New crew blooms for conservation in Gillitts

The newly-formed team have started projects to help protect endangered wildflowers in the Upper Highway area.

A SMALL group of concerned Highway residents who are determined to preserve plants endangered by property development joined forces to form CREW, the Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers.

At present, CREW’s focus is on a stretch of open grassland beside Minerva Drive in Gillitts. This site is part of the Gillitts Conservancy in eThekwini’s Outer West and as part of the DMoss system established by the old Durban municipality several decades ago.

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