Greenmen | Agri Services

WHO WE ARE

The professional services of well trained and experienced foresters, environmental consultants and alien species removal experts are here to assist with your every need. Greenmen are conscious of the impact we cause together as well as how the rehabilitation of local indigenous species enhances the conservation of our scarce resources.

Greenmen have over 15 years experience, in eradication of alien species of trees and plants. We operate in the North West and Gauteng provinces. We are specialists when it comes to the careful removal of alien species that cause harm to the highveld environment. We pride ourselves in helping business, local governments and communities with a range of problems be it cutting down or felling of trees (residential and business parks) bush clearing, tree trimming and maintenance.

Member of the South African Institute of Forestry

Bush and Tree clearing

Greenmen offers a wide range of services when it comes to clearing tree pruning of bush and trees. It specialises in clearing invader/alien or exotic trees that are a pest in South Africa in the safest and environmentally friendly manner.

WATER COURSE clearing

Greenmen can clear all water courses in most riverine areas such as choking dams, rivers and streams.

WOOD CHIPS &
FIRE WOOD SALES

In an effort to recyle and reuse as much as we possibly can Greenmen services uses much of its waste products for firewood and wood chips

ABOUT GREENMEN

A YOUNG AND VIBRANT COMPANY

Greenmen provide an array of environmental and agri related services to various individuals and companies in a multitude of sectors. Greenmen assist many companies and farmers in their needs to save water and keep at bay the invasive and excotic species of trees and bushes. In terms of the Conservation of Agriculture Resources Act 43 of 1983 as well as the National Water Act 36 of 1998 it is the landowners responsibility to keep their lands and properties clear of invader plants and weeds.

Exotic species that are currently are top of the Department of Water and Forestry’s agenda are:

Ballon vine/Blaasklimop
Beefwood/Perdestertboom
Belhambra/Bobbejaandruif
Black locust/Witakasia
Black wattle/Swartwattle
Blue Gums (Bloekom)
Blue Gum/Eucalyptus
Bramble/Braam
Bugweed/Luisboom
Cactus/Kaktus
Caster Oil Plant/Kasterolieboom
Cats Claw/Katteklouranker
Cotoneaster/Dwergmispel
Crofton weed
Elm/Olm
Firethorn

Green Wattle/Groenwattel
Honey Locust/Soetpeulboom
Hycinth/Hiasint
Ink Berry/Inkbessie
Jacaranda/Jakaranda
Lantana/Lantana
Mulberry/Moerbei
Oaks/Elk
Oleander/Selonsroos
Pampas Grass
Pepper Tree/Peperboom
Pines/Denneboom
Pom Pom (Pom Pom Bossie)
Poplar/Populier
Prickly pear/Turksvy

Privet/Liguster
Prosopis/Heuningprosopis
Queen of night/Nagblom
Senna/Kassia
Sesbania/Sesbania
Silky oak/Silwereik
Sisal/Garingboom
Spanish Reed/Spaanse riet
Syringa/Sering
Syringa (Maksering)
Tipuana/Tipoeboom
Wild Tobacco/Wildetebak
Willow/Treurwilger
Yellow Belts/Geelktokkies

Suggested Indigenous trees in the highveld:

Common Name

Latin Name

Hook thorn

Acacia caffra

Corky thorn

Acacia davyi

Umbrella Thorn

Acacia tortilus

Paperbark thorn

Acacia sieberiana

Sweet Thorn

Acacia karoo

Fever tree

Acacia xanthophloea

Red Ivory

Berchemia zeyheri

Tree wisteria

Bolusanthus specious

False olive

Buddleja saligna

False olive

Buddleja saligna

White Stinkwood

Celtis africana

River Bush-willow

Combretum erythrophyllum

Forest Bush-willow

Combretum krausii

Kiepersol

Cussonia paniculata

Pompom tree

Cussonia paniculata

Blue bush

Diospyros lycioides

Sand olive

Dodonaea angustifolia

Wild Pear

Dombeya rotundifolia

Kei-apple

Dovyyalis caffra

Coral tree

Erythrina lysistimonn

Common Name

Latin Name

Blue Guarri

Euclea crispa

Ana tree

Faidherbia albida

Bushveld Gardenia

Gardenia volkensii

Tree fuchsia

Halleria lucida

Wild plum

Harpephyllum caffrum

Lavender Tree

Heteropyxis natalensis

Wild Peach

Kiggelaria africana

Ouhout

Leucosidea sericea

Umzimbeet

Millettia grandis

Forest elder

Nuxia floribunda

Wild Olive

Olea Europaea / africana

Weeping Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Cheesewood

Pittosporum viridiflorum

Outeniqua yellowwood

Podocarpus falcatus

Weeping Boer-bean

Schotia brachypetala

Buffalo Thorn

Ziziphus mucronata

Firethorn

Rhus pyroides

Karee

Searsia lancea (Rhus)

Wit karee

Searsia pendulina (Rhus)

Member of the South African Institute of Forestry

OUR TEAM

Dukie Ramakgopa

Director

Smooth operator

Dukie is the go to man when it comes to any forestry and invasive specie issues.

Ross Buchan

Operations Director

Think tank

Need it done in a hurry? tried it and it didnt work out as planned, not to worry let us help you solve it.

Mike Mufari

Site Manager

The man who has a plan

Every issue has a solution. Mike comes with over 7 years experiance in harvesting various different types of timber and bush clearing issues.

Past and ongoing projects

Images of the past projects and areas cleared. Most projects begin with a site meeting and the target areas are specifically marked out with either GIS mapping or drone photography. Stategy sessions and a works schedule are discussed and tabeled. Clearing, pruning or alien removal is undertaken thereafter a short or long term reahbilitation plan is put into action.