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Walkways in the artificial forest, consisting of indigenous and introduced African plants. The Lowveld National Botanical Garden, one of the nine National Botanical Gardens of South Africa is located just outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga at the confluence of the Crocodile River and Nels River, which are separated by an extensive promontory. [1]
The differences in climate are demonstrated by comparing the capital, Mbombela, which is in the Lowveld, with Belfast, which is an hour away on the Highveld: Mbombela averages: January maximum: 29 °C (min: 19 °C), July maximum: 23 °C (min: 6 °C), annual precipitation: 767 mm
Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River , the city lies about 110 km (68 mi) by road west of the Mozambique border, 330 km (210 mi) east of Johannesburg and 82 km (51 mi) north of the Eswatini border.
Lowveld National Botanical Garden – Botanical garden near Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa; Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden – Botanical garden in Pretoria, South Africa; North-West University Botanical Garden – Botanical Garden on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University
In Riverside, the R40 meets the southern terminus of the R37 road and bypasses the Lowveld National Botanical Garden before passing under the Mbombela Northern Bypass (N4 national route; Maputo Corridor) and leaving Mbombela towards the north-east. [1]
Grahamstown grew rapidly to become the second-largest city in South Africa after Cape Town until 1930. The early 1860s saw the development of more schools, the botanical gardens, and the Eastern District Supreme Court was established. In 1864, a full parliamentary session was held in Grahamstown, instead of Cape Town.
The area in which the botanical garden stands today was formerly the location of the Woodlands Drive-In restaurant, the city's first drive-in restaurant, and the Agri-Horticultural Society. [3] In April 1962, the Agri-Horticultural Society sub-leased the 18-acre land to hotelier K. Krishna Rau, who started the Woodlands Drive-in Hotel on 15 ...
The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre (0.8 km 2) arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa located at the upper end of Mānoa Valley in Hawaiʻi. Much of the Arboretum's botanical collection consists of an artificial lowland tropical rainforest with numerous trails and small water features.