- Where to find: South Africa, Durban, 70 St Thomas Rd;
- Website: durbanbotanicgardens.org.za;
- Phone: +27 31 322 4000
One of the oldest gardens in Africa are the Botanical Gardens in Durban , broken in 1849.
Initially, experimental sites functioned as experimental sites for the cultivation of crops, used as food supplies by the colonists of Natal. Here cultivated sugar cane, breadfruit, acacia, several species of eucalyptus.
Today, the area occupied by gardens is 15 hectares, on which about 100 thousand species of plants are cultivated. For example, in the Garden of Bromeliads and the House of Orchids, there are more than 130 species of palm trees, many species and subspecies of orchids. These plants are not typical for the African climate, however, the Botanical Gardens in Durban are not the habitat only for specimens that have come here from other countries.
Gardens "Durban" have their own logo, which depicts the endangered plant - South African encephalertos. The symbolism appeared when the curator of the gardens was a self-taught botanist - John Medley Wood, who discovered an unusual plant.
Helpful information
Botanical gardens in Durban are open for visits daily. Opening hours in summer: from 07:30 to 17:15 hours. In the winter season from 07:30 to 17:30. Free admission.
You can get to the gardens on the city taxi or on your own. To do this, you need to rent a car and move along the coordinates: 29.840115 ° S and 30.998896 ° E.
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