Mushroom Season at Grootbos
Do you know your mushrooms?
Spring in the Overberg is a true feast for the senses. The landscape bursts into colour, with delicate petals and hidden treasures waiting to be discovered.
This striking flowering plant is called Lycium afrum, the kraal honeythorn. Isn't it spectacular with Lomond Dam in the background?

Gladiolus debilis

Geissorhiza ovata

Monkey beetle in hiding

Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai dedicated to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom while uplifting the communities that call it home. The foundation protects over 22,200 hectares of fynbos and biodiversity across Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walker Bay...
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Read MoreThese are the spectacular canoeing results from Canal Walk, Cape Town last weekend! We are so proud of these paddlers.
Last week's Feelgood Friday update bursts out of the gate with a question: Do you recognise this little creature?
Our very own Pied Piper of Fynbos, Sean Privett, guided the African Lead team from Fauna and Flora on a walk...
Nature is full of remarkable disguises! Flower crab spiders (Thomisus sp.) are masters of camouflage...