The Hermanus Botanical Society has made a generous sum available to WCC for environmental education with a focus on Fernkloof Nature Reserve and fynbos biodiversity. We are most grateful for this commitment to educating the youth about our special floral heritage and what we need to do to protect it for the services it provides to us and for future generations.
Mr Sershan Naidoo Visits WCC
All of us at Whale Coast Conservation were delighted and honoured to host Mr Sershan Naidoo, Beneficiary Relations Manager at the National Lotteries Board. The National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund has invested more than R4 million over 3 years in WCC to raise awareness of sustainable living and development in the Overberg region. Mr Naidoo was most encouraging about the …
Hermanus Flower Festival
The importance of wetlands in providing essential eco-system services and the need to conserve SA’s third most threatened habitat was highlighted at the Hermanus Flower Festival. Whale Coast Conservation focused on the presence of frogs as an indicator of the ecological health of wetlands. Two of the YES students, Denfred and Zöhn, who have been participating with Sheraine in …
WCC At Hermanus Flower Festival
Whale Coast Conservation will be exhibiting at the Hermanus Flower Festival to be held in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve from 26 to 29 September 2013. The theme is wetlands and the WCC display will use a ‘wetland in a bottle’ to demonstrate how wetlands work and the essential ecosystem services they provide. Two of our YES students, Denfred and Zöhn, …
Report on the Hermanus Flower and Eco Fair
If it’s time for the Flower and Eco Fair, it must be time for foul weather. This year proved no exception. But the hardy folk of Hermanus braved rain and wind to see the magnificent display of fynbos by the Hermanus Botanical Society in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve. The theme for the floral display was the pollinators, and interesting facts …
Hermanus Flower And Eco Fair 2012
If it’s September, it must be time for the spectacular annual Hermanus Flower and Eco Fair. Did you know that Whale Coast Conservation has been the “eco” part of the Fair for the last 5 years? If you did not, now is the time to come and see what we do at the Fair; if you did know and yet …
Hermanus Flower and Eco Fair 2011 Goes Green
Event: Hermanus Flower & Eco Fair Where: Fernkloof Nature Reserve When: Thursday 22 September to Sunday 25 September 2011 Time: 09h00 – 17h00 daily except Sunday when the floral display is dismantled at 15h00 Entrance: Adults R30, children free, seniors R20 special on Thursday Parking: Outside the reserve with free shuttle to the gate For more information click HERE