The Rhodes Restoration Research Group (RRRG), established in 2007, is based in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. We are currently hosted by the Department of Environmental Science at Rhodes University. We are focused on research, wise understanding, appreciation, and praxis — all supporting sustainable use, conservation, and restoration — of the remarkable Subtropical (also called Albany) Thicket Biome in its many varieties and forms. This biome provides many vital ecosystem services (including retention of soil and river embankments, carbon sequestration, and many benefits arising from its rich biodiversity) but is under threat of perilous transformation. We seek to understand this biome and to assist in facilitating its balanced custodianship and use, for the ongoing benefit of all residents, farmers, industries, and other stakeholders. We collaborate with multiple groups, building individual and networked capacity towards these goals. Our objectives follow those agreed on for the biome as a whole, an iterative and increasingly inclusive process. We hope that our contribution bolsters inter-generational equity in the form of intact landscapes that can provide for long-term social, financial, and ecological sustainability.