Parks

City Parks holds Green Concert

COMPANIES are invited to put their money up for the environment, and at the same time party with a purpose at the City Parks Corporate Greening Concert. The Musical Fountain will also be relaunched.

Another extreme park on cards

CONTINUING on its mission to bring green places of play to neglected parts of Johannesburg, City Parks will be creating a green lung in Pimville, in Soweto.

City Parks: clearing the mess

A NEW department at City Parks works with outside groups to keep all open spaces in Joburg clean and green, and well maintained. Trees are pruned, bushes thinned out and grass cut back.

OVERGROWN grass and shrubs, heavy branches needing a desperate prune and more litter than usual are just some of the difficulties facing City Parks as Johannesburg wades through an incredibly wet season.

Swing through the trees

YOU can make like Tarzan at James and Ethel Gray Park, and swing through the trees using ropes, at the new Acrobranch adventure zone – good fun and great for fitness.

More burial space opens

THE critical shortage of burial space will be eased with the opening of the Avalon Extension Cemetery, which has space for tens of thousands of new primary burials.

Lakeside Park opens

A STRETCH of ground in Orange Farm along a natural dam, once a dumping ground, has been rehabilitated and is now a beautiful park and wetland.

City Parks gets ISO nod

INTERNATIONAL environmental standards are being met at City Parks, which has earned an ISO certification, the second municipal entity to do so.

Joy at City Parks’ kids’ party

CITY Parks hosted its annual Christmas bash in Springfield, bringing a little festive season cheer to the underprivileged children of the area.

Plans for George Harrison Park

THE park in Riverlea where gold was first discovered in Johannesburg is getting a multi-million rand, multi-year makeover in a public private partnership.

City celebrates gold

THERE is more gold in Johannesburg – City Parks has brought home first prize in the LivCom Awards for its Greening the City project.

City Parks gets gold

CITY Parks has won a gold Liveable Communities Award for its Greening the City legacy project, which addresses the environmental disparities in Joburg.

Claremont to get new park

RESIDENTS of the western suburb of Claremont will soon have a beautiful park, thanks to City Parks and HelpMekaar College staff and learners.

Learners complete City Parks’ training

THE City Parks year-long learnership has ended, leaving the students now equipped to work in the environmental sector.

City launches medicinal park in Vlakfontein

A medicinal park, the first ever to be built in the City, has opened in Vlakfontein in Joburg’s southern suburbs, a boon for the poor township residents in desperate need of recreational facilities.

Trees planted for Madiba

FRESHLY planted trees now shade Alex's new park, with residents pitching in to help the planting and maintenance.

City Parks head steps down

NO evidence of fraud or corruption was found at City Parks, says Joburg, which has reminded its citizens that it is committed to clean government.

Princess plants cherry tree

IN Johannesburg as the patron of the Japanese Football Association, Princess Hisako Takamado has planted a cherry tree in the city's botanical gardens.