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

A garden, a yard and a branch: A Garden Route story

While the Garden Route branch is an impressive 31 years old, BotSoc itself is this year celebrating 110 years

Webinar: Inspiration for growers

No matter whether you have a windowsill, balcony or garden, there’s so much you can do at home to better appreciate plants and wildlife.

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.

Princess Vlei | Rejoicing at rescue and regeneration

The soul of a hiker

Nina du Plessis is a financial administrator but she was born with hiking in her soul

Many lichens are still mysteries to science

‘Nearly half of all SA lichens are still mysteries to science – we’ve been taking on the challenge and already found two new genera!’

The power of palmiet

You can help restore watercourses by propagating palmiet with this step-by-step guide.

Meet the curator

The flower feast has taken my breath away during my first spring in charge at Hantam botanical garden

Webinar: Desirable plants and how to protect them

Actions to improve the response to poaching of our desirable plants – succulents and cycads.

A mystery of mangroves

Their getaway in northern Mozambique set honeymooners JOANNE & JONATHAN DEIGHTON a surprise puzzle

Geoff Nichols – Coastal gardening for your garden’s inhabitants

If you want to add some colour to your coastal garden, or if you’re keen to make your garden a veritable hub for our wonderful critters, then winter is the time to start preparing your green space.

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.

Webinar 20 years of CREW

We’re raising a glass to the incredible CREW team, for 20 years of plant conservation.

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

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.

Webinar: Tree conservation

We’re turning to an international expert to better understand the state of trees globally.

Haasendal Restoration: Saving fynbos

A recent restoration effort – a partnership between the Botanical Society national team and the Kirstenbosch branch, with FynbosLIFE and other incredible partners

Fynbos gardeners: Why you should get your hands dirty this autumn

Autumn is the ideal time for Cape fynbos gardeners to get busy. From your beautiful spring-flowering geophytes, such as the gorgeous Gladioli, to spring-flowering annuals.

Halting the illegal succulent plant trade

Responding to the crisis: During 2021, South Africa’s government conservation agencies

Plant spotters to the rescue

Newer invasive species compound our existing problems – to the detriment of our country’s environment, human livelihoods and the economy.

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,”

Webinar: Plant Taxonomy

Thousands of new plant species are discovered every year around the world. Others are reclassified as technology advances, more material is available in herbariums due to the efforts of collectors and we learn more.

Getting to know the secretive Nama-Karoo Biome

The Nama-Karoo Biome has managed to keep many of its secrets. Because it is one of the least species-rich of all the biomes, it has been largely overlooked.

The quirks of growing Lowveld Chestnut

The Lowveld Chestnut is a fascinating species restricted in nature to the terrain surrounding the granite inselbergs in and between Nelspruit and Barberton with some populations

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