Notice nature’s quiet resilience.
This tiny mushroom was spotted during a recent bioblitz, growing from a soft carpet of moss and lichen. Each of these life forms plays a role in slowly transforming bare rock into living soil - one small step at a time.
It’s a beautiful reminder that even the smallest details in nature have a story to tell.
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.
The Earth Rangers group from Laerskool Gansbaai had a fun and educational field trip to Grootbos!
