Chelsea Flowers in Stanford
Uncover the Cape Floral Kingdom through Leon Kluge’s Gold-Award-winning flower show display and the Grootbos Florilegium.
Love is in the air… and in nature! Did you know that dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) form a heart-shaped loop when mating? Males transfer sperm to their secondary genitalia before clasping the female behind her head, while the female curls her abdomen forward to connect - creating a perfect symbol of love in the wild.
This Valentine’s Day, let’s celebrate the beauty of nature’s most romantic gestures!
Captured in the wild at Grootbos Foundation.
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Grootbos Foundation Entomology Team!
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.