Durban Botanic Gardens events calender for 13/14 July 2013

The Durban Botanic Gardens will be celebrating their centenary on the 13&14th July with a Winter Garden Programme. Durban Botanic Gardens Centenary Celebration: The Durban Botanic Gardens established in 1849, remains the oldest surviving botanic garden on the African continent. 100 years ago this month the Gardens was transferred to city ownership and to mark the…

New Germany with Elena Russell – Sat 6 July

Saturday 6 July :  New Germany with Elena Russell at 7.30.  Please phone to confirm meeting time, 031 705 2902 after 18.00.  Free, no entrance charge – bring your tea basket and we can relax in the picnic area afterwards.  Directions:  N3 from Durban and then the M13 towards Pinetown. Take the Stapleton Road/New Germany turnoff.  Turn left…

Birds and Strelitzias

Prof Snowy Baijnath is looking for observational data of interactions between birds and Strelitzias – anything on how birds use the plants which may include collecting nectar, pollen, seeds or simply nest building. He would be very grateful for images that he could use for a publication on the family Strelitziaceae which includes three genera: Strelitzia (Africa, 5…