Social Responsibility

We are very proud of our active involvement in the community.

Some of the projects that we have been involved in include.....

• Then President FW de Klerk, Professor Kader Asmal and Robert Stodel plant a "Tree of Peace" on the Grand Parade.
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Robert Stodel plant a tree at the opening of the Philani Centre in Khayelitsha.
• Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Robert Stodel and the Queen of Denmark, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Denmark, plant a tree in Cape Town.
• Stodels Nurseries have been bringing pleasure to children and parents alike with beautiful gardens.
• Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, with Professor Kader Asmal at the tree-planting ceremony organised by Stodels Nurseries.
• Democratic leader, Tony Leon, receives a yellowwood tree from Robert Stodel.
• First Lady, Hilary Clinton, and Robert Stodel at a Tree-Planting Ceremony at the Trauma Centre in Cape Town.
• Robert Stodel receiving recognition for extensive efforts towards enhancing Cape Town's indigenous flora.
• The Stodels Beauty Rose named after Robert Stodel in honour of contributions given to the Nursery Industry.
• A Personal thank you note from President Mandela who planted his yellowwood at his home in Qunu.
• Robert Stodel with some of the awards received including the Green Ribbon Award for Best Nursery in South Africa which Stodels won on a number of occasions, The Institute of Marketing Management's 'Marketer of the Year' award and numerous Mayor's Awards for Greening of our City.
• Mr and Mrs de Klerk and Rob Stodel having a light moment during an auspicious occasion.
• Plants being handed out to communities that may not have experienced the privilege of beautiful gardens.
• Stodels' social commitment encompassed creating Peace Gardens and handing out more than 380 000 trees to the youth of Cape Town.

Recently, our social responsibility has focused on children who weren’t given the advantages in life that we feel we got. :

SOS Children’s Village work with children who are orphaned, abandoned or whose families are unable to care for them. They give these children the opportunity to build lasting relationships within a family. Their family approach in the SOS Children's Village is based on four principles: each child needs a mother, and grows up most naturally with brothers and sisters, in their own house, within a supportive village environment. For more information about SOS Children's Village please click here.

Trees for Schools arrange for the sustainable planting of trees and vegetable gardens in schools. So far we have raised over R80,000 which has helped green schools in under privileged areas. For more information about the Trees for Schools project please click here

Click here to have a look at a video clip to see what Trees4Schools are doing for our environment.

Breast Cancer – we have raised over R20,000 to help with breast cancer  awareness under the pink promotion. Thank you to our customers for their support of this campaign.

PETS – Pet Empowerment in Townships would like to thank Stodels Nursery for their continous support and for providing our rescue animals with the opportunity to find their forever homes.

We are so grateful and our appreciation can not be measured or reimbursed.

Donation Requests

We would love to be able to assist with each and every donation and sponsorship request, however we also want to be able to give our customers affordable gardening with great prices on everyday gardening products. We are very proud of our the community work that we do and feel passionate about using trees and plants to create a peaceful environment to enhance the lives of South Africans. For that reason we have focused our budget on a few charities where we believe that we are able to make a difference.

If you feel that you still would like to ask us for a donation, feel free to email us by clicking here, or fax us at 086-5822792.