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

BotSoc Webinar: City Nature Challenge 2022

As we build up to the #CityNatureChallenge2022, join our next plant conservation webinar, where we'll brief you on the event

Hantam’s “secret season”: Tips from a botanical legend

Well-known Hantam expert, and one of the region’s most famous botanical names, Eugene Marinus, has a tip for visitors.

BotSoc Webinar: The Green Planet

How did Sir David Attenborough and The Green Planet team bring plants to life in SUCH a spectacular way in the BBC's The Green Planet?

Boontjie kerrie, anyone? Why this legume list makes all the difference

Have you ever considered the origin of the beans and peas we consume when you are preparing tasty curries, soups and salads?

Win-win with the What-The-Hack workout

Hacking is about helping to make space for our indigenous plants by cutting down invasive alien trees and bushes, usually with a handsaw or loppers and tree poppers, or sometimes also pulling out seedlings by hand.

Hiking South Africa’s national botanical gardens

How to enjoy one of South Africa’s favourite outdoor activities in our spectacular national botanical gardens

Where to see West Coast wildflowers this spring

But where are some of the best places to go and enjoy the wildflowers? We asked Hedwig Slabig, Chair of the Botanical Society of South Africa’s

Carry all the Peninsula’s flowers in your pocket

You can now carry a quick-access floral reference guide in your pocket on your smartphone, to help you identify the flowers you see around you.

Inspiring a community of young plant lovers

“This youth drive builds on the foundations we already have in place to upskill young conservationists.”

First-hand account of this Gauteng CREW field trip

I got ready for my first ever CREW field trip, hoping that the rain would hold off long enough for us to find our target species: Melolobium subspicatum, from the pea family, and Habenaria kraenzliniana, from the orchid family.

BotSoc branch puts paradise on a wall

The bold and beautiful strelitzia is now celebrated in a glorious mural at the Durban Botanic Gardens, thanks to BotSoc’s KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Branch.

Enjoy sunny skies and happy times at SA’s botanical gardens

The Botanical Society of South Africa has a summer challenge for you: to create new sunny memories in South Africa’s 11 wonderful national botanical gardens.

Summer’s wild orchid extravaganza

Summer is wild orchid season in the Cape so challenge yourself this festive season to look for the Cape’s signature orchid. You can choose the tough way or the gentle way.

KZN’S Red Desert blooms

That bare expanse of red sand gave the Red Desert Nature Reserve its name. Jointly owned by the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality and a local family, it was declared a nature reserve in 2015, facilitated by the Botanical Society of South Africa.

Spring Flower Watch: Ingwehumbe Nature Reserve

Ingwehumbe Nature Reserve is a Botanical Society facilitated Biodiversity Stewardship conservation area that was officially declared on 15 December 2019.

An introduction to the Little Karoo

Also known as the Klein Karoo, South Africa’s Little Karoo region is a semiarid intermontane basin that is located between the Langeberg, Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains to the south and the Swartberg mountains to the north.

Spring Flower Watch: Bosch Berg Nature Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal

Rolling grasslands dotted with patches of eastern mistbelt forest, wetlands and rocky outcrops characterise the Drakensberg foothills where Bosch Berg Nature Reserve

Spring Flower Watch: Napier Commonages, Overberg

Nestled at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, this beautiful village is located between the towns of Caledon and Bredasdorp surrounded by rolling farmland and highly biodiverse Overberg Renosterveld vegetation.

Spring Flower Watch: Hantam National Botanical Garden

We arrived at Hantam National Botanical Garden at noon and hopped onto the SANBI flower viewing vehicle (in addition to the multiple responsibilities of a curator, Eugene

Spring Flower Watch: Harmony Flats Nature Reserve

Located on the Cape Flats between Gordon’s Bay and Strand, Harmony Flats is one of the biodiversity gems of the City of Cape Town’s diverse network of nature reserves.

Spring Flower Watch: Tulbagh

Known for its stunning heritage architecture and beautiful Cape mountain scenery, the small town of Tulbagh is a popular destination for visitors.

Spring Flower Watch: Tienie Versfeld Nature Reserve

Tienie Versfeld Nature Reserve forms part of a farm that was donated to the Botanical Society of South Africa by Marthinus Versfeld, known in the Darling area as ‘Oom Tienie’

Spring Flower Watch: West Coast National Park

Perhaps among the most iconic spring flower destinations, West Coast National Park is just a stone’s throw away, an easy drive from Cape Town.

Spring Flower Watch: Biedouw Valley

Famous for its extraordinary red sandstone rock formations, South Africa’s Cederberg mountains are popular with hikers and adventure lovers alike, seeing the peace of wild landscapes within easy reach of Cape Town.

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