PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - The Kurland community on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay became just a touch greener after 40 indigenous trees were planted through an initiative that has been going for the past eight years.

On Wednesday 8 August, the annual Kurland Greening event took place. The event involves the planting of indigenous trees in and around the Kurland area.

Initiated by the Nature’s Valley Trust (NVT) and Willing Workers in South Africa (WWISA), the greening event has grown from strength to strength and this year involved the planting of 40 soetdoring trees.

In 2011 the project became a multi-stakeholder event 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 the initiative the Tsitsi-Tuiniers gardening club was born, which is also a community-driven organisation,” said NVT director Mark Brown.

This year, about 130 people from various institutions gathered at the Crags Primary School hall where they were treated to a show by the Lunchbox Theatre, before heading out to plant trees. The trees were planted at random sites across Kurland Village.

“The success of today's event is down to the contributions of our awesome stakeholders. We would like to thank the department of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries for sponsoring trees; SANParks; Lunchbox Theatre; Redford Conservancy for the sponsoring compost; Working on Fire: Crags; The Crags Primary School; Bahia Formosa School and Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre for sponsoring of bone meal; Born in Africa; Orca Foundation and Vinthi Neufeld for food packs; and Tsitsi-Tuiniers Gardening Club.”

More than 130 people came together to plant trees in the Kurland Village outside Plettenberg Bay last week as part of the Kurland Greening initiative. Photos: Supplied 

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