{"product_id":"south-africa-western-cape-garden-route-botanical-garden","title":"Garden Route Botanical Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou walk through sixteen hectares of indigenous garden at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains, where fynbos, forest and wetland ecosystems meet. The Garden Route Botanical Garden was established in 1998 to conserve the region's flora, and its trails now wind past the Van Kervel Dam — built in 1812 to supply George with water, and still holding water today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Southern Cape Herbarium occupies a building donated to the garden in 2001, housing preserved plant specimens for study. A nursery grows indigenous plants for the garden's own use and for sale. The grounds include a bird hide, a medicinal plant spiral, and the wheelchair-accessible Mushroom Meander trail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicnic lawns spread under the trees, and the gazebo area hosts concerts. The garden's position against the mountains means you look up at slopes still wild beyond the fence. The original water furrows from 1812 remain visible in places, now part of the landscape they once fed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Africa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51932468281564,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/8256\/8156\/files\/garden-route-botanical-garden-botanical-garden-camphers-drift-george-south-africa-01.webp?v=1783203269","url":"https:\/\/murmurgo.com\/products\/south-africa-western-cape-garden-route-botanical-garden","provider":"Murmurgo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}