National Botanical Gardens
Last Updated on Monday, 15 March 2010 09:27 Written by Helga McLeod Monday, 01 March 2010 11:05
South African holidays - sights and activities - National Botanical Gardens
South Africa is famous for the annual Namaqualand wildflower spectacle, its general wealth in plants and beautiful gardens. All 8 National Botanical Gardens shows South Africa's natural beauty at its best.
National Botanical Gardens in South Africa
Free State NBG, Bloemfontein, Free State
Harold Porter NBG - Betty's Bay, Overberg
Karoo Desert NBG - Worcester, Western Cape
Kirstenbosch NBG - Cape Town
KwaZulu-Natal NBG, Pietermaritzburg
Lowveld NBG - Nelspruit, Lowveld
Pretoria NBG - Tshwane, Gauteng
Walter Sisulu NBG - Roodepoort, Gauteng
Special Gardens in South Africa
Old Nectar, Stellenbosch, Western Cape
The Owl House - Nieu-Bethesda
Wildekrans Country House - Houw Hoek
Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre, De Wildt
Gardens of the Lost City, Sun City
Kirstenbosch Gardens - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden - an educational 'mixed' garden of indigenous and exotic specimens with protea, tropical aquatics and orchids, succulents, cacti and insectivores.
Sheilam Cactus Garden, Robertson, Western Cape
Soekershof - Roberson, Western Cape
Open Gardens of Elgin and Grabouw - Western Cape
Brenthurst Gardens - Johannesburg, Gauteng
Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden - belonging to the University of Pretoria's West campus, it hosts thousands of indigenous plant species including a monocot garden and cycad collection.
Stellenbosch University Botanic Garden Stellenbosch, Western Cape
Vergelegen Garden, Western Cape
Other South African Gardens
The Company's Garden
Address: Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town (at the top end of Adderley Street)
Office Hours: 07:30 - 16:00
Summer: 07:00 - 19:00
Winter: 07:00 - 18:00
Durbanville Rose Garden
Address: Durban Road, Durbanville, Cape Town
Opening hours: Sunrise to Sunset
Arderne Gardens
Address: Main Road, Claremont, Cape Town
Opening hours: 08:00 - 16:30
Wynberg Park
Address: Corner of Klaasens and Trovato Link Roads, Wynberg, Cape Town
Summer: 08:00 - 19:00
Winter: 08:00 - 18:00
Maynardville Park
Address: Corner of Church and Wolfe Streets, Wynberg, Cape Town
Summer: 08:00 - 19:00
Winter: 08:00 - 18:00
Greenways Hotel Garden
Address: Claremont.
Leave the airport and get on to the N2 highway to Cape Town
Take the Muizenberg M3 turn-off (not the Muizenberg M5)
For more information on gardening in South Africa visit www.gardeningeden.co.za
Wild Flower sites:
Namaqualand
National Botanical Gardens of Kirstenbosch, Cape Town
Skilpad Reserve in Kamieskroon
Postberg Reserve, West Coast
Hester Malan Wild Flower Reserve - part of the Goegap Nature Reserve in Springbok.
Travelling during spring for the Namaqualand wildflowers are a spectacle tourists flock to South Africa for. Fields of colourful flowers stretches as far as they eye can see. Make sure you find your ideal holiday accommodation with Travel South Africa Informed while planning your Namaquand Wildflower trip.
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