South African Biodiversity Media
Cape Town Biodiversity Garden Showcase
“The vision for this educational garden is to create a place of beauty and wonder which appeals to the senses and imagination.”
The City of Cape Town launched the Biodiversity Showcase Garden on Friday the 10th of September, 2010. The garden will be open to the public as of the 1st of November.
The project is one of five of the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT) Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB). LAB is a global urban biodiversity programme coordinated by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, in partnership with the IUCN.
The purpose is to showcase the diversity of plants and animals in the Cape and demonstrate responsible garden practise. Stephen Granger, Head of major programmes and projects at the City's Environmental Resource Management Department, recognized its purpose 'to showcase the Cape's biodiversity and demonstrate responsible gardening practises.' Its goal 'is to raise public awareness about the value and importance of regional biodiversity, and to disseminate practical knowledge on how to help conserve it.'
Full Article: southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/biodiversity/505-cape-town...
Cape Town Biodiversity Garden Showcase
“The vision for this educational garden is to create a place of beauty and wonder which appeals to the senses and imagination.”
The City of Cape Town launched the Biodiversity Showcase Garden on Friday the 10th of September, 2010. The garden will be open to the public as of the 1st of November.
The project is one of five of the City of Cape Town’s (CoCT) Local Action for Biodiversity (LAB). LAB is a global urban biodiversity programme coordinated by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, in partnership with the IUCN.
The purpose is to showcase the diversity of plants and animals in the Cape and demonstrate responsible garden practise. Stephen Granger, Head of major programmes and projects at the City's Environmental Resource Management Department, recognized its purpose 'to showcase the Cape's biodiversity and demonstrate responsible gardening practises.' Its goal 'is to raise public awareness about the value and importance of regional biodiversity, and to disseminate practical knowledge on how to help conserve it.'
Full Article: southafricanbiodiversity.co.za/biodiversity/505-cape-town...