Famous Johannesburg Botanical Garden,South Africa

 Johannesburg Botanical Garden Herbarium and Library:The Huguenot Memorial: A monument commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Hugenots in South Africa is located at the top of the rose garden. Library: The library has 1,421 and 1414 journals and pamphlets covering subjects such as taxonomy biodiversity morphology plant anatomy plant geography ethnobotany and landscaping. Herbarium: The herbarium houses 5,532 indigenous and exotic pressed plant specimens. Close by are the seed rooms that house seeds collected from parks in the City Johannesburg and are shared around the world. 

Herb garden: This garden contains herbs used in food preparation cosmetics and oil as well as a section for plants used as muti for African traditional medicine. Arboretum: This area has both indigenous and exotic trees from around the world and includes Californian Redwoods silver birches and English oaks though the park and arboretum itself has over 20,000 indigenous trees.

Portion of the Succulent Garden: This garden was opened in 2006 and designed with a desert outlook with more than 85 different species of succulents. There are also six glasshouses with South African and international succulents but are only open by appointment. Water feature fountain at the lower end of the rose garden in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens: Prior to the creation of the Botanical Gardens the park had a rose garden that was laid out in 1964 by curator Patric Chambers. The garden consists of seven sloping terraces of about 10,000 roses. New roses are planted in a bed each year. The garden has water features and fountains.

Shakespeare garden: With a circular a amphitheatre this Shakespeare Garden contains the different types of herbs mention in Shakespearean work with quotes attached to the labels Shakespearean events can be held there. 

History: The Johannesburg Botanical Garden lies on land that once made up the Braamfontein farm one of many large farms that make what is now Johannesburg and its suburbs. The farm has its origin back as for as 1853. The land was bought in 1886 by Lourens Geldenhuys for its mining rights as it was hoped that the Confidence Reef would extend into his farm but it did not. Land remained as a farm and by 1891 it was divided between his son's Frans and Louw where the brothers had already built two farm house.The Johannesburg Council had been approached with the suggestions for a botanical garden. The council would agree and in the Jan van Riebeeck Park with 81ha set aside.