It's great to visit a project designed using local plants and finding just how well it survived the severe drought we've been experiencing in Cape Town over the last few years!

Bloemhof Electricity Headquarters was constructed in winter 2013 and had established over 3 summer seasons before the water was turned off in November 2016 with the onset of Stage 3B water rationing, no irrigation! This is the ultimate test of a planting scheme's success.

We visited site in late March 2017 after 5 months...
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