Hermanus Botanical Society

South Africa - Western Cape - Hermanus

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Fernkloof Nature Reserve where the Hermanus Botanical Society actively participates in educational and scientific projects to conserve its biodiversity and beyond and strives to inspire curiosity through promoting the experience of a living classroom for now and forever,

About the Hermanus Botanical Society

The Fernkloof Nature Reserve (FNR) gardens form part of an area which the Hermanus Botanical Society (HBS) leases from the Overstrand Municipality (OSM). This area is at the entrance to the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, an 1800 hectare declared nature reserve, on the mountain and coastal areas of Hermanus, Western Cape. The main veld type of the FNR is Overberg Sandstone Fynbos, a critically endangered veld-type, of great conservation concern. The HBS members have built a botanical centre on the leased area consisting of herbarium, hall and kitchen, office, research centre, visitors’ centre and indigenous nursery. Here HBS conducts all its botanical activities and fund raising for the continued maintenance and protection of the FNR and its gardens. www.fernkloof.org.za

Main Address:
Hermanus Botanical Society
1 Fir Avenue
Fernkloof
Hermanus
Western Cape 7200 South Africa

Telephone: +27283130819
Fax:
URL: http://www.fernkloof.org.za
Primary Email: botsochermanus@telkomsa.net

Staff Details

Director's Name: Dr Dianne Marais
Curator's Name: Lee Burman
Plant Records Officer's Name: Vic Hamilton Attwell
Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 5
Educational Staff Number: 5
Research Staff Number: 4
Administration Staff Number: 2

About the Garden

Institution Type: Botanic Garden
Status
Status: Private: No
Status: State: No
Status: Educational: Yes
Status: Municipal: Yes
Status: Satellite: No
Status: Trust: No
Date founded: 1960
Physical Data
Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
Natural vegetation area: Size: 1800 Hectares
Landscaped Area: Yes
Landscaped Area: Size: 2 Hectares
Total Area: 1802 Hectares
Latitude: -34.399753
Longitude: 19.2641156
Annual Rainfall: 300 mm
Altitude: 840.00 Metres
Locality: Information
Locality: Garden Name: Fernkloof Gardens
Local Address: Hermanus Botanical Society 1 Fir Avenue, Fernkloof 7200
Locality: City: Hermanus
Locality: State: Western Cape

Features and Facilities

Herbarium: Yes
Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 4000
Arboretum: Yes
Arboretum Size: 1
Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: No
Published Plant Catalogue: No
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
Open to public: Yes
Friends society: Yes
Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: Yes
Disabled access: Yes
Number of Visitors: 10
Number of Volunteers: 200

Plant Collections

Accession Number: 1300
Cultivation Taxa Num: 350
Special Collections:The (HBS) cares for the 1800 hectare natural area of the Fernkloof Nature Reserve with its 1300 different plant species.All these plants are found in our 4000 specimen Hermanus Herbarium and more in the 1500 specimen Herbarium of our neighbour Vogelgat. These was digitised to the BRAHMS,Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System in 2016 from photographs of the Herbarium specimens.
We received a grant from SANBI, South African National Biodiversity Institute for this.
Our Nursery propagates about 350 indigenous local plants for sale to the public and for display in our gardens.
Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
Invasive Species Policy: Yes
ABS Policy: No
Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: No
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

Biotechnology: No
Plant Breeding: No
Conservation - Biology: No
Conservation - Genetics: No
Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
Ecology: No
Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
Education: Yes
Ethnobotany: No
Exploration: No
Floristics: No
Horticulture: Yes
Invasive Species Biology and Control: No
Molecular Genetics: No
Pollination Biology: No
Restoration Ecology: No
Seed/Spore Biology: No
Systematics and Taxonomy: Yes
Sustainability: No
Pharmacology: No
Agriculture: No
Land Restoration: No
Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Education Signs in Garden: Yes
Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
Education Booklets/Leaflets: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Permanent Public Displays: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes
Courses for School Children: Yes
Courses for University/College Students: No
Courses for General Public: Yes
Education Programme: Yes

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