Garden Route Botanical Garden Trust
 South Africa  |  Environment

To establish and maintain an indigenous Botanical Garden and establish an Environmental Centre for educational, research, horticultural training, conservation, and recreational purposes.

A shared concern for the rapidly diminishing flora of the Southern Cape brought together a group comprising members of several environmental NGO's. They represented organisations such as the Garden Route Branch of the Botanical Society, the Southern Cape Herbarium and the Wildlife and Environment Society. They were determined to raise public awareness of the problem of Southern Cape floral destruction as well as implement remedial action. The Garden Route Botanical Garden is located in George, the heart of the Garden Route and has become a conservation and environmental education hub for the Southern Cape of South Africa. The Cape Floral Kingdom is one of the richest, smallest and most threatened floral kingdoms on Earth. The Garden Route Botanical Garden therefore, has a vital role to play nationally and globally in the conservation and study of what is arguably proving to be a rich diversity of plant life in this area.

Conservation

Guided walks

Raising awareness

Environmental education

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