Pretoria National Botanical Garden

Pretoria National Botanical Garden
The cycad garden in the Pretoria National Botanical Garden
The cycad garden in the Pretoria National Botanical Garden
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TypeBotanical
LocationPretoria, Gauteng
Coordinates25°44′19″S 28°16′24″E / 25.73861°S 28.27333°E / -25.73861; 28.27333
Area76 hectares (0.76 km2)
Created1946; 78 years ago (1946)
FounderRobert Allen Dyer
Operated bySouth African National Biodiversity Institute
OpenDaily
Websitewww.sanbi.org/gardens/pretoria
Pretoria National Botanical Garden is located in South Africa
Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Pretoria National Botanical Garden (South Africa)
Pretoria National Botanical Garden is located in Gauteng
Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Pretoria National Botanical Garden (Gauteng)
Plaque commemorating the founder of the garden, Dr R. A. Dyer

The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is one of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens.[1] 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 km2) garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.[2]

  1. ^ Oldfield, Sara (2007). Great Botanic Gardens of the World. New Holland. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-84537-593-5.
  2. ^ "NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN Pretoria, South Africa". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.