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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.
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.
Robert Allen Dyer (21 September 1900 in Pietermaritzburg – 26 October 1987 in Johannesburg) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of Bothalia and Flowering Plants of Africa and holding the office of Director of the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria from 1944 to 1963.
June: Pretoria National Botanical Garden established in the east of the city. Population: 167,649 city; 244,496 urban agglomeration. [10] 1948 Groenkloof suburb established. [9] Catholic Vicariate of Pretoria established. Clapham High School was founded. 1949 Hercules becomes part of Pretoria. [9] Voortrekker Monument erected. [1] Die ...
Pretoria National Botanical Garden, a botanical garden containing a massive collection of native flora. The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, the premier zoological gardens of South Africa. Church Square, the historical governmental centre of the South African Republic. Union Buildings, the executive branch of the South African ...
Cythna Letty. Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1 January 1895, in Standerton – 3 May 1985, in Pretoria), was a South African botanical artist and is regarded as a doyenne of South African botanical art by virtue of the quality and quantity of her meticulously executed paintings and pencil sketches, produced over a period of 40 years with the National Herbarium in Pretoria.
The Groenkloof Nature Reserve, located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria, was the first game sanctuary in Africa. The reserve of 600 ha is managed by the Department of Nature Conservation. The National Heritage Monument is located within the reserve.
Arderne Gardens, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape 39 Agathis robusta (Queensland kauri) Arderne Kauri One of the largest and oldest trees in Arderne Gardens. [b] Height: 27.7 m Stem size: 4.94 m Crown size: 26.6 m & 26.3 m 179 Arderne Gardens, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape 40 Eucalyptus diversicolor (Karri gum) "Brackenhill Gum Trees"