An interesting talk, called the 'Smart food seminar', has been organized for Saturday 9 March in the Garden. It will be presented by Sandy Roberts, business partner and daughter of the late and renowned Margaret Roberts, of the Herbal Centre at De Wildt. Join us for a fascinating lecture on smart foods for the treatment […]
Venomous animal first responder seminar KZN NBG
Join Jonathan Leeming for a fascinating 4 hour seminar on venomous animal bites and stings at the kwaZulu-Natal National Botanical garden in Pietermaritzburg. This seminar is ideal for anyone who would like to react competently to snake bite, spider bite, scorpion stings, bee & wasp stings, centipede bites, aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates bites and stings. […]
Cosmo Run 2019
The Pretoria National Botanical Garden will host a 5 and 10 kilometre run in the garden. Late Entries & Number Collection: Late/Line Entries & Number Collection will take place at the venue from 06h30 until 5 minutes before the race starts (Credit Card, Cash, Zapper & SnapScan). R20 Surcharge on Late Entries Distance Options 10km […]
Banting food market
Pretoria’s #1 Banting Food Market at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. Join us at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden for the highest quality low carb, healthy fat foods. Live music will entertain you while you have your bullet proof coffee and sugar free waffle with ice cream. Bring your […]
Parkrun at the garden
Pic: Pretoria East Rekord Every Saturday morning the Pretoria National Botanical Garden will host a weekly free 5km timed parkrun. Please note that if you do not bring your barcode along you will have to pay a garden entry fee. Due to the large number of participants, there is limited parking space and most people […]
Varsity College cares give back movie night
VC Cares is a student body at The IIE’s Varsity College Pretoria that focus in giving back to the community. It consists of a team of students that forms the student body, but also large number of volunteers who participate in bigger projects. Over the last couple of years, VC Cares have raised funds to […]
Valentine’s picnic under the stars
For your Valentine enjoyment take a short left to #JozisNo1outdoors for a romantic family evening picnic. Music greats such as Teddy Pendergrass Barry White, The Bee Gees, Julio Iglesias, Celine Dion, and Marvin Gaye and many others will serenade your outing with soulful music. Bring your picnic baskets and enjoy love music and the exquisite outdoors. […]
Valentine’s day dinner
Moyo Kirstenbosch will be hosting a special dinner on this coming Valentine’s day. Our full a la carte menu will be available to suit everyone’s taste and be prepared to get spoiled with a welcome drink on arrival as well a special gift. Make sure you book as space is limited. R100 Deposit per person […]
Wednesday talk with Edwin Rye
Edwin Rye, an Award Winning Gardener will present an illustrated talk on “Celebrating 80 years of gardens and gardening' Enquiries E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za Tel: 021 4656440
Wednesday talk with James Fisk
James Fisk, Fisk Horticulture will be talking on “California Dreaming” featuring the Mediterranean gardens of California. Contact details for enquires: Cathy Abbott Tel: 021 4656440 E-mail: cathya@wol.co.za/
South African Society of Artists Merit Exhibition
The South African Society of Artists (SASA) is holding their 2019 Merit Exhibition. The Merit Exhibition is a prestigious exhibition for members who achieved excellent results at the previous year’s Annual Exhibition Selection. Entry to the exhibition is free but entry fees to the gardens apply. The exhibition will be opened by Portrait Artist and […]
Wednesday Talks 2019
30 January 2019 James Fisk California dreaming : featuring the Mediterranean gardens of California 13 February 2019 Edwin Rye Celebrating eighty years of gardens: BBC award winning gardener and gardening 27 February 2019 Ernst van Jaarsveldt Babylonstoren 13 March 2019 Rosalind Spears Antony - Beheading and dead heading 27 March 2019 Megan McCarthy Boschendal 10 […]
Constantiaberg Art Society Exhibition
The Constantiaberg Art Society's Summer Exhibition includes work of more than 70 local artists.
Training workshop on the identification of deep-water stony corals
The use of morphological features in order to systematically classify organisms, has long been recognized. However, developing countries such as South Africa, still have a low number of active regional taxonomists, particularly for invertebrates such as deep-water corals. This paucity in foundational knowledge- poses a potential hindrance to South Africa’s progress on effective management of […]
Art Exhibition
Fresh art from locally selected artists who are exhibiting paintings, wooden sculpture and ceramics Free entry to exhibition after gate entry to the Gardens