The Wandelpad Action Group in Stanford (WAGS) looks after the Wandelpad and other municipal open spaces. Volunteers each care for their own section of the path, from Mountain View and the milkwood forest to the Slipway, the Mill Stream meander and Memorial Park. Since the early 2000s, Stanford Conservation volunteers have become increasingly involved in taking care of the Wandelpad and other green public open spaces, which complements what the municipality can fund.
This past year (2025/26):
- completed Phase 2 of the signage;
- rehabilitated the "47 Steps" with new landscaping and repairs to the stairs and bridge;
- put up a 1 km wildlife fence at Mountain View with community funding, after clearing the area and safely moving the tortoises to their new home;
- cleared and opened the link from King Street to the boat mooring (not yet formalised because of the flood risk);
- cleaned up after storms with the Blitz Squad;
- repainted the village entrance walls and put up new "STANFORD 1857" signage with Overstrand Municipality;
- worked on the entrances to Matilda May and the business precinct;
- cleaned and landscaped the Sannie Badenhorst entrance, and repaired and repainted the Slipway entrance walls, chain and signage;
- upgraded the village entrance circle and gardens: weeding, watering, mulching, painting and litter;
- continual repair work at the Slipway–Milkwood Grove bridge and the village jetty after vandalism and flood damage;
- maintained the trees in Memorial Park and other green spaces. This year, volunteers staked and restored seven wind-damaged trees at Memorial Park.
Next up:
- an updated Wandelpad tourist map;
- irrigation points at the village entrance;
- tree and hedge planting along Daneel Street/R43;
- facilitating the repair of the flood-damaged wall at the Sannie Badenhorst servitude;
- clearing invasive plants along River End, from De Bruyn Street to the Willem Appel Dam, and along Vlei Street (De Bruyn to Queen Victoria) to make the path safer.
Invasive plants we remove: Port Jackson, rooikrans, pine, Spanish broom, black wattle, Brazilian pepper, syringa, grey poplars, blue gums, Paterson's curse and the "Klimop" vine.
Want to care for a section? Get in touch via admin@stanfordconservation.org.