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The Healing Forest

  This Year during Arbour Week, The Success Academy, together with Willow Feather Farm will be planting a Healing Forest at Little Eden in Bapsfontein. Little Eden caters for people with profound intellectual disabilities, who have been abandoned or abused, or who come from severely disadvantaged backgrounds. In excess of 1,500 Indigenous Trees will be planted to create a Healing […]

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Springvale Primary receives 1560 Tree-Gifts

This afternoon The Success Academy and Willow Feather Farm teams visited Springvale Primary, to donate 1560 tree-gifts to the staff and students. This was the second time we included Springvale Primary in the “Save Our Planet – Plant a Tree” project. The staff couldn’t thank us enough for deciding to include them once more in […]

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Curro Hazeldean received 1,234 Tree Gifts

Today The Success Academy and Willow Feather Farm teams spent a wonderful morning with the staff and pupils at the Curro Hazeldean Primary School. This was our second visit to the school to donate trees as part of the “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” project, the first time was  4 years ago in […]

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Constantia Park Primary helps Save Our Planet

The “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” team spent the morning at Constantia Park Primary donating 1850 trees to the eager pupils and staff members as part of the ongoing project started by Charl Du Toit. The aim of this project is to donate 500 000 trees to various schools in the area in […]

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Waterkloof House Preparatory School receives 500 tree-gifts

The Success Academy and Willow Feather Farm spent this morning at Waterkloof House Preparatory School. We donated just over 500 trees, as part of the “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” project, placed on display along the pool making for a beautiful sight, green trees contrasting delightfully against the blue pool. The boys sat on […]

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Vhallies Park Primary receives 950 tree-gifts

Today The Success Academy and Willow Feather Farm spent the afternoon at Vhallies Park Primary, donating 950 trees as part of the “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” project. We were treated to a flag ceremony, where the school sang the national anthem and a short song was sung by the school choir about taking care […]

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Hoerskool Uitsig receives 1000 trees to help save our planet

This afternoon the “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” team visited Hoerskool Uitsig, donating over 1000 River Bush Willows and pushing the total number of donations to date just over the half way mark. The trees were still bare from winter, with only a few trees starting to shoot their leaves. Theresa from The Success Academy explained […]

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advantages of trees

Advantages of Trees

Environmental Benefits of Trees • Half a hectare of trees produce enough oxygen for 18 people every day and keeps pollutants in check. • Trees absorb and deflect sunlight which cools the air and alters rainfall patterns. • Trees act as natural water filters and help reduce runoff, soil erosion and flooding. • Trees absorb […]

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Atlas Copco donates trees to Isaac Makou Primary school

“Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” recently visited the Isaac Makou Primary school as part of our monthly greening initiative to plant trees generously donated by Atlas Copco. Companies and individuals who gets involved in donating trees to schools in desperate need of greening, help us drive the campaign to green our planet, one […]

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Southdowns College Primary receives 700 tree-gifts

Today The Success Academy and Willow Feather Farm teams spent the morning at Southdowns College with the primary school pupils, donating 700 trees as part of the “Save our Planet – Plant a Tree” project. Theresa, from The Success Academy explained the purpose of planting trees to the students and motivated them to make it […]

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