Partners: Africa

Tsimbazaza Zoo and Botanical Gardens

The Botanical and Zoological Park of Tsimbazaza was created in 1925 under the name of “Botanical Garden of Tananarivo”.

Its missions are:

. to constitute and maintain living and dead collections in order to make them known and to protect them,
. to contribute to the conservation and safeguarding of the national heritage,
. to contribute to the education and information of the general public for the protection of national, natural and cultural heritage
. participate in the training of teachers, students and pupils through study and advanced training courses,

PBZT is not only an amusement park for all ages but also a National Research Center for the conservation and multiplication of threatened and endangered species.

Conservatoire botanique national de Mascarin

Knowledge of flora and habitats is the essential basis for conservation.

This mission relies on the skills of botanists, a veritable living encyclopedia capable of recognizing plants and vegetation, or phytosociologists who will study plant communities and their interactions with their environment. These passionate scientists contribute to creating the reference tools that are herbariums, atlases, taxonomic indexes, habitat repositories, essential tools for the action of the botanical conservatory on its territory.

To preserve a heritage in the long term, we must first learn to know and recognize it.

Botanical Garden of Tunis

With a total surface area of approximately 8 hectares in the northern urban center of Tunis, the arboretum has been classified as a Nature Reserve since 1996, in accordance with the Tunisian Forest Code. This green space is home to about 700 plant species and offers the inhabitants of the urban area of the Grand Tunis a nearby space in which to stroll and discover a great diversity of trees from all continents.

Aswan Botanical Garden

The island is of oval shape and covers an area of 17 feddans: 650 meters long and 115 meters large. In the garden there are many different qualities of tropical and subtropical plants and for this reason it is considered one of the most important centers for botanic researches. (…) It has become an important touristic site and a place for promenades for the people of Aswan.

The Secret Garden Médina Marrakech

Le Jardin Secret is opening its doors to the public for the first time in its history. The origins of the complex date back to the Saadian Dynasty, more than four hundred years ago. Rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth century at the behest of an influential kaid of the Atlas Mountains, Le Jardin Secret has been the home of some of Morocco and Marrakech’s most important political figures. Today you are able to fully appreciate it, thanks to the recent renovation; Le Jardin Secret is part of the great tradition of stately Arab-Andalusian and Moroccan palaces. As a result visitors can discover its gardens and buildings, which are outstanding examples of Islamic art and architecture.

Jardin Majorelle

The Majorelle Garden is a one-hectare botanical garden and artist’s landscape garden in Marrakech, Morocco. It was created by the French Orientalist artist Jacques Majorelle over almost forty years, starting in 1923, and features a Cubist villa designed by the French architect, Paul Sinoir in the 1930s

Pretoria National Botanical Gardens

This 76 hectare urban oasis is a pristine getaway situated in the eastern suburbs of South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria. The Pretoria National Botanical Garden (NBG) was established in June 1946 when the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a botanical garden on a piece of land…

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens can match the sheer grandeur of the setting of Kirstenbosch, against the eastern slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain.