• Botsoc Walk 17 September 2016

Spring has sprung! It’s time to head for a mountain trail that shows off the best of Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos without too much effort, since winter inactivity has taken its toll on our mountain legs.

There’s no better trail for that purpose than Rod’s Trail. Named after Rod Smitheman, conservationist, architect and one-time mayor of Betty’s Bay, Rod’s Trail starts at the top of Kloof Road, adjacent to the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens and traverses west along the southern slopes of Voorberg before it gently descends to Pipe Road in front of the Voorberg Waterfall. Splendid views and fynbos that is part of the “true crown jewels of the temperate flora of the world” according to Mucina and Rutherford’s The Vegetation of the South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland await us.

Meet at the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens parking area at 09h00 on Saturday, 17 September 2016.

Enquiries:
Tim Attwell 082 343 2501
Barbara Jenman 082 338 4109
Rea Borcherds 072 238 8144

• Botsoc Walk 15 October 2016

Save the date! For a fynbos interpretive walk with Dr John Rourke, renowned botanist, botanical historian and speaker. Dr Rourke has a number of options in mind in our neck of the woods for the area we will visit, but rest assured, under Dr Rourke’s guidance we will see fynbos in a whole new light.

Meet at the Harold Porter National Botanical Gardens parking area at 09h00 on Saturday, 15 October 2016

Enquiries:
Tim Attwell 082 343 2501
Barbara Jenman 082 338 4109
Rea Borcherds 072 238 8144