Come to the Ashburton Aloe Festival

The Lower Mpushini Valley Conservancy will be holding its tenth Ashburton Aloe Festival over the weekend of July 2 and 3, to coincide with the blooming of the wild aloe candelabra.

This beautiful bushveld area near Ashburton, ten kilometres east of Pietermaritzburg, was declared the first Protected Environment in KZN in 2011.

It is home to a large number of wildlife and birds.  This year, six venues will be open to the public between 9am and 4pm. Its 665 hectares form part of the Mpushini Protected Environment as part  of the Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Biodiversity Stewardship Programme.

Entrance is R30 per person, children under 12 are free.  All proceeds go to conservation projects in the valley.

For more information phone Darlene Bond on 082 933 5036.