{"id":599991,"date":"2026-05-23T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599991\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:38:14","slug":"century-of-conservation-work-at-risk-as-kirstenbosch-collections-decline-warn-plant-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599991\/","title":{"rendered":"Century of conservation work at risk as Kirstenbosch collections decline, warn plant groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ed_216617.jpeg\" alt=\"Following a recent Facebook post by James Deacon of the Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa, a long-term volunteer at Kirstenbosch, allegations of mismanagement and institutional decline at the iconic garden have sparked outrage among South Africa\u2019s horticultural community. \" height=\"719\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Following a recent Facebook post by James Deacon of the Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa, a long-term volunteer at Kirstenbosch, allegations of mismanagement and institutional decline at the iconic garden have sparked outrage among South Africa\u2019s horticultural community.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        Ziyaad Douglas\/Gallo Images\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a recent Facebook post by James Deacon of the Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa, a long-term&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[21322,4696,1397,204817,90,56,54,55,186536],"class_list":["post-599991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-cape-town","tag-conservation","tag-environment","tag-kirstenbosch-national-botanical-garden","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-western-cape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}