MONTHLY PRESENTATIONS
Our next meeting will be on Monday, 7 September 2026.
GROW ONE, TEACH ONE: HOW A CITY LEARNS TO FEED ITSELF
Dr Jo Hunter Adams is a public health researcher turned farmer. For more than a decade she and her family have, on a one-acre plot and diversified systems of growing fruit and vegetables and keeping bees, goats and poultry, slowly built an agroecology hub in the Far South of Cape Town.
Heart and Soil Urban Permaculture Farm is a living example of what is possible on a small city plot and through workshops, courses, a weekly newsletter, affordable seedlings and quiet persistence, Jo is making growing accessible, one grower at a time. Already many growers are quietly transforming gardens across South Africa and proving that a city can, garden by garden, learn to feed itself.
We meet …
ON: The first Monday evening of every month, even if it is a public holiday. No need to book.
TIME: 19:30
AT: The Athenaeum, off Campground Road, Newlands, on the grounds of Boundary Terraces. Plenty of secure parking is available (be prepared to show your driver’s license at the entrance boom).
Visitors are always welcome.
ENTRY FEE: R40,00 for non-members. Enjoy a cup of tea and biscuits after the meeting and chat about plants.
Plants, grown by members, are on sale at reasonable prices.
We hope to see you at our meeting.
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