Kloof Conservancy are hosting the 2014 Aloe Festival on the 5th and 6th July at the Lower Mpushini Valley Conservancy, Ashburton.
The event will include beautiful aloe walks, aloe and indigenous plant sales, specialist talks, crafts, art and music. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Conservation.
Programme:
Venue 1: Galago Farm
- Tea Garden
- Children’s jumping castle
- Children’s fun “Amazing Adventure Race”
- Sat 4pm till dark – Campfire
- Sat 5pm music – “For the Love of Music”
- Self-guided trail “Tufty’s Trail”
- Self-guided trail “Euphorbia Trail”
- Art under the trees
Venue 2: Toprock
- Breakfast and lunch
- Craft Market
- Mineral, Crystal and Gemstone shop
Venue 3: Impala Bend
- Lunches
- Craft Market
- Pony rides (Sat only)
- Plant sales
Venue 4: Rocky Wonder
- Aloe sales
- Refreshments
Venue 5: Spencer’s Place
- Self-guided trail for bird watchers opens 6am
Speakers:
Saturday 5th July:
10am – Steve Woodhall “Planting for Butterflies” at Galago
12pm – Sithembiso Sangweni “Guided Walk and Talk Alien Weed Eradication” at Galago
2pm – Nick May “A Living Geology” at Toprock
4pm – Howard Bradshaw “Stories of Herman Charles Bosman” at Galago
Sunday 6th July:
10am – Pandora Long and Catherine Fennell “Story of a Garden” Galago Centre P.E.A.C.E Permaculture Production Garden at Galago
12pm – Granton Law “For the Love of Indigenous Plants” at Impala Bend
2pm – Pat McKrill “Getting to Know the Neighbours” at Impala Bend
The venues open from 9am to 4pm. Entry costs R30 per person, with children under 12 years allowed in for free.
For more information contact Darlene Bond on 082 933 5036.