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__NOTOC__ The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden (''previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden'') is a botanical reserve in
Roodepoort Roodepoort is a town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical g ...
near
Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
. Formally established in 1982, it is one of the youngest of
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
's National Botanical Gardens, but the site where it is located has been popular with visitors for many decades before that. The garden is home to a well known pair of
Verreaux's eagle Verreaux's eagle (''Aquila verreauxii'') is a large, mostly African, bird of prey. It is also called the black eagle, especially in southern Africa, not to be confused with the Indian black eagle (''Ictinaetus malayensis''), which lives far to t ...
s that nest in the Roodekrans ridge which intersects the reserve. The garden has a restaurant, gift shop and nursery which sells South African native plants (the nursery closed March 2015). The Garden has been recognised as one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world.


See also

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List of botanical gardens in South Africa This list of botanical gardens in South Africa is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in South Africa. See also * Protected areas of South Africa * List of botanical gardens * List of tourist attractions wo ...


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South African National Biodiversity Institute

Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden Homepage
* Parks in Johannesburg Botanical gardens in South Africa {{garden-stub