Botanical Information - Garden Route Botanical Garden

What we've been doing in 2007

March 8th, 6pm – 8pm

“Back to Varsity after 40 years: plant DNA and family trees” – talk by Margaret Herron

Margie

Margie Herron was the administrator for BEEP and the Southern Cape Herbarium while they were still at the George Museum and saw them through their move to the Moriarty Centre. Her dedication and quiet diplomacy plus passion for "teaching" in her own inimitable way was sorely missed when she left.

Margie then went back to UCT university to tackle an MSc in Phylogenetics & Biodiversity! Hence this talk about going back after 40 years and finding herself immersed in sequencing plant DNA in Jamesbrittenia. The talk was a great success with 30+ people attending.

April 7th, 9am – 3pm

Seaweeds at Gericke’s Point, Swartvlei Beach, Sedgefield with Connie Smits

Gerickes

16 participants enjoyed searching the pools & rocks for seaweed specimens. Over a picnic lunch Connie showed how to press and ID them. These specimens will be added to the Herbarium collection.

Seaweeds

April 14th, 9am - 12pm

PLANT SALE in the Bot Garden - organiser Sheilagh Goedvolk with all the garden & Herbarium Volunteers & staff + much help from Newplant Nursery management & staff

Plant sale

The Plant sale was a great success and brought in a very respectable R23 000 profit for the Botanical Garden's depleted coffers.

Vols Plant sale

IMITHI Amayeza 3rd May

Erica Hunting Baviaans West area 4th to 6th May

CREW Workshop 9th May

Erica Workshop 10th May

Digital Photography 14th June

What we did in 2006
Date	Events, Courses & Talks
Jan 24th - Tuesday	Volunteers meeting to plan for the year
Jan 26th - Thursday Digital photography for all levels of experience, in the GRBG Garden + related basic computer skills - all day
March 2nd - Thursday Rock art in the George area, slide show - Hugo Leggatt Eskom failure halfway through - to be repeated!		Both Paintings and artefacts are to be found all over the area and tell a fascinating story of the San & Khoi people who hunted & painted here for thousands of years before the first settler's came!
April 8th - Saturday PLANT SALE organised by Ena McIntyre of the Garden Route branch of the Botanical Society of S A - profits go to the GRBG Trust		Record breaking year with a R28 000 profit
April 27th - Thursday night Moonlight Meander with Judy Dixon along Swartvlei Beach - this is with the full moon and all that this brings out onto the sand and pools at night - profit goes to the GRBGTrust.
May 6th 7th & 8th Hunting Ericas in Attawaskloof, based at Bonniedale Farm & drive out through the full length of Attakwaskloof on Sunday
May 18th - Thursday Erica workshop to tie up the Attakwas weekend loose ends and to use microscopes & the herbarium etc - led by Connie Smit
June 3rd - 5th	Tourism Expo at Railway Museum - we always have a stand
June 23rd-25th - Anysberg Reserve near Ladismith to hunt Succulents and Proteaceae - lovely little cottages and fascinating landscape and plants
August 3rd - Thursday Botany for Gardeners - botanical info than all keen or new gardeners will want to know
October 13th - 15th Wildflower Show
November 2nd - Birds & Frogs in the Botanical Garden - talks & slides + walk, hear & spot in the garden Frogging with Dale Holder in the evening		f
Birding		Birding with Peter Ginn in the morning

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