Gardens for the Nation, 1994-2014 tells the story of South Africa's national botanical gardens and their contributions to the country's social and economic development over the past 20 years, from 1994 to 2014. In 1994 SANBI managed a network of eight national botanical gardens spread across five of South Africa's provinces. Today, SANBI managers ten national botanical gardens in seven provinces, covering an area of over 7500 ha and representing 25 of South Africa's over 440 vegetation types, having established the Hantam National Botanical Garden, in Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, in 2008 and the Kwelera National Botanical Garden, in partnership with the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA), north of East London in the Eastern Cape Province in 2014.