# Parks and zoos in Pretoria / Tshwane — Citylit

Discover parks & zoos in Pretoria / Tshwane: Pretoria National Botanical Garden. Find addresses, photographs and source links.

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Latest source check: 2026-10-12

## Places

### Pretoria National Botanical Garden

Indigenous gardens, woodland paths and a rocky ridge east of the city.

- City: Pretoria / Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa
- Category: Parks & zoos
- Address: 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/pretoria/parks-zoos/pretoria-national-botanical-garden
- Official website: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/pretoria/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria_National_Botanical_Garden
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 28.2773148, latitude -25.7364637 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/4253238

The Pretoria National Botanical Garden is one of South Africa's nine National Botanical Gardens. The garden is wedged between Pretoria Road and Cussonia Avenue in Brummeria, in eastern Pretoria, Gauteng, and flanks a central rocky ridge that runs from east to west. The 76 hectares (0.76 km2) garden was established in 1946, and of late hosts the headquarters of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria_National_Botanical_Garden; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

#### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: outdoor (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/pretoria/
- durationMinutes: 60 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

#### Sources
- Pretoria - SANBI: https://www.sanbi.org/gardens/pretoria/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Pretoria National Botanical Garden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria_National_Botanical_Garden; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research

#### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/79baff056917.jpg — Part of the Cycad garden at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: JMK; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broodboomtuin,_a,_Pretoria_Nasionale_Botaniese_Tuin.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/0d30680de910.jpg — This is an image with the theme "Farm to Plate" from:. Venue photograph. Author: Kaleidea; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Bee%E2%80%99s_Dance_Among_the_Pink_Blooms_at_Pretoria_National_Botanical_Gardens.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/791fba2166e1.jpg — This is an image with the theme "Farm to Plate" from:. Venue photograph. Author: Kaleidea; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bee_Pollinating_Flower_at_Pretoria_National_Botanical_Gardens.jpg

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