Making a difference with trees

Marolene Heunis,a businesswoman in Hermanus, started the Adopt a Tree programme to help green sub-economical houses in nearby Hawston. The project encourages businesses and individuals to buy a fruit tree for R90 that will then be adopted by the house owner. The house owner signs a pledge promising to "water the tree regularly and to do everything to keep the tree healthy and happy." A certificate is given to the buyer of the tree with the name and address of the person who has adopted the tree. The fruit trees are provided by Bill Harling, owner of Walkerbay Nurseries, and planted by Yoshua Sias from Hawston. There are 180 sub-economical houses in Hawston, and 20 owners have already adopted trees. A family in Germany bought five trees, one each for every one of their children. Pick n Pay has pledged 100 indigenous trees to be planted in the open area between the houses and the R43. To take part in this worthwhile project, you can pay the R90 into this account: Walker Bay Nursery, Nedbank account no. 1345040199, branch no 134512.