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Durban Botanic Gardens
The new entrance to Durban Botanic Garden
The new entrance to Durban Botanic Garden
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TypeBotanical
LocationDurban, South Africa
Coordinates29°50′48″S 31°00′24″E / 29.84667°S 31.00667°E / -29.84667; 31.00667
Area15 hectares
Opened1851
Websitewww.durbanbotanicgardens.org.za

The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens.[1] The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares (37 acres)[2] in a subtropical climate.

  1. ^ McCracken, Donal P. (1996). A New History of the Durban Botanic Gardens. Durban Parks Department. ISBN 9780958412513.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Visitor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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