Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

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Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
The reception area of the garden
Location	Malcolm Rd, Poortview, Roodepoort, South Africa
Coordinates	26°5′20″S 27°50′41″E / 26.08889°S 27.84472°E / -26.08889; 27.84472
Area	300 hectares (740 acres)
Elevation	1504m
Created	1982
Managed by	South African National Biodiversity Institute
Open	08h00-17h00 Daily
Camp sites	No
Hiking trails	Yes
Website	Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, previously known as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden, is a 300 hectares (3.0 km²) botanical reserve in western Roodepoort near Johannesburg. It was formally established in 1982 as the Transvaal National Botanic Gardens, at which time it was the 14th of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens. It was opened to the public in 1987 as the Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens,^[1] on the occasion of the handing over of some 120 ha of farm Roodekrans by the Krugersdorp Town Council for inclusion in the reserve.

Though one of the youngest of South Africa's National Botanical Gardens, the site has been popular with visitors for many decades before its proclamation. The garden has a restaurant, gift shop and bird hide overlooking a small dam. Up to March 2015 it operated a nursery which cultivated native South African plants. The Garden has been recognised as one of the most beautiful botanical gardens in the world.^[2]

The Roodekrans, marked by alternating layers of quartz and shale, forms a backdrop to the gardens, beyond which natural bankenveld vegetation is conserved.^[1]