SANA GB SPRING 17

SANA’S LEGACY PLAN
The SANA property
has seen many
changes and
developments since
it was bought in the
1990’s.
The property was bought with the aim
of hosting trade fairs and what once
felt like a dream, became reality. The
grounds needed a lot of attention:
drainage, irrigation, electricity needed
to be installed. And then came the site
layout – it must have been a challenge
to decide what the trade fair stand
layout would be and a lot of thought,
planning and attention went into this
development.
Development of the property
Today we still use this site and what
was once a small show with a handful
of exhibitors, have grown into the
biggest Green show in South Africa
with more than 5200m 2 of exhibition
space and there is demand to grow
even bigger.
Keeping our grounds well maintained
and beautiful is a continuous task
and Winter allows us time to pay
attention to routine clean-up tasks
and pruning as main focus of property
maintenance. The landscape
maintenance is outsourced to Life
Landscapes and is overseen by Pieter
Duif, Vice President Operations.
Although plant growth is dormant
for these few months and there is
not much colour in the gardens, our
property is still looking lovely and
inviting to guests.
General routine maintenance tasks
are done on an ongoing basis and
during the past year we upgraded the
irrigation system. Recently a second
container was bought to provide
additional storage to the office.
With all increase in projects, it was
decided to appoint another staff
member and we look forward to
making this appointment before the
end of the year.
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