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NEWS SA flowers win gold at Chelsea ... again F or the 35th time in 42 years, the SA National Biodiversity Institute's exhibit at the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show in London has been awarded a gold medal. F rom page 6 presenter hailing from Namibia, he will discuss wire worm in small stock. K Dr Brylene Chitsunge is an internationally acclaimed expert and facilitator and a tireless advocate for farmers in South Africa. She will discuss the challenges facing small scale farmers. K Dr Chris van Dijk - Brucellosis is rampant at present and he will discuss this. Kobus Mulder will also talk to cheese-makers about the And, in an additional accolade, the display was also awarded the President's Award. Designers David Davidson and Ray Hudson, and a team of Sanbi staff based at entries in the 2017 SA Dairy Championships and how to improve their products. There will be practical demonstrations of hoof- cutting and de-horning as well. A number of local farmers will have their products on display. These will include dairy products, meat products and leather goods. And, there will be displays by a number of concerns offering goods and services required by the dairy sector. They vary from animal feed, animal Kirstenbosch in Cape Town, put together the exhibit, which is circular in shape with the theme Windows on Biodiversity. The exhibit , set against a photographic backdrop of the DAIRY DAY medicine, cheese-making requisites, banks, real estate agents, solar heating and so on. There will be food on sale, and rusks and warm bever- ages free on arrival. Booking is essential to help with the catering. Google the venue, Belnori Boutique Cheesery on Google Maps. The day starts at 0930 for 1000. For more information email Rina Belcher at [email protected] 9 www.sasmallholder.co.za Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden , is a rich and varied display of plants that represent all ten of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens: Free State, Hantam, Harold Porter, Karoo Desert, Kirstenbosch, Kwelera, Lowveld, KwaZulu-Natal, Continued on page 10