Working to build a liveable world
By Tamsin Faragher – First published in TOPOS (2012) A city is not a city without its life-blood, people. In the ‘bad old days’ of South African history, some people were given rights and others were denied rights. Some rights allowed some people into the City and others not. It...
OVP Landscape Architects The West Coast Fossil Park is a national heritage site. It is the site where 50 years ago, a five million-year-old fossil was uncovered at a phosphate mine. When the mine’s mining potential was exhausted, the land was transferred to a trust in the 1980’s. The decision...
Women have played a significant role in the struggle for South Africa’s freedom. Today’s dangers and battles are those against unseen threats that manifest in the extreme weather resulting from climate change and the underpinning structural economic inequality. This blogpost reflects on a recent Institute of Landscape Architecture of South Africa webinar that focused on the impacts of climate change on women.
Bishops Court, Cape Town The Upper Liesbeek River Park is one of Cape Town’s best kept secrets. Hidden just below Kirstenbosch, the park has been developed over the last ten years by Dr. Joan Parker, a resident living in the area. Through her vision work, the park has gone from...
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…