WATCH: South Garden Club – Suzette Madden talking about trees
Another interesting fact Suzette mentioned is after fires devastate forests, the silver birch is the first tree which will begin to grow back.
JOHANNESBURG South Garden Club recently enjoyed guest speaker Suzette Madden’s talk on “Trees, a Different Perspective”.
Suzette, from Corporate Green Landscaping, which specialises in indigenous gardens using primarily South African plant material, began her talk with a quote from British actress Judi Dench – “My life now is just trees, isn’t it, trees and, erm, champagne.”
She went on to chat about how trees function, communicate and nurture each other and how to protect trees from potential diseases.
“A possible shot hole borer infestation is threatening the tree population across the City of Johannesburg and this could spell disaster if it were to spread. The shot hole borer attacks a wide variety of tree species, as well as attacking living trees and feeds on fungus,” Suzette said.
Another interesting fact Suzette mentioned is after fires devastate forests, the silver birch is the first tree which will begin to grow back.
The talk was enjoyed by the garden club members, who carried on an informal conversation with her while refreshments were served.
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July meetings
The next garden club meeting will be held on July 21 at 10am in The Geelhout Room at Klipriviersberg Recreation Centre, Peggy Vera Road, Kibler Park. Guest speaker will be Rob Winter who will talk about “Caring for Clematis”.
The following meeting will be held on July 31 (same venue) at 10am. Lauren Botha will talk on “Atlantic Fertilisers”, an overview of the company and its products.
“Please give both these meetings your support,” added the committee.
Committee members who can be contacted for information regarding garden club meetings or for information about joining the garden club, are Dennis Boddington (chairperson) on 083 642 1967/011 432 6208, Jean Stothart (vice-chairperson) on 082 459 1141/011 435 4230 or Mike Richardson (secretary) at jenmiker@yahoo.co.uk or 081 829 0526 / 011 432 1561.
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