WINTER PHOTO ESSAY: Fields of dreams pay homage to South Africa’s floral kingdom

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Such is the varied topography of this beautiful and diverse country that winter means vastly different things to all who live here.

May 25, 2022

Fields of dreams pay homage to South Africa’s floral kingdom by Angus Begg, Daily Maverick May 25, 2022 Although shorts and swimming hold sway along much of KwaZulu-Natal’s coastline, the Highveld begins to shiver . The rain and relative cold of the Western Cape’s bleak winter holds the anticipated promise and beauty of spring and all it brings. As the throne of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, the Cederberg flaunts this promise.

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