Audrey Moriarty

Audrey Moriarty was the author of Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma & Eastern Little Karoo (Southern African Wild Flower Guide 2), 1982, ISBN: 0620059419 / 0-620-05941-9. She was a prolific artist who produced a botanical art collection of about 2000 illustrations of Southern Cape plant species, many of which had not been illustrated before.

Audrey Moriarty generously bought the property at 49 Caledon Street next to the Botanical Garden to house the Herbarium. This is now called the Moriarty Environmental Centre and houses the Southern Cape Herbarium with its Quick Guide section, lecture room and Botanical Library, as well as the offices of the Garden Route Botanical Garden and the WESSA (www.wessa.org.za) Educational Office. After her death a further R2 million was allocated to the Garden Route Botanical Garden Trust by her executors.

Her original illustrations have all been scanned by volunteers and visitors will be able to access them in future on the library computer. Representative examples of her work will be framed and displayed in the lecture room at the Centre.