City Parks will celebrate Arbor Month at Wynberg Park by planting 12 Silver trees (Leucadendron argenteum) and launching the Friends of Wynberg Park on Thursday, 12 September 2013 between 10:00 and 14:00.
The City of Cape Town will sign a collaboration agreement with the Friends of Wynberg Park, and 50 high school learners will help with the clean-up and removal of alien vegetation in the park.
The Silver tree is a rare, indigenous tree species. Its natural habitat is on the slopes of Table Mountain and it was once prevalent in the Wynberg area.
“Wynberg Park is a beautiful and significant space which has immense value as a place for recreation and relaxation for our city. We look forward to working with the new Friends of Wynberg Park in developing this park as a quality green space and as a tourist destination of choice,” says the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services and Special Pojects, Alderman Belinda Walker.
In 1902, Wynberg Park was opened by Thomas Graham, who spoke of the good fortune that had befallen Wynberg residents in having such immense natural assets, and commented that in years to come they would be delighted that they had conserved their open spaces.
After the opening ceremony at the ornamental fountain, the Guild of Loyal Women (formed in 1900), planted commemorative saplings that are now handsome trees which shade an area close to the duck pond.
