Garden

Owing to the efforts of Dr GC Nel, professor of Botany at the time, the University Council allocated the current site for the Botanical Garden in 1922.

Dr Hans Herre was appointed as the first curator of the garden in 1925.

The main purpose of the garden is educational and therefore it contains both indigenous and exotic plants. One or more plant groups are always being cultivated for taxonomic research under the watchful eye of skilled lecturers.

As the garden encompasses 1,8 hectares only, it has to focus mainly on miniature plants such as succulents, herbs, dwarf shrubs, bonsai and pot plants, and it is therefore possible to view quite a large variety of plant species per hectare.

1) Office 2) Biobuild 3) Toilets 4) Plantsales 5) Tropical House 6) Succulent House 1 7) Succulent House 2 8) Orchid House 9) Olives 10) Aquatic Plants

11) Japanese Garden 12) Fernery 1 13) Ginger 14) Fountains 15) Fernery 2 16) Bonsai 17) Restaurant 18) Cape Flora 19) Asteraceae

20) Rockery 21) Palmae 22) Medicinal Plants 23) Herb Garden 24) Arboretum 25) Bromeliaceae 26) Bulbs 27) Reeds 28) Rose Garden