Forests Archives - UNDER THE MILKWOOD

21 October 202120 January 2023 Janette Bennett

The green jewel of the east coast

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Kwelera National Botanical Garden takes shape We’re standing in the middle of a wetland deep in the cultivated portion of the Kwelera National Botanical Garden. But there is no water, just a thick covering of invasive solanum, ready to

3 September 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

In search of the lemonwoods

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Trees, Wild things

Up. The thin path winds through the forest, up and up the mountain. And we keep going. V and I are searching for the grove of lemonwood trees that we’ve heard about. We’re not even sure that we are on