Greenpoint Park and Biodiversity Garden

The garden is separated into ‘People and Plants’, ‘Wetlands’ and ‘Discovering Biodiversity’. Beds are planted according to vegetation type, so you can see which plants typically grow in sandveld, renosterveld, mountain fynbos, coastal thicket etc. Cleverly, these sections are laid out in such a way that when the signs prompt you to look up, you can associate which of these vegetation types grows on the surrounding Signal Hill, Lion’s Head and Table Mountain. They even have a lawn garden, so you can test the softness of various indigenous water wise grasses between your toes!
Educational boards throughout the garden are entertaining and clear, and provide useful information such as ‘dead logs are great homes for lizards and geckos’ and ‘how to keep a healthy pond in your garden to attract frogs’. Beaded animals and metal sculptures are cleverly tucked into the vegetation, my personal favourite are the moles, poking their heads out of the earth! If the Cape heat is overwhelming, there are picnic tables, benches, beautiful drinking fountains, and shady spots in which to sit and absorb the view of your surrounds, and the paths are wide enough to allow for wheelchair and pram access. Water bodies are dotted across the park, acting as a boundary to the golf course and drawing lots of birds to the area.

Rosie Stanway courtesy of www.mothercityliving.co.za