Herbicide application course From the 9 – 11 February 2011 the Liesbeek Maintenance Project Team attended a herbicide application course facilitated by Invader Plant Specialist cc at the Environment Centre situated in Valkenberg Hospital. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI),...
How does this............................................................. get into the Liesbeek? The reality is that the storm water drains vent into the Liesbeek and for a long time city engineers have treated the Liesbeek as a storm water drain itself, opting to canalise and channelise the...
It is Weedbuster Week and the Friends of the Liesbeek are supporting the effort to raise awareness about invasive alien plants (IAPs) in our gardens and public areas. We put together a display at Rondebosch Library to help inform the public about the problem and Assistant Librarian Anita...
The theme for the Friends of the Liesbeeks AGM this year was 'Jewels of the Liesbeek', a collection of photos from friends and committee members. What follows are just some of the animal and plant 'Jewels' captured during the daily Maintenance Project activities along the River. Click more to view...
At the end of 2009 the Liesbeek Maintenance Project team and volunteers from the South African Breweries (SAB) constructed three signs along the Liesbeek trail. The signs were made using rocks from the area, cement and wooden 'plinths', which had been cut from fallen Oak trees along the river. The...
A big congratulation must go out to the Liesbeek Maintenance Project team and the Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area team for coming forth in the State of the environment competition. Well done to you all. they recieved a worm bin, 250g of worms and a book on worm keeping for their efforts....
State of our environment competition During September 2009, the Liesbeek Maintenance team were involved with the preparation for the State of our environment competition to be held at the Two Oceans Aquarium in October 2009. Participants had to identify every day environmental issues that affect...
Bring family & friends & some refreshments and we’ll walk and talk our way down river on Monday 16 March 2009 at 17h30 Meet in Winchester Road, Bishopscourt below the Good Shepherd Church Dr Kevin Winter will lead us down to the Riverine Park Wednesday 18 March 2009 at 17h30 Meet in the...
There is an increasing sense among government officials, politicians, developers and public in general that Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are not working as well as they could and are limited in their intended outcome at best. A variety of reasons are often given. The Friends of the...