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FEBRUARY TALK

Andrea Benn On Saturday 20 February, Sean Privett of Fynbos Trails gave a talk on ‘Forests in the fynbos, the southernmost Forests in Africa’. Sean Privett is a passionate naturalist with a wealth of information about the unique pockets of forests among the fynbos. These are found between Danger Point and Stanford. On a world scale they are tiny, but big in the fynbos. The fynbos around these forests is itself special with several endemic species including four limestone aloes. In 1938 the first aerial photography was done. The most recent in 2014 showed a…
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TALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

Saturday 19 March: Keir Lynch of the Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust will speak on ‘Watercourse Restoration: Its role in landscape conservation in the critically endangered Rûens Wheatbelt’. Keir is Project Manager on the Water Restoration Project of the Overberg Lowland Conservation Trust; he has worked at CapeNature and also in wildlife management at various private game reserves.  At 18h00 – Pringle Bay Community Hall. Saturday 16 April: Eugene Marinus, Curator of the Hantam National Botanical Garden, will speak about the Hantam Garden. At 18h00 – Nivenia Hall, HPBG.
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TALKS PLANNED FOR 2016

Saturday 20 February: Sean Privett of Fynbos Trails will speak on ‘Forests in the fynbos, the southernmost Forests in Africa’. At 18h00 at Nivenia Hall, HPBG. Saturday 19 March: Keir Lynch of the Overberg Lowlands Conservation Trust will speak about Renosterveld and the work of the Trust. (Harold Porter now has a Renosterveld garden.) At 18h00 – Venue: Pringle Bay Community Hall
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UPCOMING TALKS

Saturday, 17 October.  Prof Gavin Maneveldt of the University of the Western Cape Marine Biology Department will speak on wildflowers on road verges and urban open spaces. Saturday, 21 November.  Grant Brooker of Pringle Bay will speak on Eco-pools. This article is a general information sheet and should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage arising from reliance upon any information herein. Errors and omission excepted. (E&OE)
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Jumping the Garden Fence by Ulrike Irlich -18 September 2015

Andrea Benn This was an excellent and inspirational talk about the alien species of plants, not indigenous to the Kogelberg, that spread from gardens into the fynbos and become invasive. Ulrike Irlich is employed at the Cape Town Invasive Species Unit based in the Westlake Conservation Office in Westlake, Ou Kaapse Weg. It is linked to SANBI, WESSA, the Department of Environmental Affairs, the City of Cape Town and others. The aim of the Unit is to protect our natural heritage from alien invader plants. Unfortunately, many home owners are either unaware or uncaring about the plants…
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FAIRY CIRCLES IN NAMIBIA

By Dr Michael Cramer Date: Saturday 18th April 2015 Have you ever seen and wondered at the strange vegetation rings that are found in various parts of the world?  Are they circles, or should we call them rings? Dr Cramer in his most interesting lecture focused on the Fairy Circles in Namibia where millions of these strange formations are to be found, from Southern Angola through to Bushmanland in the south. They are only found down this western strip, up to about 100 km from the coast. Climate, especially rainfall and soil, are the most important factors…
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