Chelsea Flowers in Stanford
Uncover the Cape Floral Kingdom through Leon Kluge’s Gold-Award-winning flower show display and the Grootbos Florilegium.
Kick off 2025 with our first 'Under the Microscope' entry! Meet the Betiscoides meridionalis (Slender Restio Grasshopper) - a stunning, wingless beauty renowned for mimicking restio plants.
Did You Know?
• This leggy wonder is endemic to the Western Cape.
• Its slender frame helps it blend seamlessly into its restio habitat.
• All three species of the genus Betiscoides are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
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Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai committed to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom and uplifting the communities that reside within it. The foundation protects more than 22,200ha of fynbos landscape and biodiversity on Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walk...
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Winter in the Cape means one thing - mushroom season!
Did you know Grootbos Foundation has a curated insect collection of over 60,000 pinned specimens?
Camera traps take photographs of secret animals as they go about their private lives.
Winter in the Cape, with its cooler temperatures and steady rainfall, offers the perfect climate for spores to germinate.