Know Your Trees

07/04/2020

Lockdown doesn't mean we can't learn. Preparing for that bush trip after lockdown? Or just want to brush up on your knowledge while at home? Don't miss out.

23/03/2020

Meg Coates Palgrave and our development team have been working tirelessly to bring some exciting new developments to the app. www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

19/07/2019

Coming Soon!!

All new South African 'Identification Keys' as well as new Tree Lists for Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Containing over 700 species of trees, with 2000+ colour images, unrivalled tree descriptions and interesting information.

Follow this page for updates, or head over to our website and sign up to our newsletter.
www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

24/12/2018

KEY TO TREES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
BY MEG COATES PALGRAVES
NEWSLETTER DEC 2018

Great news for all our apple using fans out there....
Launch Date announced!
The Apple version of Meg Coates Palgrave's latest masterpiece is finally here.
Available on the Apple Store on
22nd of December 2018

Ripening Developments...
Meg Coates Palgrave has been working night and day to bring us a South Africa section, adding roughly another 150 tree species to our existing 570 species covered in the app.
South African areas to be covered initially:
1. Gauteng Province
2. Central Limpopo Province
3. South African Lowveld
4. Northern Kruger National Park
5. North-West Province
6. South African Limpopo Valley

Looking further into the not so distant future, plans to include the Zimbabwean Highveld and Middleveld as well as the Eastern District are very much in motion and will follow not long after the inclusion of the South African areas.

THE DEFINITIVE TREE APP OF SOUTHERN AFRICA...

KEY FEATURES:

-The definitive tree app of Southern Africa.
-Very accurate and user-friendly identification keys.
-Area specific identification keys.
-Easy to use tree search- by area.
-Largest database of tree photos in Southern Africa.
-Unparalleled and comprehensive tree descriptions.
-Fully illustrated glossary.
-User-friendly interface and flow.
-Utilizes Android Platform, Apple platform now available...

21/12/2018

It is Here!
Available on the 22nd of December!!
The apple version of Meg Coates Palgrave's latest masterpiece- Key to trees of Southern Africa!
Follow this link to the App store-
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/key-to-trees-of-south-africa/id1446873357?ls=1&mt=8

02/07/2018

24/05/2018

There is good news for plant conservation in South Africa and internationally.

21/05/2018

Let's have a closer look at one of our key features, designed to make it easier to identify any tree.

The Fully illustrated Glossary, is linked to the 'Identify Tree' Section.

Finding a term difficult, or just need to refresh your memory? Click on the link through to the glossary to jog the memory...

Once you are done, click back to return to the question to continue your search.

Read more at www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

21/05/2018

Take a closer look at one of our key features:

ALL NEW area specific identification keys- very accurate and easy to use identification process.

Clearly set out and easy to follow questions make the 'Meg Coates Palgrave Keys' unparalleled in Southern Africa.

Read more at www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

19/04/2018

The wait is over- Meg Coates Palgrave's Key to Trees of Southern Africa App is Finally Here!!

Every app sold donates to TreeEco and reforestation efforts in Africa.

Follow this link to view it on the app store-

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.credencys.treeapp

Or read more about it on our website-

www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

14/02/2018

Who knows the legend Grandmother of Trees, Meg Coates Palgrave?

Catch her giving an intro course at both Reforest Fest Family Weekend 2018 and Reforest Fest Friends Weekend 2018! 🌳🔍

And then, for the massive tree enthusiasts out there, we're hosting the full monty Tree-ID course in the middle week between the two Festivals...

Meg needs no introduction in the tree world. A true expert, she co-authored the quintessential "Trees of Southern Africa" and developed a code on tree identification. Her view is that "all trees have labels on them telling us what their names are. All we have to do is learn to read the labels."

Just before Reforest Fest Friends Weekend 2018, she will be hosting a "Know Your Trees" course, showing people how to read those labels and how to identify indigenous trees in the field. As course notes she provides a key to the trees of the area - in this case, Key to Some Trees of the Southern Cape & Cape Peninsula.

Course Details:
Dates: 20-21 March 2018
Time: 09h30-17h00
Venue: Platbos Forest
Cost: R1400pp, includes course, Tree-ID book, lunch and snacks
What to bring: All the sorts of things you take to the bush - such as a hat, walking, shoes, sunscreen, pen or pencil, gloves, sensible shoes, binocs, and reading glasses if you use them!

Contact Carla at [email protected] for more info or to book.

01/02/2018

Coming Soon...
The much awaited App by Meg Coates Palgrave- Keys to Trees of Southern Africa.
This app will cover six essential areas within Zimbabwe. Please note South African areas coming soon...
Covering Over 570 Zimbabwean Species, with over 3000 high res, full colour illustrations, and the most comprehensive tree descriptions in Africa.
If you are interested in the amazing flora of Zimbabwe- this app is for you.
Visit our website for more information- www.treesofsouthernafrica.com

12/01/2017

Don't know anything about this but it sounds as though it has possibilities

An estimated 400,000 flowering plant species exist in the world, and, understandably, it can be difficult to keep track. The vast majority of us can only recognize and name a handful of plants, even if we would like it to be otherwise. If you would like to sharpen your knowledge in the wonderful rea...

06/10/2016

23/08/2016

Meg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOJ1QzP1USQ

An interview as the day was fading outside Livingstone Zambia while I was with Greenpop in July 2016

Meg Coates Palgrave is a world-renowned, Zimbabwean dendrologist who has devoted much of her life to the study and conservation of Southern African trees. At...

31/07/2016

Just for fun! In your world of trees which are the "big five"?

06/05/2016

14/04/2016

You Might be a Botanist
an original poem by Illinois Botanizer
If you take the time to identify lawn and garden weeds before pulling them out…
If you know at least a dozen different terms to describe “hairy”…
If you store a dissecting microscope on your kitchen table…
If you have no problem remembering botanical names, but keep forgetting common names…
If you have botany manuals in your bathroom as reading material…
If you tell your family you spent all week looking at plant specimens in the herbarium, and they give you a funny look…
If you go out looking at plants during your day job, and then go out looking at plants on your day off…
If you wear your loupe out in public… (my wife calls it my nerd necklace)
If there are Desmodium seeds on your bath towels, (and you know what Desmodium seeds look like)...
If you open up random books and plant leaves fall out…
If you are terrible at yard work and only mow your lawn once a month…
If your bookshelf is overflowing with plant field guides…
If you pick seeds off your clothes and identify them before tossing them away…
If the book to the flora of your state is always within arms reach…
If you have bags of plants in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator…
If everyone who hears about your occupation thinks you grow marijuana…
If the phrase “scarious margins on the involucral bracts” makes sense to you (and you know what species I might be referring to!)…
If you are out all day collecting plants, and then come home, shower, eat, and then return to looking at plants…

23/02/2016

Worth attending

30/01/2016

Very interestng

Dr Norbert Hahn, post-doctoral research fellow in the Biodiversity Research Chair at the University of Venda, recently published in the journal Phytotaxa a description of a proposed new Senegalia species (previously Acacia) endemic to the Soutpansberg.

14/12/2015

14/11/2015

This very exciting concept is something I have been advocating for years. The advantages of managing regrowth. The miombo woodland is very forgiving and this will work far better than planting seedlings.

It's time to let the genie out of the bottle. Tony Rinaudo presents this good news story for a deforested and degraded world - it's all about Farmer Managed ...

06/06/2015

Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa
is now available as an eBook.
click on the picture

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30/05/2015

Olive Coates Palgrave, artist in Trees of Central Africa (1955) which was written in order to publish the paintings and for which she was awarded the MBE. 1. about 30 years old with her son Deric; 2 when she was about 60; 3. about 8 or 9 years old with her two brothers

22/04/2015

All trees have labels on them telling us their names. All we have to do is learn to read the labels. It really is very easy. Learn how at the forthcoming
Know Your Trees Course with Meg Coates Palgrave
using the revised and up-dated
Key to the Trees of the Highveld and Middleveld
at Gosho Park, Marondera, 17-18 May 2015.
Self-catering accommodation available.
Book early to avoid disappointment.

08/03/2015

Victoria Falls
Know Your Trees Course” By Meg Coates Palgrave -
Why not add another dimension to being in the bush?
Know Your Trees!
All trees have labels on them telling us what their names are. All we have to do is learn to read the labels. During a Know Your Trees course I show people how to read those labels and so how to be able to identify indigenous trees in the field. As course notes I provide a key to the trees of the area, in this case a Key to some Trees of Victoria Falls and Hwange areas. I have tried to make the keys as "user friendly" as possible and treat the course as fun, telling people that they are doing it for pleasure and anything they learn is a bonus! The bonus is that it really does open up a whole new world of being able to identify indigenous trees - and to be able to continue doing so after the course is over

· DATE: 18th and 19th March 2015 (2 day course)

· TIME: 8am through to 4pm with tea and lunch breaks

· VENUE: Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust Laboratory,
Wild Horizons Concession, VF National Park.
· COST: $120 per person – includes 2 days of training and your own copy of the Tree Key. Learner Pro Hunters and Guides will receive a 20% discount (i.e. cost of $90) on presentation of a valid learners licence.

· BOOKINGS: Contact Roger Parry at [email protected] or cell +263 712217171

04/09/2014

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