Golden Harvest Park Gets a Much-Needed Makeover!

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Volunteers recently gave Golden Harvest Park an eco-friendly makeover, removing invasive plants and litter to support the underserved City Parks team!

Randburg, South Africa (17 July 2024) — Last Sunday was no ordinary day at Golden Harvest Park in Randburg! Thanks to 75 volunteers, the park was treated to an energetic day of eco-goodness and a much-needed boost for the under-resourced City Parks team.

Volunteers from ASEZ WAO (We Are One)—a group of young working people on a mission to ‘save the earth from A to Z’)—paid the park a special visit, marking their 8,142nd Worldwide Clean-Up campaign in the process.

Teaming up with Joburg’s official waste management provider, the volunteers got down to business to beautify Golden Harvest Park, tackling a myriad of tasks from removing invasive and alien plants to trimming overgrown vegetation and, of course, making sure the trash in the park was collected.

For the City Parks team, the visit was nothing short of a welcomed dose of support.

“We have 45 parks to maintain and we have only five grass cutters. It’s so hard to go everywhere to fix what needs to be fixed. As for us, we can’t manage everything by ourselves. So you coming here to assist is a huge lift for us. I’m so happy and excited to work with you guys,: City Parks’ Doreen shared.

But, the eco-work was about more than beautifying Golden Harvest Park. Despite its position as a natural escape in the City of Gold, the park faces challenges when it comes to safety concerns from time to time due to ‘panga gangs’ who have put visitors at ease.

The volunteers and Councillor Bitkau hope that if the park is maintained and cleaned more regularly, its visibility will be enhanced, and crime will be reduced.

Earlier this month, WAO students also made a green difference in Carletonville where they planted fresh olive and fruit trees for the Kokose community!