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Waterfall City’s Greenbelts:
100 HECTARES OF
BLISSFUL NATURE
IN THE CITY
By Emile Bolton, STM Landscaping
W aterfall City boasts
over 100 hectares of
greenbelts, consisting
of 21 individual
greenbelts, each with its own
microclimate, habitat, ecosystem and
wildlife. A common misperception
is that a greenbelt is just a section
of land that consists of grasses. But
there is so much more to consider.
In Waterfall City, the Jukskei River splits
the estates into a V-shape. Several
weeds from upstream get dispersed on
the riverbanks. They germinate in the
perfect warm and moist conditions,
and then the seeds get transported
throughout the greenbelts via birds,
insects and wind.
Kenneth Gaynor, CEO of Waterfall
Country and Village Estates, along
with the board of these estates,
have embarked on a Greenbelt
Rehabilitation project. Their aim is to
eradicate all weeds and to inter-seed
the grassy areas with an Egoli granite
mix of grasses – examples of which are
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