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A decision was taken to focus on threatened habitats, and to implement restoration projects that had a good chance of success, so ensuring the long-term protection of the target …
The project was not derailed by all these challenges, and today a healthy population of E. verticillata is once more flowering in sheets of mauves and pinks, pollinated by …
Theme gardens were developed within the Garden, enabling visitors to follow, understand and remember the reasons for such groupings, rather than just the names of constituent plants. Honig created …
The remarkable Miss Stephens Edith Stephens (1884-1966) played a pioneering role in conserving Cape wetland ecosystems. Edith Stephens (1884-1966) was a strongly independent woman, occasionally quirky in teaching method …
Encouraged by the success of the first show, the following year the village organising committee attracted ‘the distinguished patronage vouchsafed by Lady Robinson, who has graciously signified her intention …
In reality, ex situ approaches have serious limitations and the extensive living collections in Kirstenbosch and the other SANBI gardens have been reviewed and restructured because of this. Firstly, …
As a weak coldfront approaches the Cape, a low-pressure system along the coast draws hot air off the interior, resulting in a ‘berg ’ wind, with temperatures at Cape …