Roof gardens talk to enchant Natalia gardeners
The speaker is Clive Greenstone, local expert and consultant to eTkhekwini Municipality.
THE president of Natalia Garden Club opened the meeting with a prayer and welcomed everyone including visitors, Daphne du Plessis, Marlene and Russell Jones and Ters Loubser, as well as new member Jeanne Buitendag.
Caroline thanked members for the snacks supplied and read out the names of people responsible for tea duty in October.
Members were reminded of the Arcadia garden competition in October.
Judging will be on Friday, 25 October, starting at 9am and viewing on Saturday, 26 September commencing at 9.30am. There will be a charge of R10 for the viewing, which will include tea and biscuits.
Members of the public are welcome to see these lovely little gardens.
Birthday wishes and gifts went to those who had birthdays in September. Door and raffle prizes were supplied by Margaret Everett and won by Villa Bezuidenhout and Caroline Kotze. 200 point prize went to Mavis Dunn.
Pieter du Plessis gave a very interesting slide show and talk on the environment and the current rat problem.
Competiton results were as follows:
Decorative: C Kotze 9; R du Plessis 7; G Barnes and L van Jaarsveld 5. Best bloom or spray: J Huygens, A Clarke, C Kotze, N Brown and L van Jaarsveld 10; E Wheal, G Barnes and M Dunn 9. Best orchid: A Marshall, A Clarke and C Kotze 10; M Dunn and L van Jaarsveld 9. Best pot plant: Bev Beard 10; N Brown 9,5; A Clarke, J Huygens, J Goddard and M Dunn 9. Cultural: J Huygens 10; C Kotze 9; L van Jaarsveld 8. From my garden: G Barnes and C Kotze 10; A Clarke, N Brown and M Dunn 9,5.
The next meeting takes place on Thursday, 10 October at the Pigeon Club, Tara Road, at 9.30am. Competitions are: Decorative – collection of decorative stones; cultural – any annual flower; and the usual others. The following people must bring two plates of snacks each: L van Jaarsveld, L van Schalkwyk, N Venter, P Viljoen, P Watkins, G Westbrook, R Wilkinson.
The speaker is Clive Greenstone, local expert and consultant to eTkhekwini Municipality. He will give an illustrated talk on “Living Green Roofs” and show some photos of the roof gardens he has developed and visited. Living green roofs absorb carbon dioxide, provide insulation, absorb run-off and noise and reduce the ‘heat island’ effect of built-up areas, as well as beautify the harsh urban environment. Members of the public are welcome. The charge is R15 per person and will include refreshments.
