Benmore Gardens

This article is about the suburb of Johannesburg. For the botanical garden in Scotland, see Benmore Botanic Garden.

Benmore Gardens is a suburb of Johannesburg in the Sandton area. It is located in Region 3 and is in a South African region - some 29 mi (or 46 km) South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital city.^{[citation needed]}

Benmore Gardens
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Coordinates: 26°05′27″S 28°02′47″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Area [1]
• Total	0.74 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	418
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2196
PO box	2010

History

In 1964, architect Harold Le Roith purchased one hundred acres in what became Benmore Gardens. He was to work with the architect Richard Neutra on realising a project to build a self-contained village centre with apartments, shops and offices. The project was inspired by Le Roith's visit to Tapiola, a newly constructed town in Finland. Le Roith pulled out of the project after the completion of two apartment blocks.^[2]