Event Date
29 June 2017
Venue
Milkplum Café, Pretoria National Botanical Garden
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Penguin Random House SA and Exclusive Books invite you to the book launch of Field Guide to Succulents in Southern Africa :
- Date: Thursday, 29 June 2017
- Time: 17:30 for 18:00
- Venue: Milkplum Café, Pretoria National Botanical Garden
- Address: 2 Cussonia Avenue, Koedoespoort 456-Jr, Pretoria, 0186
- RSVP: Nyiko Mthembi on nmthembi@penguinrandomhouse.co.za or 011 327 3550 by the 26th of June.
NB: RSVP essential for your name to be listed at the gate for free entry to the gardens.
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About the Book:
Southern Africa is the natural home of the richest and most diverse succulent flora in the world. These plants come in all shapes and sizes, from trees such as the baobab at more than 20 m tall, to miniature soil huggers, just a few millimetres high, which mimic their pebble-desert surroundings.
This user-friendly, richly illustrated field guide features more than 700 southern African succulents, focusing on the most interesting and commonly encountered species. An introduction to families and their key features will help readers identify the relevant plant group, while concise accounts describing the plants’ diagnostic features, along with distribution maps, will enable quick ID of species.
More than just an ID guide for plant lovers, this book will inspire gardeners who are turning to indigenous, low-maintenance and waterwise plants for cultivation.