SPRING EXPEDITION TO SEE RENOSTERVELD AND AGULHAS PLAIN LIMESTONE VEGETATION

Merrilee Berrisford It is two and a half years since the Kogelberg Branch expedition to Gifberg; high time for another trip. Your committee has started to plan a three or four-night visit to the area beyond Bredasdorp, specifically to wander (hopefully with a guide) through Renosterveld at the Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve and also the limestone vegetation of the Agulhas Plain. Haarwegskloof near Napier and just north of De Hoop, comprises “the largest contiguous stretch of remnant lowland Renosterveld remaining on earth” and was bought by WWF-SA in 2013. The Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust has its…
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TALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

Saturday 16 April: Eugene Marinus, Curator of the Hantam National Botanical Garden, will speak about the Hantam Garden. At 18h00 – Nivenia Hall, HPBG. Saturday 21 May: Dr. Ernst van Jaarsveld, horticulturist and curator of the Kirstenbosch Conservatory. At 18h00 – Nivenia Hall, HPBG.
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