Skukuza provides 818 trees for Arbor Week celebrations

Trees nurtured at the Skukuza nursery will soon be spread around the Mpumalanga lowveld and escarpment, after the department of water affairs and forestry (Dwaf) bought 818 indigenous saplings from the nursery for Arbor Week celebrations.

According to Mike Mhlanga, an extension officer for Dwaf, the trees will be combined with another 1,000 indigenous trees sourced from other nurseries and distributed around Mpumalanga.

The trees are destined for a number of schools as well RDP (Reconstruction and Development Programme) houses in the Mashishing area. In previous years, the Skukuza nursery has also provided a number of fast-growing indigenous trees to the department for Arbor celebrations.