Gansbaai Harbour Garden Gets a Makeover
The Horticulture Skills Students spent a day clearing and replanting the steep garden that flanks the Gansbaai Harbour...
Playing us out this week is a series of parting shots from the burnt veld, a landscape that continues to take our breath away as life returns to the blackened earth… like this Cyrtanthus ventricosus, blooming with resilience.

Puffadder
A quiet reminder of the important role every creature plays in the recovering ecosystem.

Monkey beetle on Cyrtanthus ventricosus.
A tiny visitor drawn to new life, showcasing the beautiful relationships that re-emerge after fire.

This is Harpactira caffreriana, an Overberg copper baboon spider, looking striking against the charred vegetation, a powerful symbol of survival and adaptation.

From all of us at Grootbos Foundation, we wish you a fabulous weekend full of wild discoveries.
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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