We currently hold 105 botanical gardens on record across South Africa, covering all nine provinces. The largest concentrations are in Gauteng (26), Western Cape (22) and KwaZulu-Natal (9). Well-covered towns and suburbs include Cape Town, Randburg and Durban. We have a contact number for 68% of these entries and a website for 50%, so most can be checked before you travel.
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Showing 20 of 105 places we have on record in South Africa.
- Harold Porter National Botanical Gardensc/o Clarence Drive and, Broadwith Rd, Betty's Bay, Western Cape+27872609757 / Website / Directions
- Stellenbosch University Botanical GardenNeethling St &, Van Riebeeck St, Stellenbosch, Western Cape+27218083054 / Website / Directions
- Kirstenbosch National Botanical GardenRhodes Dr, Cape Town, Western Cape+27217998783 / Website / Directions
- KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden2 Zwartkop Rd, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal+27333443585 / Website / Directions
- Durban Botanic Gardens9A John Zikhali Rd, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal+27313224021 / Website / Directions
- Pretoria National Botanical Gardens2 Cussonia Ave, Tshwane, Gauteng+27120025201 / Website / Directions
- Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden108 Roux Rd, Worcester, Western Cape+27233470785 / Website / Directions
- Highveld Garden1 Sandrivier St, Sasolburg, Free State+27670351794 / Website / Directions
- Kwelera National Botanical GardenKwelera River Mouth, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape+27437370061 / Website / Directions
- Garden Route Botanical Garden49 Caledon St, George, Western Cape+27448741558 / Website / Directions
- Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenMalcolm Rd, Roodepoort, Gauteng+27797783851 / Website / Directions
- Old Nectar GardensJonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch, Western Cape+27609249335 / Website / Directions
- Free State Botanical Gardens, BloemfonteinRayton Rd off Dan Pienaar Drive, Bloemfontein+27514363530 / Website / Directions
- Lowveld National Botanical GardenOff White River Rd, Mbombela, Mpumalanga+27137525531 / Directions
- Thohoyandou National Botanical Garden451 Garden Route, Thohoyandou, Polokwane, Limpopo+27159624258 / Website / Directions
- Botanical GardensLucas Ave, Makhanda, Eastern Cape+27466038240 / Website / Directions
- Flower Haven Farm@ The Shed & Silo, 77 Thomas Rd, Benoni, Gauteng+27686089815 / Website / Directions
- JHB Botanical Gardens, Emmarentia DamOlifants Road, Randburg, Gauteng+27824677424 / Website / Directions
- Botanical Gardens Pietermaritzburg2 Zwartkop Rd, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal+27333443585 / Website / Directions
- Garden of St Christopher120 Ninth Rd, Sandton, Gauteng+27114471563 / Website / Directions
Listings come from the open Overture Maps Places dataset and are shown as recorded there. We are a directory, not the provider. Details change often, so please confirm by phone before you travel. We do not publish opening hours because our source does not carry verified hours.
We hold 105 matching entries in total. The list above shows the most complete records first, meaning those with a contact number and a street address, so you have something you can act on straight away.
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This page covers botanical gardens across South Africa, drawing on 105 recorded entries in 55 towns and suburbs. Use the list above to find something close to you, then confirm the details directly.
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This page covers botanical gardens across South Africa, drawing on 105 recorded entries in 55 towns and suburbs. Use the list above to find something close to you, then confirm the details directly.
Hours, Contact Details and Directions
We do not publish opening hours for individual botanical gardens. Our listing data comes from an open mapping dataset that does not carry verified trading hours, and publishing a guess would be worse than publishing nothing: you could drive to a closed door on the strength of it.
To confirm hours before you travel, phone the number shown on the listing, check the branch page on the operator’s own website, or look at the live “popular times” panel on the mapping service you use for directions. Hours in South Africa commonly differ on Sundays and public holidays, and many centres close earlier than their anchor tenants.
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We hold 105 matching entries for South Africa and show the most complete of them above, prioritising those with a contact number and a street address.
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