Contents for February 2005

EDITORIAL
Refurbishment and invasive plants

UPFRONT
News

IDENTIFYING INVADERS
Pampas Grass and Bailey’s Wattle

TREE OF THE ISSUE
The Woodland Waterberry

WORDS ON WASTE

Highveld Grassland ‘garden’

Golf course set in an old quarry

Transforming the urban landscape

Drill Hall renewed

A solution for acid mine water drainage

Contents of April 2005

EDITORIAL
Gauteng clamps down on developers

UPFRONT
News

BOOK REVIEWS

TREES OF THE ISSUE
The Yellowwoods

WORDS ON WASTE
An important site for conservation

FEATURES

Community champions for the environment in Mamelodi

The Mtunzini eco-house – best practice?

Waste, rats and owls: an Eco-School’s approach

Providing a fair way for wildlife

Contents for June 2005

EDITORIAL
Introducing UGF’s new editor, Engela Meyer

COMMENT FROM THE PUBLISHER
Back to our roots

UPFRONT
News

INSPIRATION
Durban’s Point: a positive intervention in the city

INSULT
A scar on Linksfield ridge

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Combretum molle and Combreturm zeyheri

BATTLE OF THE ‘BURBS
Melville v Parview

FEATURES
An urban square – Joe Gqabi Station, Philippi, Cape Town

Conservation and development – in tandem

Rejuvenating Greenside’s village ambience

Plastics recycling: challenges to consumers and councils

Contents of August 2005

EDITORIAL
Power and the city

UPFRONT
News

INSPIRATION
Laying a number of problems to rest

INSULT
A house with a view

PLANNING PERSONALITY
Not your garden variety: Durban’s approach

BATTLE OF THE ‘BURBS
Umhlanga v Amanzimtoti

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Erythrina lysistemon – the Common Coral Tree

FEATURES
Sustainability in Tshwane: a tale of two cities?

Space and time for celebration

EcoSan meets Eco-design

Waste management on a new track?

Contents of October 2005

EDITORIAL
An unnatural disaster?

UPFRONT
News

INSPIRATION
Returning residents to the city

INSULT
It’s all in the name

PLANNING PERSONALITY
New head of school at Wits

BATTLE OF THE ‘BURBS
Camps Bay v Big Bay

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Schefflera umbellifera – the False Cabbage Tree

FEATURES
Looking for a place in the shade

A river runs beside it

Illegal dumping of Hazardous Waste

Contents of December 2005

EDITORIAL
Implementing sustainable design

UPFRONT
News

INSPIRATION
Celebrating sustainability

INSULT
Johannesburg’s steel and canvas beasts

PLANNING PERSONALITY
Glen Gallagher: Leaving a legacy

BATTLE OF THE ‘BURBS
Tshwane: Beirut (Mabopane) v Lotus Gardens X2  

TREE OF THE ISSUE
Buddleja sligna willd - the Common Bastard Olive Tree

FEATURES
The search for sustainable construction

Affordable housing of the future?

Energy efficient housing design for low-income housing

Enzymes increase rate of composting

NGO shows Cape Town the way