# Stellenbosch University is mourning the death of renowned botanist and curator of the university’s botanical garden, Donovan Kirkwood. He died after a fall in the Jonkershoek mountains during a conservation trip on Tuesday. Kirkwood was surveying critically endangered plant species with CapeNature and Cambridge University officials, working to save the critically endangered Penaea formosa plant. The university described him as a devoted botanist and visionary who transformed the garden into a hub for conserving rare Cape flora.
Tributes pour in for Stellenbosch botanist Donovan Kirkwood after fatal fall in Jonkershoek mountains