GEORGE NEWS - Sean Snyman, councillor for Ward 19, and his ward committee recently beautified and cleaned an alley between Pick n Pay York Street and the other shops. The walkway connects the Dormehlsdrift area and the shops in York Street.
Snyman said until recently this alley was not a safe walkway for residents because of the undesirable activities taking place there. Dewald Hattingh, ward committee member as well as owner, trustee member and caretaker at Malbar Square situated right next to the walkway, secured more than 100 spekbooms from Deon Britz and his team at Gourits Biosphere, Riversdale, and compost from Grow Green in George.
Hattingh, with the help of George Toll, who keeps the walkway clean, turned the eyesore into a green, paved and safe walkway for all. Because of the shrubs in the walkway there is no more space for loitering.
Spekboom was chosen because of its characteristics of cleaning the air. According to Samara.co.za, the spekboom is proudly South African, it is one of the best carbon sequestrators in the world, it can live up to 200 years, it is equipped with a unique mechanism to adapt to its surroundings and it is edible, with a very high nutritional value and a lovely lemony taste.
But please get your own - people are not allowed to pick the spekbooms in the walkway! Signs have been put up to warn people not to pick the shrubs.
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