|
Showing 1 - 2 of
2 matches in All Departments
Dit is omrede sy fynbos – die smalblaar-, struikagtige plantegroei
van die streek – dat die suidwestelike en suid-Kaap benoem is as
een van die wereld se ses planteryke: Die Kaapse blommeryk. Met 'n
opervlakte van minder as 90 000 vierkante kilometer is dit die
kleinste planteryk ter wereld. Tog is dit die tuiste van 8 600
plantspesies, waarvan 5 000 nerens elders voorkom nie. Fynbos is 'n
vermenging van vier plantsoorte: Protea-struike, heideagtige
erikas, rietagtige restio’s en 'n verskeidenheid bolplante. In die
Kaapse blommeryk groei 69 van die wereld se 112 proteas, 526 van sy
740 erikas en onder sy bolplante word 96 van die wereld se 160
gladiolusspesies aangetref. Op sy eie spog Tafeberg met byna 1 500
fynbosspesies. Met Fynbosfeetjies bring Antjie Krog en Fiona
Moodie, wat albei gereeld op die hange van Tafelberg gaan stap,
hulde aan een van die natuurwonders van die wereld. Antjie,
geinspireer deur Cicely Mary Barker se A world of flower fairies,
het die bal aan die rol gesit deur verse te skryf oor verskillende
blomplante wat deur minstens een denkbeeldige wesentjie bewoon
word. Fiona het elke plant, insek en gediertetjie wat in hierdie
boek afgebeeld is, nagevors. Die feetjies en ander droomwesentjies
is haar eie skepings, maar die blomme, gogas en diertjies het sy by
die natuur afgekyk en noukeurig nageteken.
It is for its fynbos – fine-leaved, shrub-like vegetation – that
the southwestern and southern Cape has been named one of the
world’s six plant kingdoms: The Cape floral kingdom. At less than
90 000 square kilometres, it is the smallest floral kingdom on
earth. Yet it is home to 8 600 plant species, some 5 000 of which
occur nowhere else in the world. Fynbos is a mixture of four plant
types: Protea shrubs, heath-like ericas, reed-like restios and
different bubous plants. The Cape floral kingdom contains 69 of the
world’s 112 proteas, 526 of its 740 ericas and, among bubous
plants, 96 of the world’s 160 gladiolus species. Table Mountain
alone boasts almost 1 500 fynbos species. With Fynbos fairies,
Antjie Krog and Fiona Moodie, both of whom regularly walk on the
slopes of Table Mountain, pay homage to one of the natural wonders
of the world. Inspired by Cicely Mary Barker’s A world of flower
fairies, Antjie began the process by writing poems that each
featured a plant and at least one imaginary little being. Fiona
meticulously researched the features of each plant, insect and
little animal depicted in these pages. The fairies and other
imaginary beings in these pages are her own creations, but the
flowers and creatures she copied from nature.
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.