Going green in Kurland

PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - As part of Mandela Day this week, residents and several organisations will make sure that Kurland Village on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay is a touch greener.

Every year the Tsitisi-Tuiniers Gardening Club, backed by several organisations including the Nature's Valley Trust, embark on a greening project by planting trees in the Kurland area.

This year, the project will coincide with Mandela Day on Thursday 18 July and residents are encouraged to lend a helping hand by dedicating 67 minutes of their time to the project.

Last year, 40 indigenous trees were planted through this initiative that has been running for the past nine years. The event involves the planting of indigenous trees in and around the Kurland area.

Initiated by the Nature's Valley Trust and Willing Workers in South Africa, the greening event has grown from strength to strength and last year involved the planting of 40 sweet-thorn (soetdoring) trees. The project became a multi-stakeholder event in 2011 and was driven by the community under the official banner of Kurland Greening. So far more than 1 300 trees have been planted.

From this initiative the Tsitsi-Tuiniers Gardening Club was born which is also a community-driven organisation.

Those who want to participate are encouraged to bring along gardening equipment including shovels to use on the day. Participants are encouraged to meet at the Crags Primary School Hall at 09:00.

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More info: phone 044 531 6820.

More than 130 people came together to plant trees in the Kurland Village on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay last year as part of the Kurland Greening initiative.

The community planting trees in the Kurland last year.

More than 130 people came together to plant trees in the Kurland Village on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay last year as part of the Kurland Greening initiative.