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Sonja Loots obtains her PhDFriday, 13 March 2020Sonja Loots obtained her Doctorate at the Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Balsgård and Alnarp in 2019. Doctorate... » Read more |
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Arbour Day 2018 celebrated by planting trees at Botanic Gardens by BotSocFriday, 11 January 2019Arbour Day was celebrated at the Botanical Garden on Saturday 13 October, as part of the Botanical Society programme of monthly guided Walks and by planting two Pappea capensis trees at... » Read more |
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NBRI Garden Cactus clean upMonday, 23 July 2018Unwanted cactus plants have posed big challenges in the City of Windhoek. Great efforts from both NBRI and the Botanical Society have been directed towards the removal of this invasive plant. In... » Read more |
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Tree Planting Ceremony for International Cancer Survivors DayFriday, 14 July 2017The Namibian Oncology Centre held a tree planting ceremony to commemorate all cancer survivors, held on 2 June 2017. The official opening took place next to the desert house followed by a tree... » Read more |
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Jeremia Swartbooi - looking back on 20 years of serviceWednesday, 14 June 2017Jeremia Swartbooi joined the NBRI beginning of June 1997 as a labourer in the National Botanic Garden. In his early days, under the leadership of Henk Dauth, he was instrumental in transforming... » Read more |
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Tree Awards 2017 - Call for nominationsFriday, 2 June 2017In celebration of Arbor Day the Botanical Society presents Certificates of Recognition to any person, company, organisation, school or establishment that goes out of the ordinary way to save and... » Read more |
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The cactus clean-up - Saturday 24 September 2016Thursday, 20 October 2016There were 52 volunteers, men, women and children who came to do their bit in clearing the cacti infesting the Aloe Trail – on the hills between the City and Klein Windhoek. Old and young,... » Read more |
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Call for nominations for Tree AwardsTuesday, 20 September 2016In celebration of Arbour Day the Botanical Society presents Certificates of Recognition to any person, company, organisation, school or establishment that goes out of the ordinary way to save and... » Read more |
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New atlas project to monitor alien plants in NamibiaSaturday, 17 October 2015Help monitor alien plants in Namibia. Several new citizen science projects are about to be launched, including an atlas of alien plants. Join us at the NEWS talk on 22nd October, or find... » Read more |
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Successful Cactus Clean-upThursday, 10 September 2015The BotSoc Cactus Clean-up Day at the National Botanic Garden on 8 August was a successful event with many participants. Invasive cactus plants are an... » Read more |
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