Page 4 - Intra Muros January Issue 2025

CONTENTS

ESTATE NEWS GARDENING
Message from the CEO 4 Garden of the Month 26
2024 Silver Lakes Annual Residents Survey 8 Replacing plants 28
Get to know your Silver Lakes App: HELP DESK 10
Donations collected – A heartfelt thank you 12 LIFESTYLE
Easy steps to recycling in the estate 13 Restaurant competition 25
Golf course utilisation and rules 14 Keeping your pets safe in hot weather: Walking tips 32
Ladies Golf News 16 Include paper books in your reading diet 34
Silver Lakes Christmas Light Competition 2024 21 Interior Décor and Design Trends 37

CLASSIFIEDS 43

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

A WARM WELCOME TO 2025!

he new year always holds a sense Welcome to the first edition of Intra Muros engaging content throughout the year.
of promise and possibility. It’s a for 2025! We hope this year brings wonderful It’s the shared commitment to the
Ttime when we feel most optimistic opportunities and growth for everyone in our greater good and caring for one another
- telling ourselves, “Things can get community. With the holiday season now a that strengthens a community – and
better,” and resolving to make changes distant memory, our schools are busy helping makes living in Silver Lakes all the more
both personally and professionally. Yet, students settle into their routines and get fulfilling.
as January progresses, we often find ready for the academic and extracurricular
ourselves slipping back into the familiar programs ahead. Until next time, take care, and enjoy the
routines – the traffic, our busy schedules, final weeks of our beautiful summer!
and even old habits. And so, we hop back We’re excited to share this edition with
on the treadmill and continue on our way. you and look forward to bringing you more Nicole Hermanson

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