Rondebosch Common - Table Mountain Corridor

Description

This piece of land is located right off the subway and it has seen better times. Overgrown grass dominates the terrain and the remains of a seating area can be seen. With the support of people in the community we would like to clean up this space. The land belongs to Metrorail and we have received permission to work on cleaning it up. We have listed some plant species as initial inspiration, but we are open to any suggestions and ideas. For the next raining season our goal is for expanding the patch of this garden so that we can plant more indigenous species, we want to have more planting area and less grass in the middle of the garden.

We work on this piece of land generally on Wednesdays, 16.00-17.00. Check out upcoming events to see if we are here coming Wednesday. We also have Saturday events. Come join us!

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Site ID

15

Suburb

Rosebank

GPS

-33.95392, 18.47316

Approximate size

600m²

Species	Quantity
Agapanthus africanus	100
Chasmanthe floribunda	100
Lachenalia reflexa	50
Myrsine africana	50
Chasmanthe aethiopica	40
Helichrysum patulum	40
Dietes iridioides	40
Chironia baccifera	30
Carpobrotus edulis	30
Zantedeschia aethiopica	25
Watsonia spectabilis	20
Salvia africana-caerulea	20
Cotyledon orbiculata	20
Eriocephalus africanus	15
Watsonia meriana	15
Leonotis leonurus	10
Artemisia afra	10
Leucadendron argenteum	10
Aloe arborescens	5
Buddleja saligna	3

Description

This sites sits on the corner of the N2 and Liesbeek Parkway, adjacent to Damlin in Mowbray. It is a large patch of grass that has recently been fenced. Since then it has been used more, seemingly because people feel contained.

Carol plans to extend the existing honeysuckle patch with a row honeysuckle plants of four different colours. She will also be planting spekboom. Carol will add sunbird-friendly plants to this patch to add to the number of patches of green forming sunbird stepping-stones linking Table Mountain to Rondebosch Common.

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Site ID

20

Suburb

Rosebank

GPS

-33.94492, 18.47622

Approximate size

580m²

Species	Quantity
Lampranthus emarginatus	200
Tecoma capensis	100
Chasmanthe aethiopica	100
Chasmanthe floribunda	100
Watsonia spectabilis	100
Zantedeschia aethiopica	100
Eriocephalus africanus	70
Helichrysum patulum	30
Salvia africana-caerulea	15

Description

Corner piece where pedestrians go but it could be enhanced by some nice plants along the side. We have to make sure pedestrians still have access to this shortcut.

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Site ID

23

Suburb

Rosebank

GPS

-33.95385, 18.47083

Approximate size

490m²

Species	Quantity
Lampranthus amoenus	80
Cotyledon orbiculata	40
Aloe arborescens	20

Description

Grassy patch with some trees but otherwise not too appealing yet. The idea is to first work on adding nice vegetation next to the path that cuts across.

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Site ID

64

Suburb

Mowbray

GPS

-33.94453, 18.47434

Approximate size

500m²

Species	Quantity
Plectranthus neochilus	100
Agapanthus africanus	50
Chasmanthe floribunda	50
Helichrysum patulum	50
Cotyledon orbiculata	40
Gazania rigens var. uniflora	40
Myrsine africana	40
Zantedeschia aethiopica	30
Dietes iridioides	30
Chironia baccifera	30
Watsonia spectabilis	30
Eriocephalus africanus	20
Chasmanthe aethiopica	20
Leucadendron argenteum	12
Aloe arborescens	10
Salvia africana-caerulea	10
Leucadendron argenteum	6

Description

Thandokhulu High is a school ground with a lot of potential. What is identified as a need is shade for students at break, some green to beautify the school and an outdoor classroom where students and Mr Faizel the life sciences teacher can interact directly with the subject matter described in their textbooks. A group of eager students and staff are already growing plants for their sunbird garden. Together with the Cape Bird Club and the Iingcungcu Sunbird Project, Communitree plans to establish an indigenous garden at this high school in 2018 and continue growing it over the coming 5 years.

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Site ID

66

Suburb

Mowbray

GPS

-33.94595, 18.47027

Approximate size

100m²

Species	Quantity
Chasmanthe floribunda	80
Dietes iridioides	70
Agapanthus africanus	60
Helichrysum patulum	50
Chironia baccifera	40
Myrsine africana	40
Zantedeschia aethiopica	40
Watsonia spectabilis	30
Chasmanthe aethiopica	30
Eriocephalus africanus	25
Leucadendron argenteum	20
Salvia africana-caerulea	20
Kiggelaria africana	3

Description

Cecil Park is located on a corner between Rhodes Avenue and Cecil Road. The park contains a grass field in the centre with swings and benches. There are various trees on the plot as well. On the sides there are beds with a large variety of plant species. Some are indigenous, some are not. Local resident Jacques Claasen is very active in maintaining the park and he is continuously planting new species and looks after the plants.

We aim to help Jacques by providing indigenous plants that can enhance the species present in Cecil Park. Due to the proximity to Table Mountain, this is furthermore an important site to plant sunbird and sugarbird friendly species that help create a stepping stone corridor for the birds.

Right next to this site are two other plots that are part of our greening efforts here together with Jacques.

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Site ID

76

Suburb

Mowbray

GPS

-33.95026, 18.46926

Approximate size

1,500m²

Species	Quantity

Description

This site forms part of the Liesbeek to Black river corridor, and it borders a walkway. It runs through the Little Mowbray business district towards the M5 bridge, which crosses over the Black River.

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Site ID

107

Suburb

Mowbray

GPS

-33.94745, 18.48413

Approximate size

180m²

Species	Quantity
Salvia africana-lutea	0
Arctotis stoechadifolia	0
Solanum africanum	0
Cotyledon orbiculata	0
Carpobrotus edulis	0
Elegia tectorum	0
Pelargonium capitatum	0
Ruschia macowanii	0
Eriocephalus africanus	0

Description

Situated next to the Liesbeek river, on a traffic island, between Klipfontein road and Gloucester road, next to St George´s Grammar School. This was previously a completely abandoned patch, with invasive grass and nothing else growing here. Thanks to the tireless efforts of a group of local volunteers, this patch is now a thriving fynbos garden!

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Site ID

108

Suburb

Mowbray

GPS

-33.94796, 18.4779

Approximate size

0m²

Species	Quantity

Description

This is a great corner plot that is just across from the Liesbeek River. It's a big grassy patch that gets quite some sun. There is lots of potential. We have started by removing some of the grass along the wall, and have started planting various indigenous species here. Our goal is to have a garden along the wall, then a path that runs through it, and then another garden instead of all the grass further up. This could be a colourful display with flowers instead of this green patch that requires constant mowing!

This site is located on the corner of Alma Road and Liesbeek Parkway.

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Site ID

127

Suburb

Rosebank

GPS

-33.95415, 18.4752

Approximate size

220m²

Species	Quantity
Carpobrotus edulis	100
Chasmanthe floribunda	50
Agapanthus africanus	50
Cotyledon orbiculata	50
Salvia africana-lutea	20