Nestled in the bustling suburb of Claremont, Cape Town, is Living Roots, an indigenous plant nursery run by formerly homeless people. | YogiShobz
A Cape Town non-profit organisation has launched an indigenous plant nursery run by formerly homeless people.Founder Julia September believes working in nature can aid the healing journey for people recovering from street life.Read their stories here
But for U-Turn homeless ministries - the non-profit organisation that launched the social enterprise - this was the perfect location to build a project that educates the public about preserving the environment while creating sheltered employment opportunities for U-Turn's 'champions' . September, whose expertise lies in ecological restoration and indigenous plant production, believes that nature has a healing quality. She hoped that restoring destroyed pieces of land would help the 'champions' in their recovery journey.
U-Turn has an agreement with 15 local growers whose indigenous plants are sold at the nursery. The enterprise also runs the Greening Kits initiative for local improvement districts to green their urban spaces with endemic plants. Mark Jaftha said working with plants was a steep learning curve and compared their care to that of a baby.
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