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Old Mutual presents
JASON HARTMAN
8 August 2010


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Old Mutual presents
WATERSHED
18 July 2010


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Old Mutual presents
ZEBRA & GIRAFFE
07 June 2010


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Old Mutual presents
MOTHERS DAY
with the KZNPO
09 May 2010


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Old Mutual presents
MANGO GROOVE
with supporting act
John Ellis
11 April 2010


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FRIENDS OF THE
DURBAN BOTANIC
GARDENS


The Friends and the Trust are committed to finding new and innovative ways to fundraise to ensure that the Durban Botanic Gardens continue to be a centre of excellence for all things horticultural as well as an important tourist attraction and a place of peace and tranquillity for the citizens of Durban. Click here to read more...


MAN UP A TREE
Play by Ellis Pearson

Date: 4 September 2010 (Saturday)
Venue: Durban Botanic Gardens Amphitheatre
Time: 10:30 – 12:30 pm

The Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department (EPCPD), eThekwini Municipality has teamed up with renowned theatre icon Ellis Pearson to put together a theatre production, called Man up a Tree, which highlights the importance of biodiversity and the role that we as individuals can play in preserving what we have.

We look forward to seeing you there – entry is FREE!

Don’t forget to bring your picnic lunch!

Please contact Lungi Ndlovu on 031 3117477 or ndlovulungi@durban.gov.za if you have any queries

For the PDF downloadable invitation, please click here


OLD MUTUAL MUSIC AT THE LAKE
with Theuns Jordaan
Sunday 19 September 2010 2:30pm

When Theuns Jordaan performs for the first time at the Old Mutual Music at the Lake Concert Series, he will also be the first Afrikaans artist to perform in the Durban Botanic Gardens. Click here to learn more...



 

DOWNLOAD OUR LATEST MAP TO THE GARDENS

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER:
031 3224000


Please Note: The St Thomas Road gate access to the Gardens will be closed on weekends.
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VISITORS COMPLEX

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


Masdevallia coccinea


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...


EDUCATION

Botanic gardens across the globe have developed innovative informal, hands-on learning programmes that enable people to connect plants to their everyday lives. A botanic gardens is the ideal outdoor living classroom to learn about plants and their connection to people and life on our planet.

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