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Arbor Week Celebration
Johannesburg, August 30, 2007
Arbor Week Celebration raises awareness of the importance of
trees in our community. As sources of building material, oxygen,
food, medicine, and simple scenic beauty, trees play a vital
role in the health and well being of our communities. Every
September from the 1 to the 7 institutions like schools,
businesses and organizations in general are encouraged to
participate in community "greening" events to improve the health
and beauty of the local environment.
Arbor Week is an important week in the Zoo’s calendar; hence we
will be running our yearly renowned arbor week programmes. The
main participants that will celebrate arbor week with the
Johannesburg Zoo are Gauteng Province Learners. They will
learning about importance of trees , how to plant trees and how
to identify indigenous trees etc. , and all schools that will be
participate in this program will get indigenous plants to green
their schools in their area
Arbor Week Celebration at the Zoo will take place as follows:
Dates: 7 September 2007
Times: 09h 00 am – 12h00 pm
Place: Johannesburg Zoo
Entrance Fee: R15 per person school groups
For more information and to book programmes on Arbor Week
Celebration at the Johannesburg Zoo, please contact Lawrence on
011-646 2000 ext. 262.
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