{"product_id":"south-africa-gauteng-pretoria-national-botanical-gardens","title":"Pretoria National Botanical Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou walk through seventy-six hectares of cultivated and natural landscapes at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens, where a ridge divides the garden into warmer northern and cooler southern sections. The Dassie Trail follows this ridge for an hour’s walk past rock hyraxes and wild apricot trees. In spring, tree wisterias and September bells flower; in winter, aloes bloom where most other plants are dormant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe garden has two cafes: Milkplum serves coffee and light lunches under shade trees near a waterfall, while African Pride Cafe overlooks the wetland from a deck. The Medicinal Garden displays plants used in traditional Ndebele medicine, and the Water Wise Garden demonstrates drought-resistant planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wrought-iron gate named for aloe expert Gilbert Reynolds stands near the visitor center, though the entrance is now elsewhere. The garden opened to the public in 1984 after decades as a research facility. Frost whitens the lawns in winter, but days warm to eighteen degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932164260060,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/pretoria-national-botanical-gardens-botanical-garden-brummeria-pretoria-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783186494","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-gauteng-pretoria-national-botanical-gardens","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}