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SANDSPRUIT NEWS

Wondering what's happening along the Sandspruit?

Upcoming events...
at Ullmann Park

Youth Day Dog Walk
16 June 2021 from 09:00am - 12:00pm

R50 per dog

Sandspruit Tree Walk

This event involved a leisurely walk along the Sandspruit to identify indigenous trees with the help...

Bird List

What birds have you seen in the park. Here is a list of potential bird species to spot...

Nile Monitor Lizard

During a river clean-up some of the participants spotted what they thought was crocodile...

Alien Invasives

The Sandspruit has, over many years, become overgrown with many alien and extremely invasive shrubs, climbers and trees. It is never popular...

Flash flood

Following the deluge on 9 November 2016, the Sandspruit burst its banks in many places...

Sandspruit Walk

This project aims to clear and maintain a 2km path along the Sandspruit River for walkers...

Tree planting

It has been a hectic couple of weeks, but at last we have managed to plant over 120 trees from 3m Stinkwoods to...

Park Run

Our Park Run has been operating for a few months now with between 400 and 500 runners participating each week....

Participation is everything

Keep our community spirit alive...

HELP US CREATE A PARK FOR EVERYONE

FRIENDS OF SANDSPRUIT is a public non-profit voluntary association formed for the sole purpose of engaging in the conservation, rehabilitation and protection of Ernest Ullmann Park and the natural riverine environment within the area bound by South Road and Kelvin Drive.

Park Heroes...

These are the faces behind the real work that goes on in the park. Kelvin and John working tirelessly to ensure the park and river keep being the beautiful area it is now.

Kelvin and John