Time: Tuesday 6 June 2023 at 7.30pm (BST)
Dr. Hazel Taylor received her first cactus at the age of eight and has been a member of the BCSS and its predecessor for over 50 years. At university she studied natural sciences, specialising in biochemistry, and then completed a PhD in bacterial genetics.
In this talk, Hazel takes us on a tour of south-west Africa beginning at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town. During the tour we are presented with a plethora of fascinating plants represented by the Moraea, Crassula, Argyroderma and Aloe species, to name but a few. In addition to plants, we see other forms of life ranging from grasshoppers to reptiles and penguins. Our tour continues as far north as Nieuwoudtville and the Hantam Botanical Garden.
