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Champion Trees are protected trees that connect us to our history and natural environment. Clare Burgess, (professional landscape architect and Chair of TreeKeepers, Cape Town) in conversation with Tamsin Faragher explains how they also connect us to our future. The South African Champion Trees initiative took root in 1998 when...
Individual Trees and Groups of Trees can be Declared as Protected Under Section 12 of the National Forests Act of 1998 by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. How do trees qualify to be Champion Trees?Several criteria are considered when trees are evaluated for “Champion” status. These include historical...
The City of Cape Town announced the completion of the Best Practice Guideline for Trees on Monday. Trees are promoted in the guideline as important for mitigating the heat island effect created by roads and buildings and for carbon capture and oxygen production, amongst other eco-services. Controversially, Cape Town-based Professor...
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 24 AUGUST 2020 MEDIA RELEASE Caring for Cape Town’s green canopy as easy as planting a tree The City has developed a Best Practice Guideline for Trees for property owners, officials, developers, architects, planners and residents on how to protect, enhance and manage our trees. This...
Client: Afrika Tikkum Landscape Architecture : CottonTree The Uthando Legacy Centre Playscape was designed for the Afrika Tikkun Organisation as part of their 25th birthday celebration. The Afrika Tikkun playscape was a bottom-up collaboration with the Afrika Tikkun team guided through a carefully crafted engagement process. A process of workshops...
Cradle of Humankind, Maropeng, Gauteng GREENinc The Maropeng Stone Garden is one of three picnic areas added to the existing facilities and recreational spaces at the Cradle of Humankind. The R4 800 000.00 project aims to create an appreciation of the prominence of the South African physical and scientific landscape...
Wellington, Western Cape ILASA Merit Award 2019 winner for Planning & Design and JUST TREES Award Winner & Tshala Environmental Sensitivity Award Winner CnDV Landscape Architects The Bosjes farm was transformed from a run-down farm to an instantly recognisable, international destination by the construction of an eye-catching Chapel and landscape....
Bernard Oberholzer Landscape Architect and Team ILASA Merit Award Winner 2019 for Planning and Design Category This landmark project aims “to establish the southernmost point as a sustainable icon attraction in the Cape Agulhas region by embracing its physical and spiritual attributes” and in so doing, create a memorable destination...
Client: Western Cape Government, Department of Transport and Public Works Completed: 2014 The Western Cape Government Department of Transport and Public Works’ Mitchells Plain Hospital is located adjacent to a nature reserve on the Cape Flats, a low-lying landscape. The site is highly exposed to the prevailing winter and summer...
Client: City of Cape Town As the City tackles the ongoing water shortage challenges, questions arise around what systemic changes will be made to engender a new relationship in the future with this precious resource. Because much of today’s water governance was prepared in the 1980’s and ‘90’s it does...
Thank you Tamsin. So important to share your vision.
Thank you so much for sharing so practically and vulnerably Tamsin. I have friends going through cancer treatment and it's…
Hello! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment. At this stage, I don't believe that anything is off…
Why aren't we considering planting the White Stinkwood Tree in the townships on the Cape Flats? It grows quickly, is…