Baobab seeds germinated – what now?
How to take care of little baobabs: Baobabs are frugal plants you will enjoy for a long time if you care fort hem properly. They grow very well in pots Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Heike Pander
Mesh wire fence covers ancient baobab tree
The November sun burns down intensely from the sky. Temperatures reach 40° C and more in the shade during the day. Even at night no cooling down is to be Continue Reading →
Baobab scent: how do baobab flowers smell?
Every year at the beginning of the rainy season a very special spectacle of a silent kind takes place in the baobab kingdom. Dangling down from long strings baobab flowers Continue Reading →
Aaron’s baobab secret
Under a sky densely covered with clouds I navigate our vehicle through deep puddles of water that fill almost the entire road. If I didn’t know better, I would say Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard of male and female baobabs?
Yes, one can get curious information while walking the winding paths of life. At least every now and then. It so happened during one of my trips with Dr. Sarah Continue Reading →
A Baobab Guardian’s success story
We’re on our way to Mukovha wa Bale to meet Baobab Guardian Evelina Tshitete. Along with Dr. Sarah Venter of the Baobab Foundation and Noemie Bauer, I would like to Continue Reading →
Baobab leaves: growing in spring
The days are getting longer and my baobabs enjoy the sunshine on their windowsill in the living room. More daylight and the warmth bring out fresh green baobab leaves. Little Continue Reading →
Uses of Baobab in the Zambezi Province
Eustace Libulelo talks about baobab uses in his home near the Bwabwata Nationalpark in Namibia. In the heart of the Kawango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) we get to a Continue Reading →
Baobabs in the KAZA TFCA
The Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is a vast sanctuary covering more than 500,000 km². It expands over five national borders in southern Africa. As luck would have it, Continue Reading →
Baobab, the tree of life
The penultimate day of my “Wilderness Adventure” has dawned. We are out on another hiking trip in Mashatu in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana. Our guide and instructor is Continue Reading →
Watering Baobabs – How to to do it properly
Your “baobab adventure” starts with the successful germination of the baobab seeds you planted. It is crucial for the little saplings to survive the first three months – until they Continue Reading →
Visiting a Baobab Guardian
Today is a special day as we visit Martha Kwerana at her house in Zwigodini village in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. We were here at the very same Continue Reading →