uct heritage park management framework - University of Cape Town

Role:
The iconic green backdrop to campus and a strong screening function: of the parking and
tennis courts from below and the campus from above.
By maintaining the grass under plantings a pleasant recreational space is created.
This would be a perfect area to locate an amphitheatre under the existing pine canopy.
Actions:
Senescent trees need to be removed. All the gaps should be planted with Stone Pine to
rejuvenate the pine wood.
To help create a gate way from campus to the Heritage garden the line of the Pin Oak
avenues planted on North and South lane should be continued up the sides of the stairs,
through avenue plantings of selected locally indigenous medium to large tree species such as
Nuxia floribunda and Cunonia capensis.
Plant Species:
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Pinus pinea (Stone Pine)
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak)
Nuxia floribunda
Cunonia capensis
Selected tall-growing, locally indigenous ((i.e. naturally present on the Cape Peninsula)
tree species which do not have fleshy fruits and which are appropriate for avenue
planting.
UCT Heritage Park Management Framework: Final Draft Report, July 2012