Members of the town's Parys Development Forum ... The municipal-owned Mimosa Gardens holiday resort is fast becoming a white elephant, its empty, decaying pool now overgrown.

The wetland area stretches from Tumahole down to the bottom of the Mimosa Gardens, and starts at a natural fountain behind the Viva Filling Station in Parys’ industrial area, says Leida Schuman ...

At a recent meeting, the Parys CPF again expressed their concern about the situation at Mimosa. For years, the Mimosa Gardens has been no more than the sad face of vandalism and shameful neglect.

Artist Coral Fourie, who also lives in Parys, said a tourist facility, Mimosa Gardens, which was directly in front of her house, had become an eyesore after it fell into a state of disrepair.