Re-Establishing Proteas
RE-ESTABLISHING PROTEAS – TRIAL PROJECT In the early 1970’s, with the establishment of Aston Bay on the farmland then known as Swan Lake farm, the land on which the Marina Martinique is now situated, was known as Protea Farm. During January 2023, the Board of...
Speldedoring and Oumansoutbos
The Marina is home to a variety of plant species which are beneficial to humans and animals. The Speldedoring (Azima tetracanta), growing in the Arthur Fennell Park, is one example. This spiny evergreen shrub has medicinal values. It can act as a pain stiller and has...
Medicinal Plants
Spekboom Challenge
People all over South Africa are planting Spekboom trees to combat climate change. This forms part of the #SpekboomChallenge, and you can join too. The #SpekboomChallenge started when the Boplaas Wine Estate in Calitzdorp undertook to counter climate change by...
The White Milkwood
Melkhoutboom; Melkbessie / umQwashu Sideroxylon inerme inerme Sapotaceae This evergreen tree is commonly found in dune forests, coastal woodlands and forests along the shore of the Southern and Eastern Cape northwards towards Mozambique. It grows up to 15 m tall. The...