Youth teams in BOT SOC’s NLC-funded Protecting and Restoring South Africa’s Natural Heritage project 🌱, in partnership with SANBI, are learning to use iNat! 📸 This app helps ID species, map plants 🗺️ & track biodiversity for IPA conservation 🌍 #NLCfunded #SANBI #BotSocSA

🌿 On 22 May, we marked #BiodiversityDay by celebrating our connection to nature and our duty to protect it. Support our mission to conserve SA’s unique plant life: 🔸 Donate Today 🔸 Join our Monthly Donor Circle Together, we can help biodiversity thrive. 💚 #BotSocSA

World Environment Day was yesterday, but caring for our planet starts with what we do every day. Join BOT SOC to experience a passionate community conserving South Africa’s unique plant life through nature walks, webinars, and hands-on action. 🌿 webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?…

🌿 Grow Wise, Go Wild Join BotSocSA & @CreationWines on Fri 20 June at 09h00 for a vineyard walk + talk by Cherise Viljoen on climate-smart gardening. R100 incl. walk, talk, snacks & lucky draw. 📩 Book: joyCarolyn Martin.com #Creation #CherishPlants #BotSocSA

🎉 We’re 112! Since 1913, the Botanical Society has championed SA’s plant life. Thanks to your support, we’ve come this far — and we’re not done yet. Help us protect our botanical heritage 🌿 👉 botanicalsociety.org.za/donate/ #BOTSOCTurns112 #PlantConservation

🌿 Grow Wise, Go Wild Join BotSocSA & @CreationWines on Fri 20 June at 09h00 for a vineyard walk + talk by Cherise Viljoen on climate-smart gardening. R100 incl. walk, talk, snacks & lucky draw. 📩 Book: joyCarolyn Martin.com #Creation #CherishPlants #BotSocSA

This #FloralFriday we shine a light on the 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪 which lights up rocky slopes with vivid orange-red blooms in late summer. Endemic to SA’s north, it’s bee-& beetle-pollinated, thrives in dry winters & makes a great garden addition.#BotSocSA #Iridaceae

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐲! 💚🌱 Today we celebrate the leap - into greener futures, into joy, into resilience. Watch our youth 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 leap into their futures in the green economy. #YouthDay #GreenFutures #LeapWithUs

🌿 #MoraeaLoubseri is a violet-mauve beauty with a black beard, once thought extinct on the Cape West Coast. Rediscovered + now thriving in cultivation, it remains #CriticallyEndangered in the wild. Conservation efforts are giving it a second chance! #ThreatenedSpeciesThursday

🌿 Join us for our next Bot Soc Conservation Webinar 🌿 🗓 Thursday, 26 June 2024 🕔 17h00 – 18h00 on Zoom Register now: bit.ly/4jT2lsw

With its violet blooms & apple-shaped leaves, the Apple-leaf (𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢) brings beauty to bushveld & streambanks in Limpopo, Mpumalanga & KZN. A protected species & "rain tree" with cultural & ecological value. #TreeTuesday #BotSocSA 🌳💜

🌿 Don’t forget to join us tonight for our Conservation Webinar! 🌿 🗓 Thursday, 26 June 2024 🕔 17h00 – 18h00 on Zoom Register now: bit.ly/4jT2lsw

🌱 Missed our latest webinar? Catch the REPLAY! 🎥 Watch now on YouTube: bit.ly/46p8Ccg 📚 Or visit our website to explore all past webinars! #BotSocWebinars #AlienInvasiveSpecies #ConservationMatters #EcologicalRestoration #ReplayNow #IndigenousPlants

🌿Join us for our next Bot Soc Conservation Webinar: Water You Waiting For? 📷 Thursday, 31 July 2025 📷bit.ly/44tZuk1 Explore why healthy water ecosystems are vital for life and biodiversity.

With its velvety flower spikes and red-tinged new leaves, the Forest beechwood (𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘪) brings texture and colour to the misty mountain margins of the Drakensberg escarpment. This small Protea family tree is a true high-altitude gem. #TreeTuesday

🌿 Join us for our next Bot Soc Conservation Webinar: Water You Waiting For? 🌿 🗓 Thursday, 31 July 2025 🕔 17h00 – 18h00 on Zoom Register now: bit.ly/44tZuk1 (link in bio)

#ThreatenedSpeciesThursday: Lost flappie (𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢) is one of the Cape’s rarest plants – known from 1 locality & only 52 individuals. Mauve flowers bloom briefly in rocky #renosterveld outcrops. Now #Endangered, with no ex-situ collections.

This #MandelaDay, honour Madiba & 112 years of conservation 🌿 ⏱️ Give 112 minutes 💚 Or donate R112 Help us restore ecosystems, stop plant poaching & protect rare plants. Your support = hope for future generations. 👉 botanicalsociety.org.za/donate/ #112For112 #MandelaLegacy #GiveBack

#FloralFriday: The Drakensberg vernonia (𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘪) brightens SA’s high slopes from Oct–Jan. Its purple blooms attract butterflies & bees, and its seeds ride the wind to spread. Source: SANBI Images: iNaturalist

#ThreatenedSpeciesThursday The Stiff skeletonfig (𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮) is a vulnerable SA endemic with fewer than 10 known locations. 🌿 Shrinking habitat due to rooibos, wheat & wine farming #RedListSA #Fynbos #SucculentKaroo 📸: iNaturalist