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Chairman’s News

Karen's Verge It was the height of Aristea season in Betty's Bay. Karen Fry phoned to say the verge across the road - Fourstreams - was stunning. There they were a stand of stately brilliant blue heads of Aristea  capitata (please put in italics). Alas the adjacent verges showed just short, cropped plants. Karen had especially asked the municipal workers to leave her verge; the result was this splendid display. We can all take steps to beautify our own patch of verge bearing in mind that in some cases visibility for traffic is important. Old…
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A Tribute to Penny Palmer

PENELOPE AYLIFF PALMER 16 Janaury 1936 – 23 October 2017 Penny P, first female wielder of chain-saws at the Betty’s Bay Hack, birder, frog finder, music-lover, writer, mimic, comic, past chairman of the Kogelberg Branch of BotSoc SA. Penny lived in Kleinmond when she first came to the Kogelberg in her early fifties. There she was a co-founder of the Hiking Club, keen member of the Nature Conservation Society, even sang in a choir. She discovered the Betty’s Bay Hack - Joy Ruger tells of how she and Penny cycled all the way to hack…
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NEWS OF PENNY PALMER

Merrilee Berrisford Penny, a longstanding member of the branch and a previous chairman, has now been a resident of Clareinch Nurses War Memorial Home in Pinelands for over a year. I think all who know her will be pleased that she is not only being lovingly cared for but can be in a garden bright with spring flowers and a prize-winning Gnidia.  Here she is with the Gnidia and Sister Newman showing her the certificate – Second Prize in the Cape Horticultural Show. This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or…
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