{"id":54,"date":"2011-07-11T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T10:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/mcgregorza\/?p=54"},"modified":"2011-07-21T17:26:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T17:26:19","slug":"historic-burgers-park-in-the-centre-of-pretoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/mcgregorza\/2011\/07\/11\/historic-burgers-park-in-the-centre-of-pretoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Burgers Park in the centre of Pretoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The kiosk in the garden seen from the main gate.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the bustling centre of South Africa’s Capital City, Pretoria, is a beautiful botanical garden where people relax under colourful flowering trees surrounded by signs of the history of the city.<\/p>\n

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People relaxing near a flowering bougainvillea<\/p><\/div>\n

Burgers Park<\/a> came about as a result of the dream of then-President of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) Thomas Francois Burgers<\/a> (1834 – 1881) that a botanical garden be built in Pretoria.<\/p>\n

Burgers was unfortunately not see his dream realised as the garden was only laid out in 1892 due to financial constraints on the country.<\/p>\n

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The modern florarium<\/p><\/div>\n

Today the park boasts a kiosk where light meals and refeshments can be bought and a modern florarium (built in 1974) housing plants from all over South Africa.<\/p>\n

The entrance to the park is in Jacob Mar\u00e9 Street opposite the famous Melrose House<\/a> where the Treaty of Vereeninging ending the Anglo-Boer War was signed in 1902.<\/p>\n

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The eclectic architecture of historic Melrose House opposite the entrance to Burgers Park.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a9 Text and photos copyright Tony McGregor 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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