© Walter Knirr / City of Johannesburg Emmarentia DamJohannesburg Botanic Garden is located in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg, west of Emmarentia Dam, about 6 km from the old CBD. The Botanic Garden is at the northern edge of the very large Jan van Riebeeck Park.
Established in 1968, the gardens cover 125 hectares and are arranged thematically. There is a noted Rose Garden with around 10,000 roses, a Shakespeare Garden (a garden that cultivates plants mentioned in the plays and poems of William Shakespeare), a Herb Garden, a Succulent Garden, a Herbarium and a Cycad Garden.
Other facilities include a restaurant and a Wedding Chapel - as the Botanic Garden is a popular backdrop for Joburg's newly-weds as well as hundreds of dog-walkers and weekend picnickers.
There are some 2,500 specimens of succulents and over 20,000 indigenous trees in the gardens. In the summer the Botanic Garden plays hosts to a series of Sunset Concerts.
Upmarket hotels in Joburg's northern suburbs aimed at the business traveler include the Hilton Sandton at 138 Rivonia Road, the Protea Balalaika Sandton Hotel at 20 Maude Street, the luxurious Sandton Sun & Towers Intercontinental on the corner of Fifth Street and Alice Lane and the soaring Michelangelo Towers Hotel at 8 Maude Street.
Johannesburg Botanic Garden
Olifants Road
Emmarentia
Johannesburg
2195
Tel: 011 782 7064
Johannesburg Botanic Garden is west of the M71 and south of the M30.
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