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UPCOMING EVENTS –
MAY 2025
6, 13, 20, 27 May – Church for Domestic Workers and
Gardeners
6, 13, 29, 27 May – Bridge Club
7, 14, 21, 28 May – Chess club
7 May – Blood Drive
10 May – Snakes, Monitors and Tortoises Talk
31 May – Tree Talk
For more information contact daleen@silverlakes.co.za or 012 809 0281
FREE
EVENT
SNAKES, MONITORS TREE TALK 08H00
AND TORTOISES
TREES AND THE ECOLOGY OF
SILVER LAKES ESTATE
FREE
EVENT
10 MAY 2025 SATURDAY 31 MAY 2025
DISCOVER THE VITAL ROLE REPTILES PLAY IN OUR ECOSYSTEMS JOIN CHRIS HINES, AN ECOLOGIST WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN NAMIBIA, ANGOLA, AND SOUTH AFRICA,
Join Grant Fairley, an Ecologist and Herpetologist, to learn about snakes, monitors, and tortoises, ON A GUIDED NATURE WALK THROUGH THE NATURAL AREA OF THE ESTATE’S GAME RESERVE AREA.
how they live, and how to live alongside them. Grant will shed light on myths and superstitions, dispel
misconceptions, and share his experience and knowledge gained over three decades working with these Join us on a guided nature walk through the natural area of the estate’s game reserve area. We’ll explore
fascinating animals. He will also share information on what to do when encountering a snake and in the the diverse vegetation in the landscape area near the dam. As we meander along the trails, we will be
unlikely event of a bite. Grant will also have beautiful exotic specimens at hand to interact with. looking at the trees, shrubs, and the variety of natural plant life that occurs there, focusing on the habitats
that this provides for insects, birds, and other organisms that call this area home. Along the way, we will
CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY WELCOME be discussing options for biodiversity gardening – how you might improve your garden to attract a greater
08H30 variety of natural wildlife, too.
PARKVIEW ROOM PICNIC AREA IN PHASE 3 (GAME RESERVE)
RSVP on or before 8 May with daleen@silverlakes.co.za or 012 809 0281 RSVP on or before 28 May with daleen@silverlakes.co.za or 012 809 0281
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