tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833433933981836252024-03-14T11:05:09.449+02:00Botanical Artists Association of Southern AfricaThe Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa (BAASA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting public awareness of botanical art in southern Africa. BAASA is open to all botanical artists, whether scientific illustrators or realistic flower painters, as well as collectors and those interested in furthering the tradition of botanical art.Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.comBlogger358125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-6387847694882934972023-04-11T12:15:00.010+02:002023-04-11T12:18:14.750+02:00<p> </p><p></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.1875rem; vertical-align: baseline;">Showcasing SA’s most exquisite botanical art, Plant 2023 comes into bloom at Kirstenbosch this April!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZVvLfY5WRQ0GQNTJH7Phk8PVzRXrYKdSkUWnhrNjLJHMnnnecSqo2I8KziZILDKOOhSY60mM4HF2jk0DO_Q1Duga5xts9ERAL5CQLowf8kemTck_PbtGSp2toMX9xeDnuuvHEt3G7YrGbkfKAfpm8zCYLJ0xY2xISyL5iO0-VsSg16y5jIqjbplN/s7016/Plant%202023%20Banner%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7016" data-original-width="4961" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZVvLfY5WRQ0GQNTJH7Phk8PVzRXrYKdSkUWnhrNjLJHMnnnecSqo2I8KziZILDKOOhSY60mM4HF2jk0DO_Q1Duga5xts9ERAL5CQLowf8kemTck_PbtGSp2toMX9xeDnuuvHEt3G7YrGbkfKAfpm8zCYLJ0xY2xISyL5iO0-VsSg16y5jIqjbplN/s320/Plant%202023%20Banner%203.jpg" width="226" /></a></div></h1><div><br /></div><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Botanical art is experiencing a revival worldwide coinciding with an increasing interest and investment in saving the planet. PLANT 2023, presented by the Botanical Artists Association of South Africa (BAASA) takes this interest to </span><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">a new level by painting the eco-systems, pollinators, creatures and natural elements that interact with our beautiful floral kingdom and revealing an exquisite story, giving visitors an insight into a fascinating natural world.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLBp2hLgV4yB3RJ-311zdqit0jZp7_QGvu4tWSzwaz72t-HbjNoqlMuO-bbuVcp85JxdnY33ynCQZlc_dk5OL0OSXKYNN7BbrVGMOCNmV6DhFpxWnZjBpXrr0jt-p33F_y3YCTOoV29iI5ddjH9rUgnsavLmWx6P1pxhZhbNvOxikcyl-bv0J5Fgt/s3501/Plant%20soc%20media%20design%20JHJ4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="3501" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLBp2hLgV4yB3RJ-311zdqit0jZp7_QGvu4tWSzwaz72t-HbjNoqlMuO-bbuVcp85JxdnY33ynCQZlc_dk5OL0OSXKYNN7BbrVGMOCNmV6DhFpxWnZjBpXrr0jt-p33F_y3YCTOoV29iI5ddjH9rUgnsavLmWx6P1pxhZhbNvOxikcyl-bv0J5Fgt/s320/Plant%20soc%20media%20design%20JHJ4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Curator, Karen Stewart, will introduce renowned artists and exciting new talent to local and international visitors at the much anticipated exhibition at The Old Mutual Hall, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens from 14-25 April 2023. PLANT 2023 will attract art enthusiasts, nature lovers, horticulturists and garden enthusiasts and promises to ignite a passion in everyone for the natural world which we live in at the southern tip of Africa.</span></div><div><span face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Open Sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEQja4bYtn5ikRCadUSFYiT8zcqsK7KBnz_lLSAO9wdou3o0KKjgnVqiKusXICntVMePH3ahvLgo3N1uDGIWnVzK1RqPylZawwHv69AkE9abmWr0mO1fdzZztxrJTr80BtXzUfXBqpouSXOzRR_rYacKjb7_7r3zBLFR9sJWphz8_gfWX8zWbApNE/s320/Carol2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEQja4bYtn5ikRCadUSFYiT8zcqsK7KBnz_lLSAO9wdou3o0KKjgnVqiKusXICntVMePH3ahvLgo3N1uDGIWnVzK1RqPylZawwHv69AkE9abmWr0mO1fdzZztxrJTr80BtXzUfXBqpouSXOzRR_rYacKjb7_7r3zBLFR9sJWphz8_gfWX8zWbApNE/s1600/Carol2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">PLANT 2023 brings an exquisite and professionally curated showcase of the best South African botanical art depicting indigenous plants of Southern Africa.</p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stewart says that it is fitting to hold the exhibition at Kirstenbosch, which forms part of the Cape Floral Kingdom, a UNESCO World Heritage Site to showcase so many of the indigenous plants that make up the renowned environment. Botanical art is beginning to gain popularity for investors and consumers who love to show these exquisite drawings and paintings in their homes. PLANT 2023 will offer a platform for visitors to meet artists and be exposed to this exciting world.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilRnJMjLaID21h2HwIgn5MRti7djgjWfY8P-gDBS3TyRsXhaLyZf-5QFtIZwxNUPlwilXy-mX9YSreUyCNFmbsRIVjg36PCKeMkOTRDPl7BrMSAN6fgXiT8ks8BAmqnVimfQP38x38DlJYSvVyz0CX2c5r2s5lL-4Ju6Oy5BbBNXEszH0jWbarXSz/s3501/Daleen%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="3501" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilRnJMjLaID21h2HwIgn5MRti7djgjWfY8P-gDBS3TyRsXhaLyZf-5QFtIZwxNUPlwilXy-mX9YSreUyCNFmbsRIVjg36PCKeMkOTRDPl7BrMSAN6fgXiT8ks8BAmqnVimfQP38x38DlJYSvVyz0CX2c5r2s5lL-4Ju6Oy5BbBNXEszH0jWbarXSz/s320/Daleen%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the spirit of revival, like the Fire Lily after a burn, the exhibition will attract artists willing to take risks, push their boundaries, and flex their creative muscle to make some truly remarkable and unique works. Indigenous plants of Southern Africa include the richest, most diverse biomes on the planet, boasting many rare and varieties of species. These plants will find a showcase at Kirstenbosch in April. The exhibition will tell unique stores about each plant portrait.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://designnews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hitchcock-B-Vachellia-xanthophloea.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #e64946; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Basia Swiel Vachellia xanthophloea" class="size-medium wp-image-8264" height="150" src="http://designnews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Hitchcock-B-Vachellia-xanthophloea-300x150.jpg" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="300" /></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.3125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Basia Swiel Vachellia xanthophloea</p><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.3125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The exhibition will highlight:<br />1. “The Mystical World of Plants” for larger scale botanical works.<br />2. “Macro Mysteries” for smaller works showing details of plants, pollinators and seeds.<br />3. A retail section for the selling of botanical cards, prints, art materials and botanically related products.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entry into the exhibition is free, although entry to Kirstenbosch is charged. There will be an exciting programme of artist’s walks, demos, films and workshops to make the space one of enrichment, learning and fulfilment.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://designnews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LOCHNER_C_PROTEA-REPENS.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #e64946; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Chris Lochner Protea repent" class="size-medium wp-image-8261" height="300" src="http://designnews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LOCHNER_C_PROTEA-REPENS-225x300.jpg" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="225" /></a></p><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.3125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris Lochner Protea repens</p><p class="wp-caption-text" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.3125rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">EVENT DETAILS</strong></span><br />14 – 25 April 2023.<br />Old Mutual Hall, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enquiries</strong></span><br />Karen Stewart (curator)<br />plant2023bybaasa@gmail.com</p></div></div>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-46582287905391792392022-05-18T09:27:00.002+02:002022-05-18T09:35:17.198+02:00Botanical Art Worldwide 2025<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh8tFJEa2-ILuvijJBWUej7R3BvlqL8FUZUPSfsyNuF_tsiElcwSqKm96qNG88Zg570ZEZCQTfYwjYquPmg1PjrygL3L3t105cmivNmTidsyR8qotnTQPGGCkWmQPn6iJgmvaCL9LLrLqV0xGXXocxn6VA-CjJmFcLraS9ZeW9gCEYhE2nMnfwSlx/s599/Aloe%20nubigena%20by%20Gillian%20Condy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgh8tFJEa2-ILuvijJBWUej7R3BvlqL8FUZUPSfsyNuF_tsiElcwSqKm96qNG88Zg570ZEZCQTfYwjYquPmg1PjrygL3L3t105cmivNmTidsyR8qotnTQPGGCkWmQPn6iJgmvaCL9LLrLqV0xGXXocxn6VA-CjJmFcLraS9ZeW9gCEYhE2nMnfwSlx/w305-h400/Aloe%20nubigena%20by%20Gillian%20Condy.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Greetings and a Happy International Botanical Art Day!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">The American Society of Botanical Artists has announced
their intention to hold a second collaborative exhibition in May 2025. May 18<sup>th</sup> was declared
International Botanical Art Day at the time of the first Worldwide exhibition
in 2018 when 26 countries across the world held simultaneous art exhibitions -
and many countries have continued to celebrate this day each year.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">South Africa again plans to be part of this exciting
initiative in 2025 and we have attached below preliminary details regarding the
theme so that BAASA members can start planning their art works. We have no
further details at this stage, but members will be kept advised as further
information becomes available.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">We will
start looking for a suitable venue for the exhibition, an organizing committee
and a dramatic logo. You have two horticultural years to do research and select
stunning subjects to illustrate. Be aware of the exciting stories that go with
the crop plants you select.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Artworks
will need to go through a selection process, to ensure a high standard. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> ~~~</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Theme
for 2025: <u>Crop Diversity/Crop Heritage</u>: </span></i></strong><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">heritage varieties of useful cultivated crop plants,
focusing on edibles, but also including those used for textiles, building,
energy, and medicine. The theme would draw attention to the vast variety of
food and useful plants in the world compared to the few varieties in mass
cultivation. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">Our heritage of useful plants has been passed to us for
safekeeping, and it is up to us to pass them on to future generations:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<ul type="disc">
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><em><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Useful crops</span></b></em><em><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">:</span></em><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> but not those used in modern, large scale
monocultural agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><em><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Crop wild relatives</span></b></em><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: wild species that can be hybridized with cultivated
crops to impart a new characteristic to the cultivated crop, or that are
foraged wild plants.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><em><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ancient crops</span></b></em><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: those that have been cultivated for hundreds or
thousands of years in the same form.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p><em><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Hybrids are eligible</span></em><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> – many food crops
are hybridized, and many are species but cultivars of those species.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">BAASA
Gauteng<br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">18</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"> May 2022</span></p><p><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-41136746984032845862022-05-14T10:34:00.003+02:002022-05-14T10:34:59.468+02:00Botanical Art Masterclass with Mieko Ishikawa 4 - 8 September 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG5w5oT37cocm_gOoh_rhBzkIuf0kW07fW-R9ZOkkmUciN8rmpeEBAKe-aP8QrBAzn16YzMHjO4-lzGXt7vk79Xpb9buHlxk0UoqVGC-S8FD7Zi_Y9tuowum4x3xVEn0cDsIskS_8HfIi-k_n2JcWXdVTMBoKdHTpy3h-TN4LlZJFOealHhCOgSZ3/s2245/Mieko%20Masterclass%20Sept%202022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2245" data-original-width="1587" height="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgG5w5oT37cocm_gOoh_rhBzkIuf0kW07fW-R9ZOkkmUciN8rmpeEBAKe-aP8QrBAzn16YzMHjO4-lzGXt7vk79Xpb9buHlxk0UoqVGC-S8FD7Zi_Y9tuowum4x3xVEn0cDsIskS_8HfIi-k_n2JcWXdVTMBoKdHTpy3h-TN4LlZJFOealHhCOgSZ3/w610-h833/Mieko%20Masterclass%20Sept%202022.png" width="610" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Mieko Ishikawa and her translator and assistant Akiko Enokido, will be travelling from Japan to South Africa to attend the opening ceremony of the Grootbos Florilegium, after which they will hold a 5-day master class in botanical art. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">This is an amazing opportunity to learn from a brilliant botanical artist/teacher who is revered in Japan, coupled with the whole experience of the diversity of native plants on the estate. The new Hannarie Wenhold Botanical Art Gallery with the original artworks of the Grootbos Florilegium will be on display. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">If you or someone you know may be interested in coming to this course at Grootbos, please contact Ruth Crichton <a href="mailto:ruth@grootbos.co.za" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">ruth@grootbos.co.za</a> for bookings.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">For those who want to come but have alternative accommodation, the tuition fee is all they will have to pay.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">Further queries - contact Vicki Thomas at <a href="mailto:bulbin@iafrica.com">bulbin@iafrica.com</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-55432107878921500312021-12-09T08:00:00.002+02:002021-12-09T08:00:25.182+02:00Botanical Painting in Greece 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kB1C1fQz2W0/YbGa8aTl7-I/AAAAAAAADwU/kswV_r92nnIk6tvqWPRCUney5GZTQsBoACNcBGAsYHQ/s576/Botantical%2Bart%2Bin%2BGreece.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="576" height="544" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kB1C1fQz2W0/YbGa8aTl7-I/AAAAAAAADwU/kswV_r92nnIk6tvqWPRCUney5GZTQsBoACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h544/Botantical%2Bart%2Bin%2BGreece.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-69623332626137491482021-11-26T14:01:00.003+02:002021-11-26T14:01:51.346+02:00Plant Portraits Online: November 2021 – January 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOGtmfxEwAA/YaDL296I1hI/AAAAAAAADv8/jIV6K_xabSojPCmp1c5qNaFtODRdC4f6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s612/Instagram%2BBanner%2B612X612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="612" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sOGtmfxEwAA/YaDL296I1hI/AAAAAAAADv8/jIV6K_xabSojPCmp1c5qNaFtODRdC4f6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h428/Instagram%2BBanner%2B612X612.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">An online exhibition of botanical art hosted by the Gauteng branch of
the <br />Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africa (BAASA).<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Celebrating the work of contemporary South African botanical artists,
<br />this exhibition portrays a selection of the country’s wonderful indigenous
plants<br />some of which are found nowhere else in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;">Visit the exhibition at <a href="http://www.botanicalartsa.co.za/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.botanicalartsa.co.za</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-ZA;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><br /></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-78572745185362620692021-11-21T16:31:00.004+02:002021-11-21T16:31:52.173+02:00BAASA Gauteng Online Exhibition 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VyGPGtxLrY/YZpXgE1wt8I/AAAAAAAADv0/0KiGUNjqOEw6MH4x-dvoRSlUOaTkax9aQCLcBGAsYHQ/s642/BAASA%2BGauteng%2Bonline%2Bexhibition%2BNovember%2B2021.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="642" height="464" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2VyGPGtxLrY/YZpXgE1wt8I/AAAAAAAADv0/0KiGUNjqOEw6MH4x-dvoRSlUOaTkax9aQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h464/BAASA%2BGauteng%2Bonline%2Bexhibition%2BNovember%2B2021.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enter here: <a href="https://botanicalartsa.co.za/">https://botanicalartsa.co.za/</a></span></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-12907219431971937652021-10-24T09:23:00.002+02:002021-10-24T09:23:58.219+02:00FNB Art Joburg Open City | Gallery Weekend 29 - 31 October 2021 | Nandipha Mntambo & Lady Skollie<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fdIfDqK19zs/YXUI0oxL7mI/AAAAAAAADvI/4cKvtGSHhcoa9dExQeIQvpVv1L1p897YACLcBGAsYHQ/s563/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="563" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fdIfDqK19zs/YXUI0oxL7mI/AAAAAAAADvI/4cKvtGSHhcoa9dExQeIQvpVv1L1p897YACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">As part of FNB Art Joburg's Open City Gallery Weekend, Everard Read would like to invite you to two artist walkabout's with Nandipha Mntambo and Lady Skollie.<br /><br />Everard Read & Everard Read's CIRCA Gallery hours during this weekend will be extended as follows: <br /><br /><strong>Saturday 30 October: 10:00AM - 16:00PM</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;"><strong>Sunday 31 October: 10:00AM - 13:00PM</strong><br /><br />Please note the entrance to Everard Read will be on Keyes Avenue for the duration of the weekend. </span></span></span><br /> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: dimgrey;"><strong><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Nandipha Mntambo Artist Walkabout </span></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">Saturday 30th October<br />10:30AM<br /><br />Sunday 31th October<br />10:30AM<br />Everard Read Gallery <br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-soh2MgLYesc/YXUJF5x4uQI/AAAAAAAADvQ/cYqWqXVBaE0hRD9F82xzsF2Dd_-Uk3L4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s561/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="474" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-soh2MgLYesc/YXUJF5x4uQI/AAAAAAAADvQ/cYqWqXVBaE0hRD9F82xzsF2Dd_-Uk3L4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w540-h640/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg2.PNG" width="540" /></a></div></span></span><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width: 100%; padding: 18px; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnDividerContent" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-top: 2px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top: 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; text-size-adjust: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnTextContent" style="color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><strong><span style="color: dimgrey;"><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lady Skollie Artist Walkabout </span></span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: dimgrey;">Saturday 30th October<br />11:15AM<br /><br />Sunday 31th October<br />11:15AM<br />Everard Read's CIRCA Gallery<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CBj-qy1SHMM/YXUJVyTrdpI/AAAAAAAADvY/JJyQ6vghcBkXXgSGcVHY_qOiNE088nFLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s477/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="477" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CBj-qy1SHMM/YXUJVyTrdpI/AAAAAAAADvY/JJyQ6vghcBkXXgSGcVHY_qOiNE088nFLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/FNB%2BArt%2BJoburg3.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-31839173735024120932021-10-07T09:41:00.000+02:002021-10-07T09:41:12.113+02:00Annual MAASA Exhibition - 19 Oct to 1 Nov<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEcu4t38cvo/YV6h8zQHmDI/AAAAAAAADuw/FT9HwNZibWADzNlATb_kkJ1OS-AaP30XACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Miniatures%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1444" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XEcu4t38cvo/YV6h8zQHmDI/AAAAAAAADuw/FT9HwNZibWADzNlATb_kkJ1OS-AaP30XACLcBGAsYHQ/w452-h640/Miniatures%2B2021.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Exhibition details</span></b></p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm;"><u></u></h3><ul style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Over 100 miniature artworks by international award-winning artists. </span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">WIN</span></strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"> an original miniature oil painting by Shirley Israel. Raffle tickets @ R10 a ticket. </span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Where - Woolworths Court at Hyde Park Corner.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">When - Starts on 19 October and ends 1 November 2021.</span></li></ul><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Partnering with the Teddy Bear Foundation, who will be on site to provide information and to raise funds for their worthy organisation.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4EyLoWKp4LQ/YV6i9-ef9bI/AAAAAAAADu4/_w22YnGUPkoW-0PymGJmxDlFi11wKoslgCLcBGAsYHQ/s441/teddy%2Bbear%2Bfoundation.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="441" height="98" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4EyLoWKp4LQ/YV6i9-ef9bI/AAAAAAAADu4/_w22YnGUPkoW-0PymGJmxDlFi11wKoslgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/teddy%2Bbear%2Bfoundation.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-83752936526482865352021-09-06T10:51:00.001+02:002021-09-06T10:51:33.583+02:00Out and About - Exhibitions in Gauteng<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial;"> Running now...</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7HolZAN_h8/YTXVaQL7_HI/AAAAAAAADtA/vDU16D2XeDojHW96WwWL0CRB2rAMQkcnACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Botanical%2Bwatercolours%2Bsolo%2Bexhibition%2Bby%2BGill%2BCondy%2Bsept%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7HolZAN_h8/YTXVaQL7_HI/AAAAAAAADtA/vDU16D2XeDojHW96WwWL0CRB2rAMQkcnACLcBGAsYHQ/w452-h640/Botanical%2Bwatercolours%2Bsolo%2Bexhibition%2Bby%2BGill%2BCondy%2Bsept%2B2021.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial;">Coming soon...</span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z6klAt95GMs/YTXVm-9HwkI/AAAAAAAADtE/ZkthC0wvHqMI5m28st58ILn-SHI9EkFMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Miniatures%2B2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1444" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z6klAt95GMs/YTXVm-9HwkI/AAAAAAAADtE/ZkthC0wvHqMI5m28st58ILn-SHI9EkFMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w452-h640/Miniatures%2B2021.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-34852134920007337632021-08-28T10:45:00.004+02:002021-08-28T10:45:59.417+02:00BAASA Newsletter 2020 - Gauteng<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FHtGasgJ3i4/YSn29fLd4kI/AAAAAAAADsQ/fjj_MviC_kkkRsbxQgXTNS3j4-UMKl8TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s606/PAGE%2B1%2BGauteng%2B2020%2BNewsletter.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="525" height="689" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FHtGasgJ3i4/YSn29fLd4kI/AAAAAAAADsQ/fjj_MviC_kkkRsbxQgXTNS3j4-UMKl8TQCLcBGAsYHQ/w597-h689/PAGE%2B1%2BGauteng%2B2020%2BNewsletter.PNG" width="597" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18Xitq27ZyAiq4QOEI-k2WHDBXhhNcaBx/view?usp=sharing"><span style="color: #38761d;">READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE</span></a></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-21329337508428287992021-07-05T13:28:00.000+02:002021-07-05T13:28:42.438+02:00New Publication: 'Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation', featuring botanical illustrations by Janet Snyman.<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Lithops in Habitat and Cultivation', featuring botanical illustrations by BAASA member, Janet Snyman.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WimQ6DPhAHI/YOLqqDc6joI/AAAAAAAADrM/zRCZso-loUcZiYotQoPq4L1eX-Bs3HQnACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/2%2B-%2BLithops%2BIn%2BHabitat%2Band%2BCultivation%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1136" height="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WimQ6DPhAHI/YOLqqDc6joI/AAAAAAAADrM/zRCZso-loUcZiYotQoPq4L1eX-Bs3HQnACLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h528/2%2B-%2BLithops%2BIn%2BHabitat%2Band%2BCultivation%2B1.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7gOU7RuuHo/YOLqs6g4jYI/AAAAAAAADrQ/ZBNfvh6rniMvtCZUddC6MDnnKMvjxoEuACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/2%2B-%2BLithops%2BIn%2BHabitat%2Band%2BCultivation%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1136" height="525" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7gOU7RuuHo/YOLqs6g4jYI/AAAAAAAADrQ/ZBNfvh6rniMvtCZUddC6MDnnKMvjxoEuACLcBGAsYHQ/w397-h525/2%2B-%2BLithops%2BIn%2BHabitat%2Band%2BCultivation%2B2.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here's a sneak peek of some of Janet's wonderful illustrations:</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ta2NkdilqT8/YOLre_wNkFI/AAAAAAAADrc/VIa011HoVrIKPR40scwyqoNbwFP99aKJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/2.%2B%2BL.g.brandberg%2B-%2BLR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ta2NkdilqT8/YOLre_wNkFI/AAAAAAAADrc/VIa011HoVrIKPR40scwyqoNbwFP99aKJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w508-h338/2.%2B%2BL.g.brandberg%2B-%2BLR.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jw9mSlfR6V0/YOLrnw6IffI/AAAAAAAADrg/FuUV5YGTFGkklX87LnwnKEj79kypnEPYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/L.%2Bgeyeri%2B-%2Blr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="339" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jw9mSlfR6V0/YOLrnw6IffI/AAAAAAAADrg/FuUV5YGTFGkklX87LnwnKEj79kypnEPYACLcBGAsYHQ/w509-h339/L.%2Bgeyeri%2B-%2Blr.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzRJ2dDM12Q/YOLrzt7EuAI/AAAAAAAADro/1xzQNCcxS9c1mUtMT7pTaF92nHH4GbAyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/L.divergens%2Blr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="338" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzRJ2dDM12Q/YOLrzt7EuAI/AAAAAAAADro/1xzQNCcxS9c1mUtMT7pTaF92nHH4GbAyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w507-h338/L.divergens%2Blr.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><br />Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-59458176680638985832021-03-06T10:54:00.002+02:002021-03-06T10:54:34.096+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Episode 10<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Episode 10</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In this episode Chantal Fagri creates a festive table.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M6APqgPXuXc" width="320" youtube-src-id="M6APqgPXuXc"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-30088545752863198122021-02-27T11:21:00.000+02:002021-02-27T11:21:03.319+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 9<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Episode 09</span></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #616161; font-family: arial;">In this episode we head out to see JOZI Carnivores and their amazing carnivorous plants. </span></p><p style="background-color: white;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XtRP06FkVr0" width="320" youtube-src-id="XtRP06FkVr0"></iframe></div><br /><span style="color: #616161; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-30045065896212013792021-02-20T10:24:00.000+02:002021-02-20T10:24:02.527+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 8<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Episode 08</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this episode we visit Sempaflora, one of South Africa's biggest cut flower producers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EhdelvGiY2s" width="320" youtube-src-id="EhdelvGiY2s"></iframe></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161;"><br /></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-11656082344796978852021-02-13T09:09:00.003+02:002021-02-13T09:09:52.832+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 7<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Episode 07</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this episode we join </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;">Craid de Necker</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at the Friendly Plant, where we find out what he does and how he uses modern technology to be one of the best landscapers in South Africa.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EFNaCAsMy6A" width="320" youtube-src-id="EFNaCAsMy6A"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-40759032600252889602021-02-09T10:21:00.002+02:002021-02-24T15:08:27.273+02:00Gillian Condy Exhibition - Everard Read, Johannesburg<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACTuNnCpDhU/YCJDqsdu2vI/AAAAAAAADnU/O490br5PQbc-Vku--jBAdjTFxVsdN1EMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s666/GC1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="666" height="520" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACTuNnCpDhU/YCJDqsdu2vI/AAAAAAAADnU/O490br5PQbc-Vku--jBAdjTFxVsdN1EMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h520/GC1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7DgwsDxdrg/YCJDr0MYz5I/AAAAAAAADnY/rZ6u3Sb9tVM8_OmsaJ8EZYvNQ-CKdypSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s676/GC2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="676" height="515" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7DgwsDxdrg/YCJDr0MYz5I/AAAAAAAADnY/rZ6u3Sb9tVM8_OmsaJ8EZYvNQ-CKdypSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h515/GC2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3gqSQr02XyShwvGRx7T-zS56r1o_kzw/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download the catalogue here!</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H_RatXzoxuI/YCJEvjdiEkI/AAAAAAAADnk/zxZHdErC6Wsr6pS_2sQYJMCRHFeqAH2tACLcBGAsYHQ/s675/GC3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="675" height="488" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H_RatXzoxuI/YCJEvjdiEkI/AAAAAAAADnk/zxZHdErC6Wsr6pS_2sQYJMCRHFeqAH2tACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h488/GC3.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-69228805373594963132021-02-07T15:20:00.000+02:002021-02-07T15:20:24.188+02:00Botanical Art Course with Gillian Condy & Elsa Pooley<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnJYrvopWn8/YB_oVR-MhrI/AAAAAAAADnI/O1oR9HRXxXIGdQWBxOEtJXdwOHvpgIsFACLcBGAsYHQ/s739/botart%2B8-14%2Bmarch%2B2021%2B2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="739" height="412" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnJYrvopWn8/YB_oVR-MhrI/AAAAAAAADnI/O1oR9HRXxXIGdQWBxOEtJXdwOHvpgIsFACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h412/botart%2B8-14%2Bmarch%2B2021%2B2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span lang="EN-US" style="background: #E5E4E4; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Botanical Art Course with Gillian Condy and Elsa Pooley in March<br />at The Cavern, Northern Drakensberg, KZN. </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e5e4e4; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please email
info@cavern.co.za for more info.</span></p><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-43231934533272710452021-02-06T08:05:00.000+02:002021-02-06T08:05:02.464+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 6<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Episode 06</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">In this episode, JIRS </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Floral Director Jill Manson shows us how to create some dry floral arrangements and make an amazing champagne bowl floral design.</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b49mjvINwBk" width="320" youtube-src-id="b49mjvINwBk"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-46012118681291025232021-02-05T11:56:00.001+02:002021-02-05T11:56:28.070+02:00Tswalu: A New Beginning - Exhibition by Gillian Condy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xB38OsME1bQ/YB0Vv8skkmI/AAAAAAAADm4/y8U-8rXnqyANubz_4KZAqR0B9Gqr3ZkKACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/GillianCondy_EverardRead_Exhibition_b-page-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1448" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xB38OsME1bQ/YB0Vv8skkmI/AAAAAAAADm4/y8U-8rXnqyANubz_4KZAqR0B9Gqr3ZkKACLcBGAsYHQ/w452-h640/GillianCondy_EverardRead_Exhibition_b-page-0.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-46731337242510304942021-02-03T08:26:00.004+02:002021-02-03T08:35:33.869+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 5<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Episode 05</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">In this episode, </span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">we go on an African flower safari with JIFS 2019 Head Judge Leon Kluge. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kmd_Y-XAj7M" width="320" youtube-src-id="kmd_Y-XAj7M"></iframe></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-67831533110802696362021-01-30T10:04:00.000+02:002021-01-30T10:04:09.782+02:00Johannesburg International Flower Show - Flower Hour Part 4<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Episode 04</p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">In this episode, a</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ll the way from France the amazing Pascal Garbe one of our international judges in 2019 has prepared a short video on edible flowers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OSb0k9ZA0-U" width="320" youtube-src-id="OSb0k9ZA0-U"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-51073200928774120612021-01-28T07:37:00.005+02:002021-01-28T07:42:20.844+02:00Tree Top Apps Announcements<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B1EvY8BjnNY/YBGKuxafQ6I/AAAAAAAADmU/1A44k01aPKQ8TFDwlQzxi9ATGcTqpCWhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s637/Tree%2BTop%2BApps%2Bphoto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="637" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B1EvY8BjnNY/YBGKuxafQ6I/AAAAAAAADmU/1A44k01aPKQ8TFDwlQzxi9ATGcTqpCWhwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Tree%2BTop%2BApps%2Bphoto.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">High Branching</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> is launching <b>TreeProBotanical</b> at the beginning of
February 2021. From that date <b>TheTreeApp SA </b>and <b>TreeProBotanical</b>,
will both be part of <b>TreeProApps</b>. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">In addition,
FROM THE ACTUAL LAUNCH, the method of purchase for</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <u>TheTreeApp SA</u> <u>will change. It will no longer be
available as a full once off purchase. It will be the same as the new
subscription format of</u> <u>TreeProBotanical.</u></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">FOR NEW
PURCHASERS ONLY</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Both the <b>TreeProApps – i.e. TheTreeApp SA &
TreeProBotancial – </b>will be available on Apple and Google, via
subscription purchase only. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• The price will be R179.99 yearly, for the first app purchased. You can
buy either app first.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• The second app purchased will be at the discounted price of R119.99
yearly.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">FOR USERS WHO ALREADY OWN TheTreeApp SA</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">As <b>TreeProBotancial</b> is your
second <b>TreeProApp</b>, you will also be able to
purchase it at the discounted subscription price of R119.99
yearly. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• TheTreeApp SA</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> will continue to be updated
alongside all subscription apps. All updates, on all apps are free! There is
nothing at all to do now if you already own TheTreeApp SA.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PURCHASE EITHER APP FROM EITHER STORE as a
subscription model (after the release of TreeProBotanical early Feb)</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• PLEASE NOTE; for both Apple and Google Stores, it is best to
enter <b>TreeProApps</b> to search for either of these apps – from
the launch, early February. This search will bring up both apps at R179.99
yearly for the first choice. Choose whichever you prefer as your primary app.
You can then AddOn the second app at R119.99 yearly</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">• Please note that after the end of January <b>TheTreeApp SA</b> will
not be available as a full purchase option.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Why the change?</span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sophisticated, reusable apps, with relatively
regular updates, are a new phenomenon as a resource, interpreting the natural
world. As hand-held guides they have become indispensable, for anyone
interested in nature, either for pleasure or for work.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">TreeProApps</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> and <b>BirdProApps</b> – which are in the same stable –
face the same dilemma as all app developers of the well-known brands in the
natural history market. It is a cliff face issue for every developer. Apps are
sold for very little income to the creators, and once issued the norm is
“up-dates-are-free”. The reality is that costs of essential modifications, to
keep abreast of the incredibly rapid changes in the digital platforms (Apple
and Android/Google) are unsustainable on the current model that app companies
have all been using. Any additional changes to improve the apps themselves is
further costs that simply does not come in from sales.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In essence if these resource apps – rather
than service apps which often have other income sources – are to survive – the
developers and the users themselves, are going to have to embrace a new
mind-set about how these apps are sold.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">No one would ever consider or expect, having
purchased a physically published resource book, that all future editions would
be for free. In books it is understood that a new version has incurred costs
and these do have to be paid for. Sadly there is a widely-held,
non-sustainable, attitude about this type of app. An alternative purchase model
simply has to be found or these apps will die.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">The first alternative is that an app is taken
on board by a commercial venture and used for marketing that company. This
brings in some degree of help – depending on the deal done. Philanthropically
funded apps are ideal but in South Africa, with the dire needs of the humans
being paramount, this type of support is hard to find. Believe us we have tried
tirelessly for 10 years. Yet another income booster is that adverts can be run
alongside the function of the app every time you use it. This has been rejected
outright for being too little monetary return for ruining the visuals, and
function, of our magnificent Apps.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One other alternative is for each new app to
be released at a price around R600 (or more) for each initial purchase, and
then renewed at a much higher price some 5 years later. This high price is
simply unaffordable for many people in the general population and guide/student
markets.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We believe that the best of the methods is
yet another model and this has been implemented by </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">BirdPro</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, in the
same stable as TreeProApps. They moved from outright purchase to offering a
subscription alternative at the end of 2020. This has been successfully integrated
and well-received by the public. As detailed in the introduction to this
announcement, </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">High Branching</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> will be launching </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">TreeProBotanical</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> at
the beginning of February 2021. From that date </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">TheTreeApp SA </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">TreeProBotanical</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">,
will both be part of </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">TreeProApps </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and will follow the
subscription method used by BirdPro. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Our central belief that led to this decision
is that the reduced subscription price brings these apps into an
affordable range for most people who enjoy nature. And it offers us, as the developers,
long-term sustainability.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">For further
information - </span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">contact Val Thomas on 083 409 8282</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">email: </span><a href="mailto:ask@thetreeapp.co.za" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;" target="_blank" title="mailto:ask@thetreeapp.co.za"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">ask@thetreeapp.co.za</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sY415OLyfbk/YBJNXQZFAWI/AAAAAAAADms/HVs6qy4dL5oRe8cp3vty1Wgxhu6WYweHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s195/tree%2Btop%2Bapps%2Blogos.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="161" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sY415OLyfbk/YBJNXQZFAWI/AAAAAAAADms/HVs6qy4dL5oRe8cp3vty1Wgxhu6WYweHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/tree%2Btop%2Bapps%2Blogos.PNG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><div><br /></div>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-45915105581390764832021-01-27T15:46:00.000+02:002021-01-27T15:46:04.442+02:00Gillian Condy Tswalu Exhibition<p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take a sneak peak as Gill talks us through a number of slides of her botanical paintings done during her time as resident artist at Tswalu. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An exhibition of Gill's paintings from this exciting time will run at CIRCA Everard Read from 02 February to 13 March 2021.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kx8JBFWIAXA" width="320" youtube-src-id="kx8JBFWIAXA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-81059830537941686902021-01-27T09:09:00.000+02:002021-01-27T09:09:16.361+02:00Johannesburg Flower Show - weekly flower hour #3<p> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; margin: 0px; position: relative;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</h3><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Episode 03</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this episode, </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">we learn how to have fun and make your own floral headpiece.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GDGhS0KrHQY" width="320" youtube-src-id="GDGhS0KrHQY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-583343393398183625.post-39618726759376101892021-01-23T10:34:00.001+02:002021-01-23T10:34:25.722+02:00Johannesburg Flower Show - weekly flower hour #2<h3 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Bringing the Johannesburg Flower Show to you!</span></h3><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif;">Episode 02</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this episode, we explore flowers as an art form with some amazing floral displays and installations. We then find out what gardening really means whether it's to help us grieve or bring us joy!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GW1UVqNS-DA" width="320" youtube-src-id="GW1UVqNS-DA"></iframe></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #030303; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Botanical Artists Association of Southern Africahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01466385336384245505noreply@blogger.com0