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The Hermanus Flower and Eco Fair will go green this year!
As 2011 is the International Year of Forests , the highlight of the Flower Show display will be an Afromontane Forest flanked by magnificent floral arrangements. Designer is Hermanus landscape architect Riaan Maritz.
There are only some 30 indigenous tree types among the 1600 montane and coastal plant species found in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve (more than 700 tree species, however, in South Africa). These tree communities grow in moist sheltered kloofs such as Assegaibos and Waterkloof and are thus protected from the fires which periodically sweep through the Fynbos Biome.
But the ‘forest islands’ which stretch from the Cape Peninsula to the mountains of Ethiopia are still very vulnerable and an important part of the United Nations’ project to raise awareness and strengthen sustainable forest management.
What to enjoy at the Fair:
Flower show and specimen display of hundreds of plant species from the area; Indigenous plant sale at the Fernkloof nursery Delicious teas and lunches Eco info tent Walking the trails and exploring the botanical gardens
The Flower and Eco Fair 2010 |
