Most trees are easy to spot if you look for suitable trees in the right places! This is the key to the bestselling, classic Sappi Tree Spotting ser...

This edition of Sappi Tree Spotting KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape has been updated and revised with the changing of Family groupings. The book wil...

The African Baobab is a revised and expanded edition of a book originally published in 2007.In this absorbing and inspired account of one of the co...

Discover the wonders at the centre of our planet's ecosystem.In ten short and accessible essays, science and nature writer Carolyn Fry takes us on ...

A beautifully illustrated guide to 75 of the most unique and fascinating mushrooms in the world, including interesting insight into their history, ...

A captivatingly informative and visually beautiful survey of the tree species - from all over the world - that human cultures have found most usefu...

We've become used to thinking of plants as things for us to use: as food, tools, resources, or just as an attractive background to our own lives. ...

Medicinal Plants of East Africa is the first photographically illustrated guide to showcase the most important healing plants of the region. The bo...

For centuries, carnivorous plants have fascinated and mystified all who encounter them. Quite naturally it is a special thrill to grow these wonder...

'My favourite book of the year' - Kate Humble, Radio Times'This is a book for literary connoisseurs, fact-lovers and environmentalists. In short, i...

A timeless treasury of more than 100 stories from the incredible kingdom of plants, told by author and nature expert Ben Hoare.Plants are found alm...

Proteas are South Africa’s wildflower celebrities: the King Protea is emblazoned on the National Coat of Arms and gives its name to the country’s c...

Ericas come in an astonishing array of sizes, shapes and colours. Some 760 species, many of them found nowhere else, occur in the Cape Floristic re...

Tucked away in the southwestern corner of the Eastern Cape lies a narrow valley, flanked by the Baviaanskloof and Kouga mountain ranges. Named afte...

This book describes and illustrates 80 of the larger, more conspicuous and charismatic tree species likely to be seen while travelling in the Kruge...

The secret world of trees is revealed in this beautiful and absorbing guide to the giants of the plant worldTrees have been a part of human history...

The really easy way to learn how to paint flowers in watercolour! Using a simple ten-step process, learn how to draw a basic outline starting wi...

With the surging interest in foraging for mushrooms, those new to the art need a reliable guide to distinguishing the safe fungi from the toxic. Bu...

This is a guide to wild flowers in the summer rainfall area, describing over 2100 species from subtropical coastal dunes to mountain peaks, with th...

Aquatic and Wetland Plants of southern Africa is the most comprehensive identification guide to the aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. ...

SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025From celebrated writer Robert Ma...

‘Extraordinary’ ANNE APPLEBAUM‘Thrilling . . . a record of an infatuation’ TELEGRAPH‘The book of a lifetime’ ELIF SHAFAK‘The North Pole proves to b...

Fun fact: Author Charles Griffiths has named marine species after his two children:  Mathamelia and Leminda millecra. Did you know that limpets gro...

High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago. Called the Burgess Shale, it holds the remains of an ancient...

I wonder what tree that is' - if this thought has ever occurred to you in the Kruger National Park, this book is intended for you. Virtually no vis...

Agricultural production is under threat from both indigenous and alien weeds and our entire ecosystem is now being seriously threatened by these al...

Where will you look for the biggest, tallest or most corpulent trees in South Africa, or trees that have witnessed major events in the country’s hi...

This photographic guide describes and illustrates more than 330 different species of commercially important flowers, foliages and potted flowers. T...

These natural history guides have been developed to encourage young people and anyone with a budding interest in natural history to learn about the...

This series of natural history field guides has been developed in the hope that young people and anyone with a budding interest in natural history ...

Flora's orchids is a guide to the world's orchids. Descriptions include information on the type of plant, temperature requirements, ideal aspect, a...

This scientifically accurate guide is aimed at assisting gardeners and horticulturalists to identify commonly used succulent and rockery species fr...