Cleaning up the Common

On Saturday morning, 15 March, several Friends of Meadowridge Common and some guests, met to weed, trim, prune and generally clean up Meadowridge Common. It was also great to meet the new Biodiversity Consultant, Fay Howa, from City Parks, who will be helping to manage our precious remnant of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos.
The ladies work party - pulling up swathes of dead what we think is Hairy Birds-foot Trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus subsp. subbiflorus).
Fiona Watson and Esme Morris. Photo: Fay Howa.
Photo: Fay Howa.
Close up of the birds-foot pods of the weedy Hairy Birds-foot Trefoil. 
And growing between all the dead weeds - Pelargonium myrrhifolium.
All the while we were being watched by a pair of Spotted Eagle Owls. Photo: Fay Howa.
Close up of one of the owls. Photo: Fay Howa.
The Team. Photo: Fay Howa.
 

Congratulations Fiona

Congratulations to Fiona Watson, Botanical Officer, Friends of Meadowridge Common Committee, for her WESSA green champions award. Fiona has "for more than four decades added to the understanding and conservation of local botanical heritage, firstly via her work on the Rondebosch and then on the Meadowridge commons."
Photo from The Constantiaberg Bulletin 31 October 2013.

COMMON CLEAN-UP

Join the Friends for a Mandela moment of volunteering and help clean up the Common for an hour on Saturday morning. Weeding, picking up litter and pruning are the main tasks. Meet at the Faraday Way entrance to the common at 8 am on Saturday 15 March.
For information, phone Fiona Watson at 021 712 0696.
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