2015.10.02 What can one say, what a brilliant Open Day. There was such a good vibe on the day with all the activities and we were overwhelmed by all the support, compliments and, of course, contributions. Friday we still had to do a fair amount of preparation, not least the gathering and tying of the […]
It really was a day to stay home, the forecast was rain the whole day and for once the forecast was right. The sensible people in out group let us know they weren’t coming but we still needed to take more plants to the reserve and there was still lots to prepare so we packed
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The annual Geocaching event took place at the Reserve today in much better weather than the persistent rain last year. We got roped in to man what they call roadblocks but didn’t mind because at these roadblocks the six teams had to do some work for us. Tree planting: Ellie in charge of the planting
Heads down today sorting out plants for the sale, no end to moving and sorting, from the greenhouse and shade house to the nursery, grouping like plants together, more dotting etc. It is all coming together and with the new signs it looks rather professional, unfortunately too busy to take pics. We also found out
Today’s main job was to put the shade cloth on the revamped shade house lean to. Apart from issues with the stapler it went well and we are happy with the result. The floor is very uneven so I have asked Sisanie to bring some soil when it is a bit drier so I can
No, not the month but the new interim manager. Goodman is on a month leave and in the meantime December has been seconded from Settlers Park to look after the Reserve and he is cracking the whip. All of the staff are weeding and trimming both traffic circles amongst other things. I have never seen
Soon the Open Day will be upon us and still plenty to do to get ready in the nursery. Fortunately most of the usual suspects responded to our plea and got going, sorting, naming, weeding, dotting and moving. The news signs make it a lot easier to identify and group the plants and will give
We chose to ignore the warnings of rain, after all, it said “clearing from the west”. The soil is now so saturated that we don’t really want to drive in the nursery because we make rather deep tracks but just walking from the office to the nursery one needs a wetsuit. It was still drizzling
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Wow, just heard that this blog is read the world over, even in such places as the US, Australia and Great Britain so I better get off my backside, or rather on it, and do some postings. The AGM of the Algoa section of the Botanical Society was held at the reserve and the highlight
Last week was too wet so Wessa postponed their visit to this Wednesday. Pity because it meant that the Grahamstown contingent of 15 people could not take part. Ellie very ably led them on a grand tour from the Flower House to the arboretum and suitably impressed them showing what we all have done. I
