Page 4 - Silver Lakes August Issue 2024

CONTENTS

ESTATE NEWS GARDENING
Message from the CEO 4 Garden of the month 28
Security – Stop the bleed 8 It’s time for pruning roses 31
Fishing in Silver Lakes 10
Golf News – New bridge on the 9 hole 12 LIFESTYLE
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Ladies Golf News – Winning ways 14 Restaurant competition 41
Mature golfers results for June 16 Book reviews 45
Christmas in July market 18 Interior décor style and trends for August 2024 46
Upcoming estate events 24
Easy steps to recycling in the estate 25 PROPERTY NEWS
Garden refuse removal programme 27 The importance of approved building plans 42
Nosh and nostalgia 33
Silver Lakes Golf and Wildlife Estate Bird List 36 CLASSIFIEDS 51

SILVER LAKES CONTRIBUTORS EIA PUBLISHING OFFICE Tel: 011 327 4062 - www.eiapublishing.co.za
27 Muirfield Boulevard, Silver Lakes HOA Nienke Moolman PUBLISHER Nico Maritz - nico@eiapublishing.co.za
Silver Lakes, Silver Lakes Directors Daleen du Plessis GRAPHIC DESIGNER Adele Gouws - adele@dezignhq.co.za
0081 Dean Pretorius Walters Noordman SALES MANAGER Martin Fourie - 072 835 8405 - martin@eiapublishing.co.za
PO Box 11106, Andrew Curlewis Debbie Viljoen ADVERTISING SALES Gerdie Murphy - 082 556 9863 - gerdie@eiapublishing.co.za
Silver Lakes 0054 Alida Kromhout Elize Malan EDITOR Nicole Hermanson - nicole@eiapublishing.co.za
Tel: +27 12 809 0142 Danie Basson The Garden Group PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Chris Grant - chris@eiapublishing.co.za
Note from the Editor

uly was a busy month, what with with the sweet scent of jasmine, is already Bird enthusiasts, we have a treat for
Mandela Day celebrations on the go as in the air. I’m sure that our many local you: check out our extensive list of birds
Jwell as Springbok rugby matches (with gardening groups are well aware that this found here at Silver Lakes. The estate has
plenty more still to come this year), the is the month to get all one’s pruning done. requested that you help update this list as
launch of the 2024 Olympic Games and the Pruning is especially important for roses, you walk through the grounds and listen
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restoration of the bridge on the 9 hole. and accordingly, we provide you with useful to the chirps and bird calls around you.
guidelines on how to prepare your roses for
August is, of course, synonymous with the upcoming summer season. And be sure to page through the Education
National Women’s Day. We celebrate and Supplement featured in this issue.
pay tribute to the 20 000 women who Our golfers continue to outshine their
marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August competitors and do us proud here at Silver Lastly, don’t forget to enter the restaurant
1956 to protest against the pass laws and Lakes, as you’ll read. competition and to follow our Facebook
human rights abuses in our country. As the page.
proverb goes: “When sleeping women wake, In this issue you can also enjoy some
mountains move.” wonderful photos from the Christmas Happy reading!
in July market, our biggest one yet. The
Windy August is not a favourite for gardeners atmosphere was fun and festive as people Till next time,
as it’s usually cold, blustery, dry and still dark browsed, sampled and bought from the
in the mornings. But the promise of spring, more than 130 stalls! Nicole Hermanson

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