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Page 7 — 4th July 2007The Midlands Herald
News from
Rosewood Embroidery Shoppe
Rosewood Embroidery Shoppe has spent
“over two wonderful years” in a beautifully-
renovated old tractor shed on a hill at St.
Ive’s Stud near Lion’s River, opposite Piggly
Wiggly Farm Stall.
Here, in the magnificent countryside close
to Howick and Pietermaritzburg, owner Rose
Kenyon has established both a workshop and
a shop, with large windows that enable visi-
tors to look straight through and watch her
staff hand stitch the beautiful embroidery
for which she has become well known.
“We’d love people to visit us and see our
new shop,” she says with enthusiasm.
A member of the Midlands Meander for
ten years, Rosewood also exports its prod-
ucts to Boston and Tennessee in America,
to the U.K. and to newer outlets.
Orders can also be made via the Internet
at www.rosewoodshoppe.co.za
“We are unique,” Rose explains. “We’re
true crafters on the Meander and are so proud
of our community project; today our ladies
are highly skilled and professional hand-
embroiderers.
“We also do a full range of linen, soft
furnishings and accessories as well as ladies’
nightwear, and now have a new range of cute
babywear that we’ve called ‘Rose Beetle’”.
New to Rosewood is the embroidery class
that will be held on the lovely premises on
Thursdays from 9-12 noon.
Rose is participating in the Midlands
Meander Creative Festival in July. She will
be teaching silk ribbon embroidery —
“Flower your Alphabet” — from 9-12 on
14th and 15th July and on 18th and 19th July.
The cost of R315-00 includes full kit and
notes, elegant tea and a surprise “pressie”.
Contact Rose to book at 033-234 4386.
Rosewood is open daily from 9 am to
4 pm.
Is there something sinister about
the recent frenzy of tree-felling?
Above:A staff
memberposes with a
hand-embroidered
sit-in tea cosyat Rosewood
EmbroideryShoppe
oppositePiggly WigglyFarm Stall, atSt. Ive’s Stud
near Lion’sRiver. In thebackground
is a patch-work quilt.
Right: One of theoddities — opposite
Howick’s raliwaystation, a large deodarwas cut down late lastyear, yet behind it are
24 gum trees — one ofthe “Working for Water”
programme’s pariahtrees as each requiresaround 2 000 litres ofwater per day — that
were left behind.
Below:Planking done on siteafter pine trees at the
bottom of AmberAvenue were felled inearly June. Pines andothers of the cypress
family are being fed offto a private coffin-making business
fromDurban that isbeing run at premiseson the Department of
Agriculture’s premisesat Cedara.
Right:In this picture taken by
DA councillor MaryFriday last Saturday,trees have just been
felled outside theHowick Falls Hotel.
Numerous complaintshave been received by
DA councillors fromconcerned residents.
The Heraldunderstands that themunicipality intends
repairing damagecaused by the trees to
the paving and plantingattractive indigenoustrees in urns that will
control future rootactivity. In addition,
Victorian-style lamppoles will be erected to
give character to thetown.
enue.
The man said that the pines need to be
cut down as the roots become problematic.
When asked why he was selecting only
pines and not the adjacent mature planes, he
answered that “they don’t need them for
coffin-making.”
Prompted, he said that when finished, he
was about to move across to work in Hilton’s
suburbs.
Late last year the large deodar tree oppo-
site Howick railway station was cut down
— yet 24 gum trees directly across the main
road were left untouched.
Gum trees consume large quantities of
water — up to 2 000 litres per day — and are
high on the “taboo” list of the Department
of Water, Agriculture and Forestry’s Work-
ing for Water campaign, which aims to re-
move all forms of invasive plants including
invasive trees.
According to Working for Water, these are
to be replaced with indigenous plants.
The tree expert in Howick, who has
watched the felling with interest, said that
he suspected nothing sinister.
“The reason that other types of trees
haven’t been cut down is because of their
longer life span,” he told The Herald.
“Liquid amber trees have a life span of
80-90 years while a plane tree lives for up
to about 90 years.”
And he is glad for at least one removal —
of the poisonous ruis trees that were grow-
ing along Dicks Street.
Members of the community are continu-
ing to express concern at the number of trees
that are being cut down in Howick’s resi-
dential area and CBD.
uMngeni municipal manager Dumisani
Vilakazi was quoted in Village Talk on May
9 saying that one of the reasons the trees
were being cut down was to improve the
groundwater reserves.
He said that the pine trees were also be-
ing felled as they are prone to uproot during
windy weather and cause damage to prop-
erty.
However, a local expert on trees said that
the problem is not the roots but their
branches, which tend to break off as they
age, and that they only have a life span of
between 40 and 60 years.
Mr Vilakazi went on to say that wood from
the trees is being used to build coffins at the
Department of Agriculture at Cedara.
It is understood that a coffin-maker from
Durban has taken up residence there.
A visit early last week established that
wood from the cypress family, which in-
cludes deodar and pine, is being used for
the coffins.
In the past few months, a number of trees
in Howick’s suburbs have been cut down.
The Herald, posing as a resident, spoke
to the contractor that was felling pine trees
on the island at the bottom of Amber Av-
By Russell Barnes and Roxanne Akal
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