Grow your joy: Celebrate, embrace, protect and enjoy biodiversity wealth Introducing National Gardens Week 2025, a celebration of the beauty and significance of South Africa’s botanical and zoological gardens. South Africa ranks as the third most biodiverse country in the world, recognised for its high levels of endemism and home to over 95,000 known species. […]
Conservation Genetics and Wildlife Management Course & Workshop
Theme: Applications of Genetics in Wildlife Management, Molecular Ecology, and Conservation Genetics. When: December 9-15, 2024 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. UP is one of Africa's top universities and the largest university in South Africa. Course Objective: To train participants to understand and use population genetics principles and DNA-marker data to improve biodiversity conservation. […]
Opening a conversation about the CAPE legacy: What can we learn from a 20-year journey?
You are invited to attend a meeting to be held at on Friday 1 March, from 8.30am until 2.00pm at Kirstenbosch Old Mutual Centre, This will mark the start of the CAPE Legacy Project, a participant-driven evaluation of CAPE. Cape Action for People and the Environment - CAPE: CAPE is a partnership programme consisting of government and […]
Training workshop on the identification of deep-water stony corals
The use of morphological features in order to systematically classify organisms, has long been recognized. However, developing countries such as South Africa, still have a low number of active regional taxonomists, particularly for invertebrates such as deep-water corals. This paucity in foundational knowledge- poses a potential hindrance to South Africa’s progress on effective management of […]
Festive Plant Sales
Assorted succulents, shrubs, aloes, trees, and container plants will be sold. Advice on gardening, plant health and general care will be provided. For details on the plant selection and prices of plants please click the Plant Stock List to see what’s on offer. There will be a free snake talk at the new education centre […]
Summer Sunset Concert
Performer: Andrew Young Ticket price: Adults - R80 Youth 6 - 18 R40 Under 6 - free Tickets can be purchased from the 1st December 2018 at Harold Porter National Botanical Garden entrance. Please note, you don’t have to book tickets upfront. Contact details: Harold Porter National Botanical Garden Tel: 028 272 9311
Summer Sunset Concert
Performer: Emo Adams Ticket price: Adults - R100 Youth 6 - 18 R50 Under 6 - free Tickets can be purchased from the 1st December 2018 at Harold Porter National Botanical Garden entrance. Please note you don’t have to book tickets upfront. Contact details: Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, Tel: 028 272 9311
Western Cape Fuchsia Society annual show at Kirstenbosch
The Western Cape Fuchsia Society invites you to attend our annual show at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Please come and see the beautiful plants and flowers on show and there is a beautiful plant that will be raffled. Entrance fee: Free entry to the exhibition but garden entry fee apply. Contact details for enquires: Ted […]
Summer Sunset Concert
Carols By Candlelight – Performerance by the Gugulethu Tenors Tickets can be purchased from the 1st December 2018 at the Harold Porter National Botanical Garden entrance. Please note you don’t have to book tickets upfront. Ticket price: Adults: R80 Youth 6-18: R40 Under 6: free Contact details: Harold Porter National Botanical Garden, 028 272 9311 […]
Wednesday talk with Peter Steyn
Peter will be talking on the subject of his recent book “Memories of a Birdwatcher”. Enquires: Cathy Abbott E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za/ Tel: 021 4656440
Christmas Carols and fun at Walter Sisulu NBG
Merry Christmas fever will prevail at #JozisNo1Outdoors when the jingle bells echo the annual Christmas Carols come the weekend of the 1st and 2nd December 2018 at 14h00 till late. Led by the famous Welsh Male Choir the singing will reverberate over the ridges of the Westrand ushering the spirit of the festive fever. ‘Joy […]
Plant Sale at Harold Porter
The plant sale has a range of indigenous plants suited to coastal and fynbos gardens. Find plants adapted to the conditions in your garden, be they steep mountain slopes, wetlands, shady spots or wind-ravaged dunes. Entry fee: free entry only for plant sale
Professional Cape Artists Exhibition at Kirstenbosch
Art exhibition of selected established artists featuring diverse paintings, ceramics and wooden sculptures. Entrance fee: Free entry to the exhibition but garden entry fee applies Contact details for enquires: 021 -799 8621 / 021-7156500
Galileo Open Air Cinema at Kirstenbosch NBG
DATE MOVIE DOORS OPEN MOVIE STARTS 24 October 2018 Doctor Strange 6pm 7:45pm 31 October 2018 It 6pm 7:45pm 07 November 2018 Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival 6pm 7:45pm 14 November 2018 Coyote Ugly 6pm 8pm 21 November 2018 Lady Bird 6pm 8pm 28 November 2018 The Vow 6pm 8pm 05 December 2018 A Good […]
Wednesday talk with Werner Voigt
Werner Voigt will be discussing Desert Mountains at this week's Wednesday talk. Contact details for enquires: Cathy Abbott E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za/ Tel: 021 4656440