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Katse Botanical Gardens

Katse Village, Italy

Katse Botanical Gardens is a centre for Alpine flora in Katse village, Lesotho. The gardens were created as a result of plant rescue missions to mitigate the impact of the Katse Dam, particularly spiral aloes. The collection has a focus on traditional Sotho medicinal plants and has a large seed bank

. At an altitude of 2229 meters it claims to be the highest botanical garden in the southern hemisphere.

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