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About us: Pearly Beach Conservancy

The beautiful setting of Pearly Beach, integrated in nature, inspires us to preserve it with the help of our members.

01/11/2026

Join the Pearly Beach Conservancy for two mornings of caring for our local fynbos and greenery!

🌱 5 November, 9 am: Sprucing up our Fynbos garden
🌳 12 November, 9 am: Pruning milkwood trees along Main Road

📍 Meeting point for both events: Fynbos Centre/Herbarium, Kortmark Street, Pearly Beach.

Bring gloves and garden tools (if you have them).

💚 Come along, lend a hand, and help keep Pearly Beach beautiful. Everyone is welcome!

27/10/2026

🌿 Every little bit makes a difference!

Last Thursday, three volunteers continued our efforts to clear invasive vegetation along the main road into Pearly Beach. Spider Gum remains the most prevalent, followed by Port Jackson saplings and Rooikrans seedlings.

📸 Take a look at the before and after photos to see what a difference a few helping hands can make!

We’re taking a short break this week, but we’ll be back on Thursday, 5 November, at 9:00 am to give our Fynbos garden some TLC. 🌱

Keep an eye out for the flyer with more details.

18/10/2026

🌿 Small steps, big impact!

Last Thursday, six wonderful volunteers donated two hours of their time to continue clearing invasive plants along the main road into Pearly Beach. 💚

Spider Gum is the main culprit at the moment, followed by Port Jackson saplings and tiny Australian Myrtle seedlings. The good news? Our little Protea seedlings are doing well! 🌱 Just imagine the beautiful welcome they could give us all as we drive into Pearly Beach.

Why not join us this Thursday at 9am?

No experience needed! We’ll show you how to identify the plants and what to do. It’s a great way to help our local fynbos, enjoy the fresh air and have a few laughs along the way.

⚠️ A word of warning: Fynbos restoration can be highly addictive! 😉🌿

16/10/2026

🌼 Chrysocoma coma-aurea – Our October Strandveld Fynbos Gem! 🌼
Also known as Golden Heads, Golden Bitter Bush or Yellow Buttons, this cheerful little shrub is called bitterbos in Afrikaans.
✨ The name Chrysocoma comes from Greek words meaning “golden hair”, while coma-aurea combines coma (“head” or “tuft of hair”) with aurea (“golden” or “yellow”). A fitting name for its profusion of bright yellow, button-like flower heads!
🌿 Endemic to the Western Cape, this evergreen shrublet flowers from spring into early summer. It can help bind sandy soils and stabilise dunes, making it a wonderful choice for sandy coastal gardens.
💧 A winner for water-wise gardening! Once established, it copes well with dry summers and thrives in full sun and well-drained soil. It also makes an attractive border plant and is a magnet for pollinators and honeybees. 🐝🦋
🌼 This past winter, Anke Henrici donated a lovingly cultivated specimen to the garden patch dedicated to her in our Fynbos Garden.
🌸 Come and see the bitterbos in flower! Visit the Fynbos Garden to enjoy these golden blooms, along with other familiar Strandveld species.
💚 Grow local. Save water. Make room for fynbos!

11/10/2026

🌿 Small team, big difference!

Last Thursday, three dedicated volunteers continued clearing Spider Gum, Port Jackson and Australian Myrtle seedlings along the main road into Pearly Beach.

📸 Take a look at the before and after photos to see the difference their efforts make!

Every seedling we remove gives our indigenous plants a better chance to grow stronger and thrive. We can’t wait to see our fynbos flourish! 🌱

💚 Want to make a difference too? Join us this Thursday at 9am and lend a hand. See you there!

07/10/2026

🌿 Rewilding, sharing & connecting! 🌿
The Pearly Beach Conservancy was delighted to be part of the Rewilding Greater Gansbaai Festival at Groeneweide over Heritage Day weekend.
Our display brought Pearly Beach’s fynbos to life with Herbarium specimens and photographs of our conservation work — alongside some of the invasive aliens we’re working hard to remove! 🌱🚫
It was a great weekend of inspiring talks, lively conversations and sharing ideas with fellow conservation enthusiasts and interested visitors.
Together, we’re helping Greater Gansbaai recover, rewild and thrive after the devastating 2025/26 fires. 💚🌿

04/10/2026

🌿 Our post-fire restoration work continues! 🔥

Join us for some more plant pulling mornings to give our fynbos the best chance to recover.

📅 8, 15 & 22 October 2026
⏰ 9:00 am
📍 Fynbos Centre/Herbarium, Kortmark Street, Pearly Beach

Bring a weeding tool, gloves, water and sun protection. Donate an hour or two of your time. If you can’t join but see us work at the side of the road, say hi. 🙋🏻‍♀️

30/09/2026

🌿 Our special hack last Saturday was a lot of fun! 🌿

We kicked things off with tea, coffee and rusks before heading out to tackle the baddies. 😄🌱

Our volunteer hackers had a blast searching for the hidden green ribbons in our treasure hunt, as well as competing to find the alien plant with the longest root. Some impressive roots were unearthed! 🏆🌿

Alongside our amazing volunteers, we were joined by Princess and her professional alien-clearing team, who were sponsored by the Conservancy for the day. A big thank you to them for lending a helping hand! 💚

Our regular Thursday morning hacks will resume on 8 October. Keep an eye out for the flyer with all the dates coming soon.

Come join us and help keep Pearly Beach wild and wonderful! 🌱💚

23/09/2026

🌿 Rewilding Greater Gansbaai starts tomorrow! 🌿

Come and join us for our special event on Saturday and make sure to pop in at Groeneweide for more exciting events over the coming days.

There’s something for everyone, young and old, and plenty of opportunities to learn, explore, connect with nature and have some fun. 🌱🦋

Bring the whole family and come celebrate the wild side of Greater Gansbaai with us!

21/09/2026

🌊💚 A big thank you to our amazing cleanup crew! 💚🌊

Eight wonderful volunteers showed up for our International Coastal Cleanup Day, and we were especially delighted to welcome some of our local youth this time. 🙌

Together, we spent an hour giving our coastline some much-needed love and removed several bags of rubbish from the beach. Every piece of litter picked up is one less piece that can end up in our ocean and harm marine life. 🐚🐦🌿

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped. It was wonderful to see different generations working side by side for our beautiful coastline.

Address

Herbarium Fynbos Garden Center, Kortmark Street
Pearly Beach
7220

Website

https://xplorio.com/gansbaai/pearly-beach-conservency/

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