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MEET THE CURATOR Growing resilience Walking into the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden in Betty’s Bay to a view stretching from a lily pond to the xxx mountains is a peaceful moment – but succeeding as curator of this fire and flood-prone garden requires a stout heart and creative energy INTERVIEW AND PHOTO BY BY PATRICIA McCRACKEN MEET THE CURATOR Growing resilience Walking into the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden in Betty’s Bay to a view stretching from a lily pond to the xxx mountains is a peaceful moment – but succeeding as curator of this fire and flood-prone garden requ ..read more

#PROTECT The puzzle of the pepperbark tree Is the pepperbark doomed to die out in the Kruger National Park? Pepperbark detectives KAYLEE VAN DEN BOSCH, GLYNIS CRON, DAVE THOMPSON & ED WITKOWSKI went searching for answers to the mystery of why it is failing to reproduce The puzzle of the pepperbark tree  Is the pepperbark doomed to die out in the Kruger National Park? Pepperbark detectives KAYLEE VAN DEN BOSCH, GLYNIS CRON, DAVE THOMPSON & ED WITKOWSKI went searching for answers to the mystery of why it is failing to reproduce BY BRIDGET PITT On the Kruger Park’s rocky slo ..read more

BETWEEN THE LEAVES Picture perfect Discover the secrets behind those great photographs released by Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden – and taken by photographer and environmental interpretation officer Alice Notten INTERVIEW BY PATRICIA MCCRACKEN. PHOTOS BY ALICE NOTTEN Picture perfect Discover the secrets behind those great photographs released by Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden – and taken by photographer and environmental interpretation officer Alice Notten INTERVIEW BY PATRICIA MCCRACKEN. PHOTOS BY ALICE NOTTEN A group of visitors pause to enjoy the shade of the dell unde ..read more

THE BIG PICTURE Tracking flora up a Madagascan massif RALPH CLARK & ANDRINAJORO RAKOTOARIVELO visited the little-known Ankaratra massif to assess its potential as a test site to monitor Madagascar’s response to man-made threats, from deforestation and fire to invasive plants and climate change PHOTOS BY ANDRINAJORO RAKOTOARIVELO Tracking flora up a Madagascan massif RALPH CLARK & ANDRINAJORO RAKOTOARIVELO visited the little-known Ankaratra massif to assess its potential as a test site to monitor Madagascar’s response to man-made threats, from deforestation and fire to invasive pl ..read more

#KNOW Unpicking the Clanwilliam cedar naming war Follow the twists and turns of a botanical detective story after local botanists were shocked by the Clanwilliam cedar losing its proudly SA botanical name more than a decade ago. Now they are celebrating the elegant casework of PETER LINDER and JOHN MANNING, who have succeeded in restoring it to the world. Photos by PETER LINDER Unpicking the Clanwilliam cedar naming war Follow the twists and turns of a botanical detective story after local botanists were shocked by the Clanwilliam cedar losing its proudly SA botanical name more than a de ..read more

#ENJOY At home in fynbos Martina Treurnicht calls herself a fynbosser – someone energised by all things fynbos – and brings a love of nature and the outdoors to her role as BotSoc’s conservation project manager – discover why mountain bikes, paper maps, gravel roads and salty snacks help make her tick At home in fynbos Martina Treurnicht calls herself a fynbosser – someone energised by all things fynbos – and brings a love of nature and the outdoors to her role as BotSoc’s conservation project manager – discover why mountain bikes, paper maps, gravel roads and salty snacks help make her ..read more

OPENING SHOT Meet Mpondoland’s new BioBlitz All-Stars The Great Southern BioBlitz was a wonderful opportunity for the passionate young Mpondoland team to come from nowhere and snatch a place in the spotlight plus a star rating – ranking fourth in the southern hemisphere for the number of observations uploaded to iNaturalist! TEXT: SINEGUGU ZUKULU, LUMKO MBOYI & VATHISWA ZIKISHE Meet Mpondoland’s new BioBlitz All-Stars The Great Southern BioBlitz was a wonderful opportunity for the passionate young Mpondoland team to come from nowhere and snatch a place in the spotlight plus a star r ..read more