After the successful introduction of Family Braai Day, Toro Ela Promotions, are back to present another fun-filled family event in spring. So, rock your cool outfits this spring, kick back and relax and get to enjoy every bit of this amazing event.
Ticket price: Tickets are R50 – R150 per person, and you can get yours here!
Picnic baskets are allowed but no glass bottles.
Learn some facts about bats by joining us for the Bat Walk in the Pretoria National Botanical Garden, presented by the Gauteng and Northern Region Bat Interest Group (GNORBIG). The evening will start with a presentation (~ 1 hour). This will be followed by a walk through the gardens demonstrating bat capturing and the use of bat detectors. Live bats will also be viewed and then released. Please bring torch and warm clothes. You are welcome to bring your own refreshments and blanket/chair and spend some time in the gardens either before or after the bat walk. Merchandise will also be on sale.
Fees (Including entrance into the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens)
GNORBIG (Gauteng and Northern Region Bat Interest Group) members:
R30 for Adults, R20 for Students and R15 for Scholars
Non GNORBIG members:
R60 for Adults, R40 for Students and R30 for Scholars
Children under 6 years: Free
Contact Wanda for bookings on:
Tel.: 82 8246356
email: wanda.markotter@up.ac.za
Mary van Blommestein Curator: Irma Stern Museum and University of Cape Town collection, will present an illustrated talk on “Baron von Ludwig and famous visitors to his garden. Pharmacist and plant collector who created a private garden accessible to the public in early 19th century Cape Town.”
Entry fees: Free entry to our Wednesday talk but garden entry fees applies.
Enquires:
Cathy Abbott
Tel.: 021 4656440
E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za
Art Portfolio will be hosting the work of 21 contemporary South African artists. The paintings depict the magnificent Cape landscape fauna and flora, together with an eclectic mix of abstract, figure, and still life.
Entry fees:
Free entry to our exhibition but garden entry fees apply.
Contact details:
Tel.:021-7998621
Kirstenbosch Bird Walks led by volunteer birders from the Cape Bird Club and the Tygerberg Bird Club.
We meet at the information desk at Gate 1, the walks usually last around 2 hours and everyone is welcome. The walks are free, however there is an entrance fee for the Gardens, except on a Tuesday so long as you are a SA senior, then entrance to the gardens is free.
- Monday 11th November, 2019. Starting at 8:00am. Led by Vince Ward.
- Saturday 7th December, 2019. Starting at 3:30pm. Led by Cheryl Faull.
- Saturday 28th December, 2019. Starting at 8:00am. Led by Linda Hibbin.
Manager: Biodiversity Research Projects (BRAM Division, SANBI, Kirstenbosch), Carol Poole, will present an illustrated talk on “National Biodiversity Assessment: the status of South Africa’s ecosystems and biodiversity.
Entry fees: Free entry to our Wednesday talk but garden entry fees applies.
Enquires:
Cathy Abbott
Tel.: 021 4656440
E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za
The South African Society of Artists (SASA) will be holding their 113th Annual Exhibition of members’ selected works from Monday the 30 September to Thursday 10th October, from 10am to 5pm daily, at the Richard Crowie Hall, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Entry to the exhibition is free but entry fees to the gardens apply. The show will be opened by Marc Alexander, Artist & Gallery Owner at 630pm on Monday 30th of September.
The Exhibition will be held at the Richard Crowie Hall, Entrance B, Kirstenbosch Gardens, daily from 10h00 – 17h00.
For details or an invitation to the opening please call Liz on 021 671 8941 or email: secretary@sasa-artists.co.za
Entry fees:
Free entry to our exhibition but garden entry fees apply
The Cape Orchid Society will host their spring show entitled ‘The Crystal Palace’. This show will be a feast for the eyes, with the orchids on display surrounded by thousands of suspended crystals, lights and greenery. Come and explore The Crystal Palace and be transported to a place of opulence and wonder.
There will be a bounty of unusual and exotic orchids on display. There will also be hundreds of orchids for sale. This is a wonderful opportunity for budding orchid enthusiasts to add some real beauties to their windowsills, patios, gardens and shade houses. There will also be hundreds of orchid-related texts on sale.
Gold Fields Environmental Education Centre will be hosting ‘Create a Creature’ waste art workshop for children aged 10-12 years on Thursday, 26 September 2019 from 09h00 – 13h00.
Children will enjoy an exploratory walk into Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, searching for and observing creatures in the forest, fynbos and rivers.
On their return to the Education Centre they will use their imagination and common household waste to create a model of a creature they saw in the garden.
The workshop costs R60 per child (pre-booking and pre-payment are essential).
Enquiries:
Lungiswa Magadlela or Jackie Loni
Tel.: 021 799 8670
E-mail: l.magadlela@sanbi.org.za
Nomama Mei, curator of the Kwelera National Botanical Garden in the Eastern Cape, will present an illustrated talk on the Kwelera National Botanical Garden. Nomama will tell us of its development.
Entry fees: Free entry to our Wednesday talk but garden entry fees applies.
Enquires:
Cathy Abbott
Tel.: 021 4656440
E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za
The annual African Bird Fair returns to the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, its home for the past 4 years. The Fair hosted by Birdlife South Africa in conjunction with SANBI draws birding enthusiasts from all over South Africa from Limpopo to Cape Town as well as other African countries as far as Uganda and Madagascar.
The Fair participants do the exhibitions at the venue comprising of tour operators, bird watching binoculars and telescopes and hiking gear, Birding organisations, Conservation and fund raising institutions, bird feeders and gadgets as well books and technological gizmos.
The Fair will also hold workshops on various birding techniques and productive habits as well as the popular presentation by Jonathan Leeming, international speaker and author on scorpions and spiders as well as on digital photography. There will also be food vendors to satiate the pangs of hunger and other markets for goodies. The occasion is also used to unveil South Africa’s the Bird of Year.
The venue is popular as a birding site in Gauteng as it has a list of more than 250 bird species that have been sighted. In November last year there was inundation of bird watchers for almost a week after reports of a rare migratory bird the Gray Wagtail that was claimed to have been last seen in Gauteng in 2016.
There will be kiddies play area largely for educational games.
Admission will be at no extra cost than the usual Garden fee.
Prof. Mike Bruton, a retired scientist and author, will present an illustrated talk on “Curator and Crusader: The Life and Work of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer” at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
Entry fees: Free entry to the Wednesday talk but garden entry fees apply.
The Constantiaberg Art Society is holding their 2019 Spring Exhibition from Monday the 9th to Wednesday the 25th of September, from 9.30am to 5.30pm daily in the Richard Crowie Hall at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
The work of over 70 members will be on show. The exhibition will be opened by versatile artist Paul Birchall at 6.30pm on Monday 9 September 2019.
Entry fees: Free entry to the exhibition but garden entry fees apply.
For details or an invitation to the opening e-mail: constantiabergartsociety@gmail.com
The Cape Clivia Club will hold a display of clivia in all varieties, forms and colours. Advice will be freely given to persons interested in growing Clivia and plants and seed will be available for sale.
Entry fees:
Free entry to our exhibition but garden entry fees apply.
Enquiries
Christine Baister
Tel.: 084 509 2329
Joy Woodward
Tel.: 021 671 7384 or 072 487 7933
Vanaf 09:00 tot 19:00, smaaklike kos, eksotiese drankies en veilig speelplek vir die kinders – kom loer gerus in by Proe’toria op 31 Augustus by Pretoria National Botanical Gardens. Kyk ook na die ongelooflike kunstenaars wat gaan sorg vir die vermaak! Roan Ash, Demi Lee Moore, Touch of Class, Karlien van Jaarsveld, Georgetown, Corlea, Dewald Wasserfall, Jemma, Joe Foster en DeeVah!
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Kaartjies is te kry by Tixsa:
Kinders onder 12 jaar – GRATIS
Studente – R80
Pensioners – R100
General Access – R150
By die hek – R180
Gates open at 09:00