Friends of Doringkloof Spruit

Good afternoon, Friends It came awfully close to snowing in Doringkloof this week!  Wouldn’t that have been fun! These chilly days make for great walking weather, and it has been wonderful to see so many people in the Doringkloof Spruit.  I have attached a photo of...

Good afternoon, Friends. As I draft this email it is getting darker and darker, and rain looks imminent. We have certainly had a wet May this year. Please join us for our next work party. When:  Saturday 3rd June @ 8h00-10h00 WHERE: Glover Street Bridge. Parking...

Good afternoon, Friends. We are having another fence cleaning work party this Saturday 6th May.  Where: Zambezi Bridge When: 6th May 8h00 - 10h00 What to bring: gloves and garden scissors.  Look forward to seeing you there. The fences look so great when they have been...

Good evening, Friends Autumn is showing itself in the spruit and in our gardens these days.  It is a wonderful time to enjoy a walk in nature. I have attached some recent work party collages.  The fence cleaning has been very successful, and it really makes a...

Good morning, Friends We had a lovely birding afternoon a couple of weeks ago. Thank you Jared and Charles for leading us. We ducked the rain now and then, but it was beautiful walking in the spruit, enjoying the light and the happy birds. Attached is the list of...

Hello Friends Compliments of the season to you all and may it be a prosperous one! The good rains have certainly made our veld look prosperous.  It is wonderful to see the lush grass and all the birds it brings to our spruit area. I am grateful that Nature...

We had a successful spruit clean up on Saturday 18th September. Thank you to the following people for helping: Members Lindi Norval, Astrid Bredenkamp, Margie Rutsch, and Jenny Laurens Missionaries Elders Roth and Fowers Sutherland High School – Rowan and his nine...

Good afternoon, Friends We invite you and your family and friends to enjoy exploring and cycling in the Doringkloof spruit this Saturday 23rd July. All the main gates will be open from 8h00 to 16h00 to give you easy access to the veld with your bicycles. Please make...

Good morning, Friends Autumn is here in full swing, and I am enjoying the lovely colours in the spruit.  There has already been some frost in the early mornings. The sunsets these last few days have been spectacular – the whole western sky is washed in orange and...

Hello Friends For those who did not manage to join us on Saturday evening for a beautiful walk in the Doringkloof Spruit, I have attached a collage of some photos I took. We had a great turnout, and many new friends were made. It was most exciting for the children...

Good afternoon, Friends Thank you to everyone who has renewed their Friends membership for 2022.  We really do appreciate your support.  The money from your subs gets used to assist Nature Conservation in maintaining our Doringkloof Spruit. All your Friends cards have...

Good evening, Friends It is wonderful to see everything looking green and lush and I am so glad the tractor has recently mowed the fields.  Walking in the veld is such a pleasure.   We were fortunate to have four young men from Midstream school pick up litter in...

Good afternoon Friends World Wetlands month has certainly made itself known lately with all this incredible rain. I was sorry to cancel the work party on Saturday morning, as in the end it actually stopped raining and it was beautiful.  But we made up for it on Sunday...

Good morning Friends We are well into the new year now and I trust you are well and ready for fresh challenges! We had our first committee meeting yesterday, on World Wetlands Day, so I thought I would pop some links into my email to remind us of what incredible...