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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Road Trips

editor — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:16:00 +0000

The new vision required both conceptual and physical foundations. Across South Africa, workshops were held to assess the opinions of community leaders in townships – many of these still deeply scarred by the factional violence of the 1970s and 1980s. A strong partnership had already been established with a new NGO, Trees for Africa (TFA), which targeted the environmental needs of impoverished townships. Gradually a coherent programme was crafted, with the technical expertise available in the NBI’s gardens, and the fund-raising and social-engagement skills of TFA forming a successful model for moving from garden to community. One of Nelson Mandela’s

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Road Trip

editor — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 10:28:00 +0000

The Cape Flats lies hidden below a sea of cloud embracing the mountain’s lower slopes. The Garden’s 150-million-litre reservoir is in the foreground. Designing Eden At establishment on 1 July 1913, Kirstenbosch covered 134 hectares. Gradual additions as indicated on this map brought the total area owned by the Garden to 199.2 hectares by 1992, with an additional 299.8 hectares being managed as part of the Garden since 1922. The position of the original Leendertsbos is indicated by a dashed line. Botanical gardens, as national or private institutions, went through a vibrant renaissance during the late 20th century, and this

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Attractions Map

editor — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:16:00 +0000

The more humble Ericaceae – better known to the British visitor from the heathers of Scotland than the mountains of South Africa – has no fewer than 682 species occurring in the Fynbos Biome and 104 on the Cape Peninsula alone. Kirstenbosch has 252 species of this rather difficult garden genus. Like proteas, ericas are very vulnerable to fungal attack. In addition, many Erica species are narrow endemics, limited in their natural distribution – in many cases to a single mountain or coastal plain. Many of these endemics are threatened by land transformation such as agriculture, urbanisation or the invasion

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Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden Trip Itinerary

editor — Wed, 02 May 2018 18:24:00 +0000

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 Town surging to over 30°C, before dropping by more than 15° as the front passes by. (Satellite images courtesy of the South African Weather Services) It is usual to have delicate high cirrus clouds – often as lacy ‘mackerel skies’ – preceding the fronts. And, before this, the passage of hot, dry ‘berg’ winds rushing off the interior plateau is a frequent phenomenon. A point of enduring curiosity is why Kirstenbosch

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Plan A Trip To Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

editor — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 03:16:00 +0000

Creating a haven for succulents Mass displays of mesems (locally known as ‘vygies ’) include purple Lampranthus amoenus in the foreground, with red Drosanthemum speciosum and yellow Drosanthemum bicolor higher up the slope. South Africa, at last count, had some 4 000 species of succulent plants – about 40 per cent of the global total. They range in size from the tiny stone plants of the Knersvlakte along the west coast to the giant baobabs of the bushveld. Usually found in hot, arid climates, succulents store water in their leaves, stems or roots to tide them over extended dry periods.

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