The Visitors
complex consists of a Gift shop, Information Office, Administration
offices, the NBS Education Centre
and a boardroom, surrounded by an indigenous garden. There are
also ramps and ablution facilities to accommodate the disabled.
To learn more, click here...
PLANT COLLECTIONS
The Durban
Botanic Gardens is proud of its orchid collection and the
orchid display house, which is open free of charge throughout
the year. To see some of the interesting and spectacular
orchids that flowered for us in the past year, click
here...
or to read more about our Palms & Bromelliads collections,
click here...
CLIMATE
CHANGE ACTION EVENING
Fri 3 Oct – 5.30pm
Durban Botanic Gardens Visitors Complex
Join
us for an informative interactive presentation and discussion
at the Durban Botanic Gardens, when we delve into the
concerns and what can be done about the issue of global
warming and climate change. To learn more, click
here...
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The Natal
Orchid Society will be having its annual Spring Show at the Durban
Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre on the weekend of 6 and 7 September
2008. The show will be open to the public on both days from 09h30
- 15h30. Click here to learn more...
Indigenous
Plants & Gardening
Thursday, 11 September 2008
A talk by Geoff Nichols
An appropriate selection of indigenous plants provides a range
of “timed food layers” in the garden to attract birds,
butterflies and a host of other living creatures. Read more about
this talk by clicking here...
Rico's educational
fun show
SWITCH OFF THE LIGHT!
Through
story-telling, magical routines and intelligent humour the important
message of how to conserve water and electricity is the message
in this wonderful kiddies show. To learn more, click
here...
“Mountain of the Midnight
Sun”
Tues 11 Nov 7:00pm
Read
More
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Friends Of
The
Durban Botanic Gardens
Silver Gilt
Again!! City of Durban Exhibit at the 2008 RHS Chelsea
Flower Show
The
moment of triumph for Durban Botanic Gardens represented by
Chris Dalzell. Here he is pictured with HRM Queen Elizabeth
II. To learn more, click here...
The
Greedy Hamerkop
This
greedy Hamerkop was recently spotted at the Lake Area - having
caught more than he could manage! He struggled for about 10
minutes trying to swallow the slightly-too-large fish he had
caught - but finally managed it! To learn more, click
here...
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