Huis Luckhoff Special Garden Patch - Site #105


This garden is located right between the Liesbeek River and Huis Luckhoff (a home for the aged). This garden has been an abandoned patch overgrown with invasive kikuyu grass for many years, while also being used for illegal dumping. With the help of residents from Huis Luckhoff, including Fred, Muriel, and others this plot has been slowly converted into an indigenous garden. With help from tireless neighbourhood greener Gill and supported by Randall, Communitree volunteers have been working hard to plant a variety of ground covers and other pioneering species, before introducing more sensitive fynbos.

At this point (April 2021) the ground covers are well-established and as we go into the rainy winter we are focused on removing some of the ground cover to make place for new species, while also tackling the remaining kikuyo. We hope to be able to establish a mulch walking path (the first version of this has slowly faded away), and to add a bench. With luck we can open up the garden so that people can easily walk through it.

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Huis Luckhoff

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Garden checklist

  • Initial assessment Completed
  • Removal of invasive aliens In progress
  • Landscaping Completed
  • Planting of pioneers species Completed
  • Planting of insect and bird species Completed
  • Planting of specialist species In progress
  • Place-making In progress

Planting log

At this site we have planted the following species:

Species Batch Date Quantity Status
Pelargonium capitatum Batch #99 Oct 10, 2019 2 planted
Melianthus major Batch #134 Jun 02, 2020 1 planted
Melianthus major Batch #134 Sep 05, 2020 1 planted
Eriocephalus africanus Batch #141 Jun 21, 2019 3 planted
Lampranthus glaucus Batch #174 Jun 02, 2020 4 planted
Leonotis leonurus Batch #180 Sep 05, 2020 2 planted
Psoralea pinnata Batch #193 Jun 02, 2020 2 planted
Podalyria sericea Batch #231 Jun 08, 2020 1 planted
Podalyria sericea Batch #231 Sep 05, 2020 1 planted
Chasmanthe aethiopica Batch #357 Jun 21, 2019 16 planted
Eriocephalus africanus Batch #359 Sep 19, 2019 1 planted
Salvia africana-lutea Batch #360 Jun 21, 2019 3 planted
Salvia africana-lutea Batch #360 Sep 11, 2019 1 planted
Salvia africana-lutea Batch #360 Sep 19, 2019 3 planted
Arctotis stoechadifolia Batch #361 Jun 21, 2019 9 planted
Arctotis stoechadifolia Batch #361 Sep 11, 2019 4 planted
Arctotis stoechadifolia Batch #361 Sep 19, 2019 6 planted
Arctotis stoechadifolia Batch #361 Oct 10, 2019 5 planted
Cotyledon orbiculata Batch #362 Jun 21, 2019 4 planted
Cotyledon orbiculata Batch #362 Sep 19, 2019 4 planted
Cotyledon orbiculata Batch #362 Oct 10, 2019 2 planted
Pelargonium capitatum Batch #363 Jun 21, 2019 7 planted
Pelargonium capitatum Batch #363 Sep 19, 2019 2 planted
Ruschia macowanii Batch #365 Sep 12, 2019 1 planted
Elegia tectorum Batch #369 Sep 11, 2019 1 planted
Elegia tectorum Batch #369 Jul 06, 2020 1 planted
Plectranthus neochilus Batch #371 Jul 24, 2019 10 planted
Plectranthus neochilus Batch #381 Sep 11, 2019 4 planted
Felicia heterophylla Batch #385 Mar 19, 2020 1 planted
Eriocephalus africanus Batch #401 Jun 02, 2020 4 planted
Tetragonia fruticosa Batch #409 Jun 02, 2020 4 planted
Tetragonia fruticosa Batch #409 Oct 06, 2020 3 planted
Cotyledon orbiculata Batch #415 Sep 05, 2020 2 planted
Tetragonia fruticosa Batch #484 Sep 05, 2020 2 planted
Athanasia dentata Batch #486 Aug 07, 2020 3 planted
Eriocephalus africanus Batch #488 Aug 06, 2020 3 planted
Erica verticillata Batch #489 Jun 30, 2020 4 planted
Erica verticillata Batch #489 Jul 09, 2020 4 planted
Helichrysum petiolare Batch #492 Aug 14, 2020 2 planted
Leonotis leonurus Batch #493 Oct 06, 2020 3 planted
Otholobium virgatum Batch #496 Oct 06, 2020 3 planted
Melianthus major Batch #501 Oct 06, 2020 4 planted
Dimorphotheca pluvialis Batch #502 Oct 06, 2020 2 planted

Below is the list with the different species that can be grown on this site. These species would contribute to the greening of , and would fit in with a wider greening strategy for Cape Town. However, this vision is only a proposal and we invite you to comment on it. Are there any other species that would do well? Are there particular uses for this site that we should take into consideration? Do you have a spectacular vision for the plot? Do you have any ideas to involve the wider community? Please let us know!

Wish List Overview

Item Quantity Pledge support
Solanum africanum 4 I can help!
Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea
15 I can help!
Cape Town pea
Otholobium bracteolatum
5 I can help!
Pig's ear
Cotyledon orbiculata
5 I can help!
Rose-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium capitatum
14 I can help!
Silver arctotis
Arctotis stoechadifolia
14 I can help!
Sour fig
Carpobrotus edulis
20 I can help!
Wild rosemary
Eriocephalus africanus
15 I can help!

If you can help growing any of these species, click the blue button in the table above.

Past activities

Date Time Title More details
Tuesday 26 Mar 2019 14:00-16:00 Beginner's Fynbos Propagation (closed event) Read more
Friday 26 Apr 2019 07:00-19:00 iNaturalist City Nature Challenge Read more
Thursday 23 May 2019 15:30-04:30 Plant propagation at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Wednesday 12 Jun 2019 10:00-12:30 Grass removal at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Friday 21 Jun 2019 08:00-08:30 Bird monitoring in Mowbray/Rosebank Read more
Friday 21 Jun 2019 10:00-12:00 Planting day at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Friday 26 Jul 2019 08:00-08:30 Bird monitoring in Mowbray/Rosebank Read more
Thursday 08 Aug 2019 08:30-09:00 Bird monitoring in Mowbray/Rosebank Read more
Tuesday 20 Aug 2019 16:00-17:00 Weeding and gardening at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Tuesday 10 Sep 2019 09:00-09:30 Bird monitoring in Mowbray/Rosebank Read more
Wednesday 11 Sep 2019 10:00-11:00 Garden Maintenance at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Thursday 19 Sep 2019 09:00-11:00 Planting at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Tuesday 08 Oct 2019 08:00-08:30 Bird monitoring at the Huis Luckhoff Garden Read more
Thursday 10 Oct 2019 09:00-10:00 Planting at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Thursday 28 Nov 2019 09:00-10:00 Weeding and Social closing event at Huis luckoff Read more
Thursday 06 Feb 2020 08:30-09:30 Garden Maintanance at Huis Luckoff Read more
Wednesday 05 May 2021 15:00-16:00 Garden maintenance at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Saturday 08 May 2021 10:00-11:00 Garden maintenance at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Wednesday 26 May 2021 15:00-16:00 Garden maintenance at Huis Luckhoff Read more
Saturday 19 Jun 2021 10:00-11:00 Garden maintenance at Huis Luckhoff Read more

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