Shirley Pierce

Briza Publications author Shirley Pierce, PhD is a plant ecologist and science communication consultant. Shirley has researched and published across a wide range of fields, from estuarine to fynbos systems. Currently she directs communication for invasive alien plant...

Sharon Walker

Being primarily a high school teacher, author Sharon Walker only became interested in all things gardening related after her children were born. This love affair blossomed and whilst the children were still very young, Sharon then qualified as a garden designer...

Sean Patrick

Briza Publications author Sean Patrick has spent most of his life in close proximity to nature. He was schooled in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and then studied agriculture at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (UK). After a brief stint in farming, his love of...

Saartjie Kidson

Briza Publications author Saartjie Kidson is an avid outdoor person and fanatical bird watcher as well as the Founder of the Naboomspruit Bird Club. She likes to travel to far places for rare and elusive birds of the world and to study the trees and butterflies of the...

Roger Fisher

Briza Publications author Roger Fisher is a Professor of Architecture in the Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria. His interest in the genus Clivia is as a hobbyist and as an aspect of cultural heritage. He is a member of the Clivia Society and he...

Richard Dean

Briza Publications author Richard Dean is an ornithologist with a strong interest in biogeography, particularly in the effects of historical and present land use changes on the distributions of birds. He has worked in the field in Angola, Cabinda, Namibia, Zimbabwe...