Tour looks at some of Durban’s oldest trees
Durban Botanic Gardens was founded in 1849 and is the oldest surviving botanical garden in Africa.
DOCTOR Hugh Glen will lead a walk around the Durban Botanic Gardens to view trees that are over 100 years old on Saturday, 2 December at 8.45am for 9am.
Durban Botanic Gardens was founded in 1849 and is the oldest surviving botanical garden in Africa. Many of the trees in the Gardens are stately Victorians, between 120 and 150 years old. This walk aims to introduce participants to some of Hugh’s favourite old trees, including a few relatively young ones, and one or two planted to commemorate special events over the last century or so. The group will look at one of the last survivors of the forest that originally clothed the Berea (a greybeard of some 170 summers), and the rarest tree you’ll ever see.
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Charge is R50 per person excluding teas. Pay on the day, but booking is essential: email: botsoc-kzn@mweb.co.za or contact 031 201 5111 Mondays and Thursdays, or 071 869 3693. All welcome. Stay for tea at the tea garden afterwards (not included in price).
All proceeds from the day go towards Hugh’s daughter, Melissa Glen’s, medical expenses. Melissa has the chronic muscle weakness disease, Myasthenia gravis, and requires frequent hospitalisation.
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