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Durban Botanical Gardens
Sydenham Road, Durban, South Africa Phone: +27 31 201 1303About
The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the City of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanic gardens.The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate.The grounds currently host various social gatherings such as local music bands and ' Victorian tea parties', as well as an indigenous plant fair in spring (September) each year. The fair is hosted by the Botanical Society of South Africa, and in 2009 and 2010 the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa was involved to promote the growing of indigenous butterfly food plants. The Indigenous Plant Fair of 2010 was held on 4 and 5 September next to the Durban Botanical Garden. The theme of the Fair for 2010 was taken from the UN's International Year of Biodiversity, and more than 750 species of plants indigenous to South Africa were available
