As the cold mist rolls of the Atlantic, Cape Town’s guerilla gardeners come out to play, transforming every lamppost and fence on Tableview’s beach front into a mini floral kingdom.
Secret Gardener
The Soil is a Diamond
“The bread is in the soil, the food is in the soil. The soil is a diamond” says Christina Kaba, Abalimi’s Field Operations Manager. Kaba has dedicated the past 21 years of her life to empowering the people of the Cape Flats to provide for themselves. Her simple love for all things green and living has inspired the creation of lush green pockets of land scattered amongst a sprawling collection of houses and shacks on the Cape Flats. Today nearly 3000 Cape Flats families benefit directly from this innovative organic vegetable farming project Abalimi Bezekhaya.
This Classroom Is a Farm
At the time of a global climate crisis, when the average person is wondering what the heck they can do former educator Noel Schmidt is on a quest to turn Patchworks Farm into ground zero for the post-carbon revolution. His idea? To make Patchworks an outdoor learning laboratory and “green” school where the criteria for graduating is restoring the planet.