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Free State National Botanical Garden; Type: Botanical garden: Location: Bloemfontein: Coordinates: Area: 70 hectares (170 acres) Established: 1965; 59 years ago () Administered by: South African National Biodiversity Institute: Hiking trails: 4: Species: 400: Website: Free State National Botanical Garden - SANBI
The garden is wedged between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng, and flanks a central rocky ridge that runs from east to west. The 76 hectares (0.76 km 2 ) garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
Its main attractions are the Wonderboom (Afrikaans for "Marvel tree") near the reserve entrance in Lavender street and the derelict Fort Wonderboompoort on the crest of the Magaliesberg, that was constructed towards the end of the nineteenth century, during the Second Boer War. The latter is reached by following the steep, paved walkway that ...
SANBI was established on 1 September 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004. [3] Previously, in 1989, the autonomous statutory National Botanical Institute (NBI) had been formed from the National Botanic Gardens and the Botanical Research Institute, which had been founded in the early 20th century to study and conserve the South African flora.
Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, South Africa, near the Lesotho border.It covers an area of 340 km 2 (130 sq mi). [1] The park's most notable features are its golden, ochre, and orange-hued, deeply eroded sandstone cliffs and outcrops, [2] especially the Brandwag rock. [3]
The N8 runs east/west connecting Bloemfontein to Kimberley and Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. Bloemfontein is also the northern end of the N6 road heading roughly southwards to the port of East London. There are also two two-digit R routes: the R64, which is the old road to Kimberley, via Dealesville and Boshof. It ends at the N1.
This is a list of suburbs in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, which includes the city of Pretoria and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs.Pretoria/Tshwane is divided into 7 regions [1] namely Pretoria North, Far North, Central Western, Southern, Pretoria Far East, Eastern, Bronkhorstspruit. [2]
Trees are a central landscape feature of the botanical gardens. Height: 1: 35 m 2: 37 m 3: 35 m Stem size: 1: 4.89 m 2: 5.59 m 3: 3.27 m Crown size: 1: 28.7 m 2: 33.9 m 3: 26.7 m 287 (Tree 2) KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Gardens, Pietermaritzburg, Kwa-Zulu Natal 17 Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River red gum)