Venue
The Makana Botanical Gardens are located below the 1820 Settlers' Monument, home of the National Arts Festival.
The gardens will be taken over in their entirety by the Festival organisers for the weekend of the event - from 2pm on Friday 28nd to 3pm on Sunday 30th October. Access to the festival grounds will be via the Lucas Avenue gate situated above Rhodes University's Eden Grove building.
Click here to download a map of the festival grounds.
GPS Co-ords
S 33 18' 52,1"
E 26 31' 13,9"
Admissions:
R100 Weekend Pass allows you access for the whole weekend, including workshops, but excluding guest speaker talks.
R20 - Adults
R10 - Students
R5 - Scholars
Parking is available in the following areas:
- Botanical Gardens parking lot above the Lucas Avenue entrance
- Parking lot opposite the Lucas Avenue gates
- Botany Department parking lot
- Eden Grove parking lot
A restaurant will once again be located at Ornee Cottage providing a variety
of hot food for tea and lunch times.