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FEATURE: It’s a first of its kind in South Africa. The new botanical garden in Sendelingsdrif in the Northern Cape is a ...
It’s a first of its kind in South Africa. The new botanical garden in Sendelingsdrif is a living bank of the country’s rich succulents indigenous to the Richtersveld. Endangered succulents in the ...