ON OUR COFFEE TABLE

Page through three beautifully South African coffee table books that celebrate various parts of our culture and lifestyle.

- MECAYLA MASEKA

GROOTBOS FLORILEGIUM (Quivertree Publications)

Tucked into the southern tip of Africa lies one of the richest floral regions on Earth: the Cape Floral Kingdom. In Grootbos Florilegium, this rare biodiversity is captured not with a camera, but with brush, pencil and ink. More than 120 original botanical artworks from 44 artists bloom across the pages.

This book blends art, science and storytelling. Alongside meticulously illustrated flora are pollinators mid-flight, earthy archaeological fragments and the delicate fingerprints of the artists themselves, with colour swatches, sketches and thoughts scribbled in the margins.

Bound in hardcover elegance with cloth spine and foiled detailing,