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Cycad cones, a ridge path and Braille boards

SANBI describes a botanical garden in Pretoria’s eastern suburbs with a Cycad Garden, a path over a ridge toward the Succulent Garden and an Enabling Garden near the entrance.

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City-centre towers in the distance beyond tree-lined residential suburbs, seen from Fort Wonderboom. — Pretoria CBD from Fort Wonderboom, photographed on 4 May 2013.Photograph: JMK

At a glance

Country: South Africa[5]
Cycad cones: Male and female cones are borne on separate plants[2]
Braille information: SANBI says information in Braille is displayed on information boards, in its description of the Enabling Garden[4]

A place worth remembering

Cones on separate plants in the Cycad Garden

SANBI’s Cycad Garden page says male and female cones are borne on separate plants and that plants do not form cones every year.[2][1]

A path crosses the ridge to the Succulent Garden

SANBI says a pathway through the Cycad Garden leads up and over a ridge towards the Succulent Garden. A second SANBI page places the Succulent Garden on the ridge’s northern side and names Madagascan succulents and other indigenous succulent species, such as aloes.[2][3][1]

Braille appears on garden information boards

SANBI’s rules page describes an Enabling Garden near the garden entrance and says information in Braille is also displayed on information boards.[4][1]

Good to know

A few clear answers before you explore.

Do cycads form cones every year?

No. SANBI says plants do not form cones every year, and that male and female cones are borne on separate plants.[2]

Where does the ridge path lead?

SANBI says a pathway through the Cycad Garden goes up and over the ridge towards the Succulent Garden, which it places on the ridge’s northern side.[2][3]

What does SANBI say about Braille?

That information in Braille is also displayed on information boards, in its description of the Enabling Garden near the garden entrance.[4]

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