Learning your trees is easy

Anyone keen to learn thier bushveld trees? African Resource in conjunction with Hospitality Afrika is launching their newest course pretty soon and its a don't miss occassion! Hosted in two locations (one in the Lowveld and one in the Bushveld near Bela Bela). Watch the October edition of Africa Geographic for details or check out the companies websites (to be posted on www.africanresource.co.za soon)

The tree course is designed for people who love the bush and want to know more about it. Trees are notoriously difficult to learn on one's own and the identification guides are often extremely technical. We make learning trees simple and enjoyable - they are all unique and there are simple ways to learn what's what. Not only that, plants are the medicine cabinet to indigenous people who have implicated them in remedies and ceremonies for years. Each tree in the Bushveld has a special value culturally not to mention ecologically. We aim to uncover this overlooked aspect of the bush for the participants. The focus will be on the most commonly encountered species including Jackalberry, Leadwood, Tamboti, Marula, Mopane, Boerbean, Bushwillows, Acacias, etc.

Each participant will get a copy of "Game Ranger in your Backpack" (authored by myself) The book is a naturalist's interpretative guide to the Lowveld and is packed with photographs and easily accessed information to continue the learning process on trees as well as mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and more. The course includes vibrant photographic presentations that will introduce the participants to each tree in detail before we head out into the bush to actually find them. We will then also collect samples and mount these in scapbooks for the participants to have a personal reference to take home.