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for details of the botanical art course
run by Gill Gondy and Julie Ah-Fa
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run by Gill Gondy and Julie Ah-Fa
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The Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa (BAASA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art in southern Africa. BAASA is open to all botanical artists, whether scientific illustrators or realistic flower painters, as well as collectors and those interested in furthering the tradition of botanical art.
Saturday 25 May 2019
Saturday 18 May 2019
Thursday 16 May 2019
New Publication from the Botanical Society of South Africa
THE
BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA
is pleased to announce the publication of:
Cultures, Cures and Curiosities
Plant-lore and Legend of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Plant-lore and Legend of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
by Tony Dold and Susan Abraham
Cultures, Cures and Curiosities explores and illustrates 40 important plant species in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, used or valued by people today. These include medicinal, charm, food and utilitarian plants, as well as those valued for their cultural and religious significance...read more about this wonderful book here
BotSoc needs to raise funds! Can you help?
The publication of this book will only
be made possible through contributions from Donors, Sponsors and Subscribers,
all of whom will be acknowledged in the book
You can find the Order Form here
This has been done successfully
before by BotSoc… So please help us
reach our dream
* Our dream is that there are 10 Donors
out there, each of whom will make a donation of at least R20,000 towards the
costs of publication. Any excess funds will be ring-fenced
for the Inkcubeko nendalo schools programme.
Donors will receive a numbered copy
of the book with an inscribed page, signed by the author and illustrator, and
presented in a slipcase.
* Our dream is that there are there are
100 Sponsors out there, each of whom
is passionate about the environment, and transformation, and prepared to
contribute R1,500 (+ R100 packaging and posting within
South Africa) to ensure Cultures,
Cures and Curiosities can be published. Any excess funds will be ring-fenced
for the Inkcubeko nendalo
schools programme. Sponsors will
receive a numbered copy of the book with an inscribed page, signed by the
author and illustrator.
* Our dream is that there will be many Subscribers out there who would like to
show their support for the book and BotSoc by pre-purchasing a copy for R800 (+
R100 packaging and posting within South Africa). Any excess funds will be ring-fenced
for the Inkcubeko nendalo
schools programme.
Donors, Sponsors and Subscribers’ names will be listed
in the book.
* Further,
our dream is that readers of Veld and
Flora will pre-purchase a copy for R350 (+ R100 packaging and posting
within South Africa).
NOTE:
Books can also be collected from your local BotSoc Branch for an admin fee of
R50 in place of the packaging and posting option.
Orders
must be received by no later than 31 July 2019.
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