Know, grow, protect and enjoy South Africa's indigenous plants

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From wild spaces and botanical gardens, to urban green corridors and your own backyard, our flora will ensure South Africa is a beautiful environment that brings people together with nature and each other.

Explore the Eateries that Embrace Indigenous
Explore the Eateries that Embrace Indigenous
Restaurants across South Africa are showcasing the delicious potential of indigenous plants. The BotSoc team went in search of the eateries that are celebrating local biodiversity by choosing indigenous ingredients.
Weeds: From nuisance to nouvelle cuisine
Weeds: From nuisance to nouvelle cuisine
Weeds: From nuisance to nouvelle cuisine
Putting Indigenous Crops Back on the Menu
Putting Indigenous Crops Back on the Menu
Earlier this year, a special dinner celebrated culinary agrobiodiversity by shining a light on the potential of indigenous plant ingredients. In a world dominated by a lack of crop diversity, RICHARD HAY and DR HENNIE FISHER reflect on the success of the first Indigenous and Orphans Crops Dinner.
Free State Branch Celebrates SANBI Free State National Botanical Gardens Staff
Free State Branch Celebrates SANBI Free State National Botanical Gardens Staff
Free State Branch Celebrates SANBI Free State National Botanical Gardens staff
Reflections of spring on the Highveld plateau
Reflections of spring on the Highveld plateau
Reflections of spring on the Highveld plateau As Earth’s axial tilt brings the southern hemisphere closer to the sun, days become longer and the cold grip of winter loosens its hold. The shift in temperature and day length triggers the arrival of spring flowering across South Africa. While the iconic floral displays of the west coast signal the end of the growing season, the species in Gauteng are breaking dormancy in anticipation of the summer rains and the start of the new growth cycle.
10 tips for a Winter Eco School
10 tips for a Winter Eco School
“My favourite part was going to the lake at the Durban botanic gardens to learn all about it and the nature that is there,”
Picture perfect
Picture perfect
Discover the secrets behind those great photographs released by Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden – and taken by photographer and environmental interpretation officer Alice Notten
At home in fynbos
At home in fynbos
Martina Treurnicht calls herself a fynbosser – someone energised by all things fynbos – and brings a love of nature and the outdoors to her role as BotSoc’s conservation project manager.
Turning my conservation dreams into reality
Turning my conservation dreams into reality
Ever since I was a little girl I have found myself drawn to nature and conservation
BotSoc Conservation Webinar: Indigenous food – From field trials to table
BotSoc Conservation Webinar: Indigenous food – From field trials to table
In our final webinar for 2023, we take a look at South Africa’s indigenous crops: at how to choose them, grow them, and also how to eat them!
On the shelves
On the shelves
Virtual plant pleasures
Virtual plant pleasures
When you are not in the field this summer, you can find your plant fix exploring SANBI’s new, free-access e-Flora
In the wild with Ernst van Jaarsveld
In the wild with Ernst van Jaarsveld
Russian researcher LIUDMILA OZEROVA celebrates plant guru Ernst van Jaarsveld turning 70 this year through her cherished memories of going into the field with him
Webinar: Where to enjoy nature’s bounty this spring
Webinar: Where to enjoy nature’s bounty this spring
From the middle of the country, we’re joined by Nondumiso Magija of the Free State National Botanical Garden.
The soul of a hiker
The soul of a hiker
Nina du Plessis is a financial administrator but she was born with hiking in her soul
A mystery of mangroves
A mystery of mangroves
Their getaway in northern Mozambique set honeymooners JOANNE & JONATHAN DEIGHTON a surprise puzzle
Solving orchid puzzles
Solving orchid puzzles
The contents of a plant pot set Dean Phillips on a trail through four provinces to pin down the identities of a baffling genus of forest orchids.
Growing branches, growing people, growing communities
Growing branches, growing people, growing communities
Young people in Limpopo are making their voices heard for plant conservation. In order to achieve that, they have relaunched the Limpopo branch of the Botanical Society of South Africa.
110 years of protecting plants
110 years of protecting plants
We’re 110 years old! That makes the Botanical Society of South Africa one of the oldest and most established environmental non-profit organisations in South Africa.
Circle of life
Circle of life
“I wanted to pass on information and insights that I had gathered about the bushveld and what makes it tick in a format that is readable, less scientific and novel,”
Follow the Eastern Cape’s plant signals
Follow the Eastern Cape’s plant signals
Stretching inland from the Eastern Cape’s magnificent beaches lies the fascinating Albany biodiversity hotspot.
Pride from abroad
Pride from abroad
It was only when I made my first visit ever to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew that I truly felt the sense of pride sink in.
Get out and get active! Take a hike with BotSoc branches
Get out and get active! Take a hike with BotSoc branches
“Walking is man’s best medicine.” We couldn't agree more!
Engage all your senses in this world first for plant lovers
Engage all your senses in this world first for plant lovers
Plants, people and poems converge in the Karoo Desert
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