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Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

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Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
The reception area of the garden
LocationMalcolm Rd, Poortview, Roodepoort, South Africa
Coordinates26°5′20″S 27°50′41″E / 26.08889°S 27.84472°E / -26.08889; 27.84472
Area300 hectares (740 acres)
Elevation1504m
Created1982
Managed bySouth African National Biodiversity Institute
Open08h00-17h00 Daily
Camp sitesNo
Hiking trailsYes
WebsiteWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, is a 300 hectares (3.0 km2) botanical reserve in western Roodepoort near Johannesburg. It was formally established in 1982 as the Transvaal National Botanic Gardens, at which time it was the 14th of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens. It was opened to the public in 1987 as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens,[1] on the occasion of the handing over of some 120 ha of farm Roodekrans by the Krugersdorp Town Council for inclusion in the reserve.

Though one of the youngest of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens, the site has been popular with visitors for many decades before its proclamation. The garden has a restaurant, gift shop and bird hide overlooking a small dam. Up to March 2015 it operated a nursery which cultivated native South African plants. The Garden has been recognised as one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world.[2]

Witpoortjie Falls in Muldersdrif-se-Loop – a drop of some 70 meters down the Roodekrans[1]

The Roodekrans, marked by alternating layers of quartz and shale, forms a backdrop to the gardens, beyond which natural bankenveld vegetation is conserved.[1]

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Eagle breeding site

The first record of Verreaux's eagles at the site dates to the 1940s, though in all likelihood, they were present for many years prior. As of 2023 the garden is home to a young eagle pair, Makatsa and Mahlori, which has bred here since 2020 on a new nest.[3] Their nest is located about 100 metres from the older nest sites, in the vicinity of the waterfall over the Roodekrans ridge. Female Makatsa has been present since 2016 when female Emonyeni (some 45 years old) disappeared, and male Mahlori since 2019, when male Thulani disappeared. In June 2023 Makatsa and Mahlori started raising their fourth chick in four years, and being a young pair, are expected to continue breeding for another three decades or so.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Crewe, Dougie (12 September 2022). A SHORT HISTORY of the Verreaux's Black Eagle of Roodekrans, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, Roodepoort. South Africa: The Black Eagle Project Roodekrans (BEPR) Group.
  2. ^ "Best Botanical Gardens: 13 Stunning Arboretums Around The World". Huffington Post. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ van Zyl, Seugnet (7 June 2023). "Witkruisarende in botaniese tuin in Jhb kry nog 'n kuiken". Beeld. p. 1.

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