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Our Karoo desert garden turns 100!

ne minute you are on the busy N1, and the next you find yourself in South Africa’s second oldest botanical garden – and the only succulent botanical garden in the southern hemisphere. You inhale the fresh, sweet air of the veld and gaze at the snow-capped Hex River Mountains, then move closer to the flame-orange daisies that add a hint of warmth to

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