by The Botanical Society of South Africa | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
#PROTECT Rejoicing at rescue and regeneration Decades of struggle to rescue and restore a precious conservation area at Cape Town’s Princess Vlei has grown a community with a passion for indigenous plants BY BRIDGET PITT Nikita January brought her husband and...
by The Botanical Society of South Africa | Sep 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
#KNOW What’s in a (tree) name? “I’m a taxonomist and a genealogist – so sometimes I look at family trees the other way up.” says HUGH GLEN PHOTOS BY HUGH GLEN This coastal toad-tree (Tabernaemontana ventricosa) sowed itself in the author’s garden in...
by The Botanical Society of South Africa | Sep 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
#ENJOY The soul of a hiker Nina du Plessis is a financial administrator but she was born with hiking in her soul BY PATRICIA McCRACKEN “Hiking is a space to reflect, rejuvenate and rediscover inner balance,” says Nina du Plessis, seen here at Hangklip Peak, Pringle...
by The Botanical Society of South Africa | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
THE BIG PICTURE Cracking the lichen code ‘Nearly half of all SA lichens are still mysteries to science – we’ve been taking on the challenge and already found two new genera!’ REPORT: DANIELLE WARD, MADELEEN STRUWIG, SUTAPA ADHIKARI, ALAN FRYDAY, PAULA...
by The Botanical Society of South Africa | Sep 4, 2023 | Webinar
Our Blog: Plants and other Stories Know Grow Protect Enjoy #ENJOY WITH CHERISE VILJOEN, JASON SAMpSON and EUGENE MARINUS AUG, 31 2023 | LIVE ZOOM WEBINAR RECORDING. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED. Unfurling flowers in the veld: Enjoying nature’s awakening From east to west...
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