Fynbos Plant Identification Course

Are you a fynbos fan who would like to be able to identify what you are looking at?

All courses are 3 ½ days long and cost R3500. They are held at my home in the Southern suburbs and there is space for a maximum of 6 participants.

John Manning’s Guide to Fynbos is the prescribed text and is used throughout the course. All sessions are practical and focus on learning a systematic process of how to identify a plant and why it is placed in a family and genus, rather than just learning what the species name is.

The course can cater for a wide range of different participants such as hikers, students at all levels, professionals as well as field rangers and managers of nature reserves.

The rate and content of any course depends on the background knowledge and skills, but we cover as many fynbos families as possible along with useful shortcuts.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Use botanical guides efficiently
• Understand the botanical framework used to classify plants
• Build on existing knowledge
• Use botanical jargon to describe the structure of plants
• Use a hand lens and a dissecting microscope to see fine details
• Investigate live plants from as many different families as possible
• Learn the shortcuts to families and genera