Hillcrest Conservancy is offering an intensive half-day training course to assist and uplift your gardener’s skills base.
The course will give a brief overview of the importance of our natural environment (your garden) and the need to preserve it. The course will cover:
- The benefits of indigenous gardens.
- Safety in the garden and awareness of risks.
- Most common alien plant identification and eradication.
The course is aimed at educating your gardener and providing him/her with the skills to ensure that your garden complies to some extent with the Alien Plant Control Regulations. It will assist in making your garden a safe working environment and of which you will be proud.
Dates:
Thursday 22 October, Friday 23 October or Saturday 31 October
Venue: Kingfisher Centre in Springside Nature Reserve, 93 Springside Road, Hillcrest
Time: 8am to 1 pm
Fee: R50 per delegate per half-day
Tea will be provided but delegates should bring their own lunch.
For further information and bookings:
Contact Ian Pattrick on 079 909 5458; e-mail: ianvpattrick@gmail.com
or George Victor on 073 901 3903; e-mail: georgevic@telkomsa.net
Advance payment to confirm your booking:
EFT Payment preferred as cash deposit fees reduce your payment alt. cash payments with your details may be handed to a committee member or cheques can be posted to c/o PO Box 1882, Hillcrest, 3650
Account name: Hillcrest Conservancy
Standard Bank Hillcrest
Branch Code 045 726
Account number: 254131174
Please provide your name and “Course Fee” as reference then kindly e-mail confirmation of payment to hillcrestconservancy@gmail.com or to our Treasurer at c/o PO Box 1882, Hillcrest, 3650 to which you can also post a cheque if preferred.
Proceeds go to on-going Hillcrest Conservancy projects, e.g. IAP control and education. Hillcrest Conservancy is a non-profit group of volunteers and relies on your support to protect the environment.