Attending Saturday’s ‘morning of discovery’ by @candideappsa at Babylonstoren was a real treat, meeting fellow phytophiles, learning about the fabulous new gardening app ‘Candide’, a tour by Ernst van Jaarsveld (it’s... facebook.com/fynboslife/pos…

Ah, the long-awaited winter! Our nursery plants are finally being released into the wild after many dry months of cabin fever. These deliveries were to wetlands in Sunvalley and Philippi this week. Plants with... facebook.com/fynboslife/pos…

In case you're wondering what's happening on the greenbelt, we have something exciting in the offing. Expanded Public Works Programme teams from both City Parks and Green Jobs are... constantiabergbulletin.co.za/news/green-man…

The small sea of locally indigenous fynbossies we delivered to Royal Cape Golf Club this week! In the coming weeks we’ll be rehabilitating 2 hectares of the ‘rough’, to create a sizeable biodiversity stepping... facebook.com/73800614963080…

A very special local lowland fynbos garden we planted last year, so beautifully captured by its owner and biodiversity custodian Moss and Mint facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A very special local lowland fynbos garden we planted last year, so beautifully captured by its owner and biodiversity custodian Moss and Mint facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Please enjoy the full album of Friday's celebratory opening of the Grootboskloof LIFE Mandala, masterfully captured and compiled by Susie Harris-Leblond of Moss and Mint facebook.com/fynboslife/pos…

Did you know that Cape Town has two endemic butterflies facing imminent risk of extinction? Fortunately the recently-formed Kedestes Butterfly Conservation Project may be... capenature.co.za/fluttering-bri…

Festive Fynbos Friday – Leucadendron argenteum (PROTEACEAE) O silver tree! O silver tree! Thy leaves shine so brightly! From base to summit, gay and bright, There’s only splendour for the sight. Considered... facebook.com/73800614963080…

2018: the year when rain and Zuma fell...and we celebrated by planting lots of fynbossies! Together with our partners we rehabilitated nearly five hectares of wildlife habitat on the Cape... constantiabergbulletin.co.za/news/green-man…

Sir David Attenborough to Prince William at the 2019 World Economic Forum, on why world leaders have taken so long to act on environmental challenges, ”Because the connection between the... theinertia.com/environment/da…

FynbosLIFE is joining forces with WESSA to take up the City Nature Challenge! Come and join us for a fun morning as we find and photograph as many plants, animals and fungi as we possibly can... When: Saturday 27th April, 9-12, followed by... tinyurl.com/y3twmglm

Fynbos Friday – Struthiola dodecandra (THYMELAEACEAE) What better common name than ‘soetgonna’ to describe a species so true to the Cape! This name, meaning ‘sweet slender shrub’, fuses words from both Afrikaans… instagram.com/p/B8QxnBFJgQ3/…

Fynbos Friday – Monopsis lutea (LOBELIACEAE) It’s that time of year when this fynbos endemic steals the show! It is the gold lobelia: a perennial herb with narrowly elliptical, toothed leaves borne on trailing… instagram.com/p/B81AbTwp24l/…

Save the date! Come and join Friends of Tokai Park, FynbosLIFE and the Chilled Market at The Range for our first Fynbos Festival! We’re partnering with lots of amazing local conservation organisations and Fynbos… instagram.com/p/B84l13Gp99M/…

Is there anything more thrilling than witnessing the activity of nocturnal urban wildlife? Last night’s walk in Tokai Park was simply riveting! We set off eagerly in the blustery dusk, and as darkness fell the night… instagram.com/p/B9GzZZVJc68/…

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Fynbos Friday – Mentha longifolia subsp. capensis (LAMIACEAE) There’s no mint like wild mint! A constituent of Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetlands and South Peninsula Granite Fynbos, this perennial herb has creeping... facebook.com/fynboslife/pos…