public, and this area was a popular picnic spot. The development of the Middle Campus in the 1980s led to fears among the Cape Town public that the University would deny public access to Japonica Walk, but this was not the case. In 1982 new japonicas, specially developed for South African conditions, were planted to replace those that had died over the previous 90 years.