Welcome to the Pennington Conservancy

The Conservancy is situated in Pennington, on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal and incorporates the area between the Umzinto River in the north and the Mkhumbaan River in the south and extends inland from the sea to the N2 Highway. It includes areas of conservation significance together with adjoining private land held by its members from time to time. Read More.........

COMMITTEE NEWS

an introduction to THE 2012 COMMITTEE:

At the AGM a new committee was elected. Marc Ryderis re-elected as chairperson, other re-elected are Mary Mckenzi and Terry Wilsenach. Newly elected members are Colin Fouries and Brian Makepeace. READ More.........

MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN

RECYCLING REVISITED : THE THREE R's

On Friday 22nd Jan. the first gathering of the Impithi Rangers for the new year of 2012 took place at the environmental centre in the Umdoni Forest Read More.........

IMPITHI RANGERS KIDS CLUB

Hi Kids,

Want to join in the fun and experience the environment around you?

Come join the Impithi Rangers on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month at 3.30pm at the Environmental Centre.

The Rangers are open to all children from 5 – 12 years living in the Pennington area. Read More.........

HISTORY OF PENNINGTON

PENNINGTON, UMDONI PARK AND LYNTON HALL by Lorraine Galbraith

Pennington is named after Richard Pennington, one of the Byrne settlers who put down roots here with his family soon after 1850. The story goes that he wounded a leopard while hunting in 1865 but was in turn mauled very badly by the same animal in the forest. Some sources say that he died in agony but a more reliable one maintains that he used an old sailor's remedy of bathing his lacerated arm in salt and brandy and made a good recovery. Read More.........

INVASIVE ALIEN PLANTS:

GINGER LILIES

Hedychiumm spp.
Family: Ginger (Zingiberaceae)
Afrikaans: Gemmerlelies
isiZulu: ujinja Read More.........

PLANT ME NURTURE ME:

TYSON’S EURYOPS

Euryops tysonii
Family: Daisy (Asteraceae)
Sesotho / Southern Sotho: sehlakoana Read More.........

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