The Hennops River Revival has moved to turn the Centurion Lake bank into a lakeside park, where friends and family could come braai and enjoy themselves.
Founder and CEO Tarryn Johnston said she was thrilled to finally put what she called her long-time “pipe dream” of bringing back the lake park into reality again.
“The planning has been happening for quite some time already and our fantastic relationship with Cummins Incorporated, with whom Hennops River Revival has been working for just over a year.
“But we had to wait because we need some magical rain to start seeing the project grow,” said Johnston.
She said that it was a great pleasure to finally realise the dream of bringing more life back to her childhood playground around the back of the lake.
Johnston said the project was also supported by Hydromulch, which had also done some incredible work over the years.
“This partnership will allow us to cover a far greater area than we initially had planned. I’m so thrilled!”
Johnston also mentioned the project’s success was also due to the involvement of the Tshwane metropolitan municipality, which came with ample experience in dealing with lake matters.
She said the road was not easy, as they had to be trained on how to lay down an erosion blanket on the plantation side to secure plants during the heavy rain season.
“This is a huge task and it is going to take a few weeks, but I simply can’t wait to give you my next update,” Johnston said.
According to her, the partnership with Cummins was put together through a multi-activity proposal for one year.
“The grass planting was part of the proposal. It was my initial intention to use vetiver grass, because of its remediating capabilities, but it’s unfortunately not an indigenous species. However, it is a sterile plant, with no way to reproduce other than through propagation.”
Johnston concluded by saying that she however decided to change the type of grass and to start with the first phase at the lakeside park.
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