Food Systems in the inner city of Cape Town
Sat Sep 21, 12:00 - Tue Jan 28, 13:30
The Company Gardens
ABOUT
From Cape Town, South Africa. Xola a green ranger who dwells in the inner city of Cape Town. He studied at S.E.E.D in Mitchell's plain where he learn't applied permaculture training.
Also, a fantastic gardener/farmer and teacher, Xola has worked with various schools in Cape Town. From the inner city to the Cape flats sharing his knowledge but also learning all the time. An excellent communicator his internationally known for his love for sustainability.
His has been featured on BBC TV with famous chef Matt Tebbutt on the South African series "A taste of South Africa." Also he has been on street talk TV on the episode Food gardening during COVID-19.
Not only that but he has also been features on the Daliy Mavericks online independent newspaper. While he reinvents himself all the time. Xola has been invited to Germany by the Aachen-Cape Town partnership.
Based on his expertise in the industry of urban agriculture by the University of Stuttgart and Aachen technical University. Where he conducted a variety of lectures on urban farming in common areas.
There's so much more to know about this charismatic young man. How about you come and find out for yourself by joining his food system tours in the mother-city.
This time he takes you through a time traveling back into the passed. At the company gardens in the inner city. Here he will take you on a journey through the oldest garden in South Africa and share why it was created and how.
He will explain the history of Cape Town through his eye lens. How this beautiful city got to where. It is now the most visited city in the world. It will started with this market garden.
Meet him at the company gardens underneath Desmond Tutu Arch. Join him on a epic experience of a lifetime. For no more than an hour and a half.
