Tokara stops gatekeeping their gardens for one day
Visitors braved the cold and rainy weather to attend the annual Rare Plant Fair and Autumn Open Garden at...
Category: Agriculture
Tree planting project aims to curb the spread of beetle infestation
Stellenbosch Municipality is working with a local non-profit organisation (NPO), to curb the spread of the Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer...
Belofte van bek-en-klouseer-inentings gee hoop aan Wes-Kaapse boere
Die hoogs aansteeklike siekte, bek-en-klouseer (BKS) het in November 2025 begin kop-uitsteek in die Wes-Kaap. John Steenhuisen, minister...
Die val van US Botaniese Tuin se oudste boom ʼn ‘katastrofiese verlies’
Die ander helfte van die oudste boom in die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) se Botaniese Tuin het ontwortel en omgeval...
Kayamandi school initiative tackles educational barriers
A group of university students have started preparing several vegetable gardens at a local primary school as part of...
Local wineries plant over 6 000 trees in one year
Member farms of a local wine farm organisation have planted over 6 000 trees in the Stellenbosch region over...
SA Wine Summit: SU AgriSciences faculty to invest in new research facility
Amid the rapid changes and activities in the wine industry, it is important for Stellenbosch University (SU) to track...
Nuwe tuin langs Eersterivier beveg gronderosie, bevorder volhoubaarheid
’n Plaaslike nie-winsgewende organisasie (NGO) het onlangs begin met die vestiging van ’n inheemse tuin op die oewer van...
Local cannabis and hemp industry stakeholders left ‘vulnerable’
Recent contradictory governmental regulations have left the local cannabis and hemp industries vulnerable. This is according to Nazeem Shaik,...
SU facilitators help clear alien vegetation at Bellville Park campus
A group of facilitators and students from Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Stellenbosch campus recently assisted in clearing invasive plant species...