Author: Di Stromberg

  • Ladybird! Ladybird!

    Posted on by Di StrombergOne of our favourite friends is little Ruby Redzee:-    The ladybird is a BEETLE     She is a CARNIVORE (which is a meat eater)  Gardeners loove her because she eats the bugs who eat our gardens. (She can eat... Read more »

  • JULY wassup?

    Posted on by Di Stromberg  Teddy Bear Picnic Day On this day round the world some people celebrate with a teddy bears’ picnic!  Why don’t YOU go down to Steenbok on the 10th of July and take your family and teddies and picnic blankets... Read more »

  • Some things to do in Steenbok Nature Reserve

    Posted on by Di StrombergGet out into the fresh air and walk, run, cycle, or just take a stroll and smell the daisies!! We have a nature reserve on our doorstep. Let’s make the most of it. Read more »

  • New Dog Poop signs

    Posted on by Di StrombergNew Informative signs are being placed along the pathways to bring awareness of the ongoing problems of pollution caused by dog poop.  Steenbok thanks KAWS and Knysna Basin Project for their support.              The signs have... Read more »

  • The irrigation maintenance team in Steenbok

    Posted on by Di StrombergMihan of O.D.S. landscaping had a walkabout with Louis Krige.   Mihan does a quarterly maintenance check of the irrigation system and  Louis is on hand as a Steenbok volunteer to do frequent checks that the system is running properly... Read more »

  • A walk in Steenbok with Esther Townsend

    Posted on by Di Stromberg     Credo Environmental Services have agreed that, without consultation with affected residents, no further major clearing will be undertaken on the high-tide pathway to Kingfisher Creek and that the involvement of Credo will be extended to a further visit and... Read more »

  • TREE OF THE MONTH : THE CANDLEWOOD

    Posted on by Di Stromberg  Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus Candlewood (Eng.); kershout (Afr.) Tree Number: 409 Watch out for this beauty at the moment, actually you cannot miss it due to its numerous bright orange seed pods which are carried all along its branches making this... Read more »

  • Heliophila subulata

    Posted on by Di StrombergHeliophila meaning ’sun’ and phílos, meaning “dear” or “beloved”, refers to the blooms opening in sun and closing at night or in overcast conditions. Family: Brassicaceae (mustard family) Common name: Wild flax The majority of the species grow in the... Read more »

  • Saturday Soccer in Steenbok

    Posted on by Di StrombergCX united Soccer school enjoying a morning of sunshine and exercise with their Coach Arthur and guest Coach Khuse Dasi, Provincial Head Coach of Youth Development Structures. Read more »

  • Steenbok Nature Reserve welcomes new volunteers

    Posted on by Di StrombergLouis and Barbara Krige are familiar faces on Leisure Isle.  They regard themselves as an ‘old Knysna’ family.  Barbara’s grandfather had the parish at Belvedere, and bought land on Leisure Island when it was first laid out as residential suburb... Read more »