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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.
Transvaal independence reinstated with Pretoria as capital. [3] 1884 Kruger House built. 1886 Melrose House built. [1] 1892 Raadsaal (Transvaal parliament) rebuilt. [3] State Museum founded focusing mostly on Natural History. [3] Burgers Park laid out as the city's first botanical gardens. [4] 1896; city plan, 1895. Staats Model School built. 1897
Garden Province Date established Coordinates Notes Makana Botanical Gardens: Eastern Cape: 1853: 1]: Free State National Botanical Garden: Free State: 1967: Johannesburg Botanical Garden
Burgers Park is a park located in the center of Pretoria, South Africa. Founded in the 1870s as a botanical garden, it covers four acres and has been declared a South African National Monument. It is named for Thomas François Burgers, fourth president of the South African Republic. A statue of President Burgers stands in the park.
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 ...
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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.
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