{"product_id":"south-africa-kwazulu-natal-durban-botanic-gardens","title":"Durban Botanic Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou walk through fifteen hectares of botanic gardens in Durban, the oldest surviving in Africa. Established in 1849, the gardens hold collections of cycads, palms, and orchids — some specimens planted when the garden was new. The Tropical Display House shows orchids from more than seventy-five genera, grown in shade houses nearby and rotated for display. The cycad collection includes Encephalartos woodii, a species now extinct in the wild, brought here from Ngoye forest in the early 1900s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaths wind past a lake formed by a spring, where aquatic birds gather, and through an arboretum of trees over a hundred years old. The Sunken Garden, built in the 1930s by unemployed workers during the Great Depression, keeps its English style with annuals and perennials. A butterfly habitat garden, planted to attract local species, sits under a dome near the lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou can join a guided tour by golf cart, or bring a picnic to spread on the lawns. The gardens are open daily; the coffee stand at the visitor complex serves takeaway drinks. The oldest palm in the garden dates to 1873.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932162785500,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/durban-botanic-gardens-botanical-garden-berea-durban-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783186286","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-kwazulu-natal-durban-botanic-gardens","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}