Page 23 - FWG December Issue 2025

Estate News
MEGA TREE PLANTING
with the City of Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo
and the Fourways Improvement District
October Highlights from The Gardens Café
Bubbles Festival
18 October 2025
The rain tried to mess with us — but
it didn’t stand a chance! What a
beautiful way to spend a Saturday
afternoon. It was such an awesome
day filled with spectacular bubbles,
delicious food and amazing
company. Even better, we managed
to raise funds for Pink Drive in the
process — a cause close to our
hearts. A huge thank-you to
everyone who joined us, supported
and helped make this event such a
success. You truly made it sparkle!
Ladies Paint Night
22 October 2025
All I can say is wow! We have some
seriously creative ladies here in
Fourways Gardens. This time, we
explored our artistic side with fan
painting and the results were
absolutely beautiful. It was such a
lovely evening spent with wonderful
company, laughter and creativity all
around. Thank you once again for
your constant support - you ladies
never cease to amaze us!
uesday, 11 November 2025, Drive. Many residents were pleasantly
marked an ambitious undertaking: surprised to return home that afternoon
to plant 3,000 trees along Winnie
TMandela Drive, from Uranium Road to find the roadway already beginning to
resemble a tree-lined boulevard – a glimpse
to the N14, in just one hour. A project of this of the greener future to come.
scale depends on strong Public–Private
Partnerships, and Fourways Gardens was, Our sincere gratitude goes to Councillor
as always, proud to play its part. Foley and Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo
– with special thanks to Dr Joseph Ndou – for
Winnie Mandela Drive became a hive their enthusiastic commitment to growing
of activity as members of the Fourways Johannesburg’s Urban Green Canopy.
We were joined by teams from Life Green
District
their
Improvement
and
service providers worked side by side Group and 24/7 Security, and the success
with representatives from the City of of this project stands as a testament to the
Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Parks and collective dedication and collaboration of
Zoo, and community volunteers who arrived everyone involved.
ready to contribute.
A special word of thanks is also due to the
While the initiative certainly came with Fourways Improvement District for their
impressive bragging rights, its real value lies tireless and often unsung work behind
in the long-term ecological benefits it brings the scenes. Their ongoing commitment to
to our surrounding communities. In time, planning, coordinating and uplifting the
these newly planted trees will completely broader Fourways area continues to deliver
transform the character of Winnie Mandela visible and meaningful progress.
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