Editing Harare (section)

== Green spaces ==
Harare has been nicknamed Zimbabwe's "Sunshine City" for its abundant parks and outdoor amenities.<ref name="auto13">{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0021909620943620?journalCode=jasa|doi=10.1177/0021909620943620| issn=0021-9096 |title=Mugabe's Urban Legacy: A Postcolonial Perspective on Urban Development in Harare, Zimbabwe|year=2020|last1=Matamanda|first1=Abraham R.|journal=Journal of Asian and African Studies|volume=56|issue=4|pages=804–817|s2cid=225530172}}</ref> There is an abundance of parks and gardens across town, many close to the CBD, with a variety of common and rare plant species amid landscaped vistas, pedestrian pathways, and tree-lined avenues.<ref name="auto13"/>{{failed verification|date=July 2024}} Harare's parks are often considered the best public parks in all of Zimbabwe's major cities.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} There are also many parks in the surrounding suburbs, particularly in the affluent suburbs of Borrowdale, Mount Pleasant, and Glen Lorne, located northeast of the central business district.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Within the city, prominent green spaces include:{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
* The [[National Botanic Garden (Zimbabwe)|National Botanical Gardens]] in [[Alexandra Park, Harare|Alexandra Park]], which cultivates [[Southern African]] plants in woodland habitats such as the [[msasa]], [[miombo]], or less commonly the Cape [[fynbos]].
* The Royal Harare Golf Course, an 18-hole championship course set in msasa woodland that hosts the [[Zimbabwe Open]] each year as part of the [[Sunshine Tour]].
* Cleveland Dam Recreational Park, which overlooks its namesake dam and is located in msasa woodland along the highway to [[Mutare]].
* [[Mukuvisi Woodlands]], which comprises 263 hectares of indigenous [[msasa]] and miombo woodland and is home to zebras, giraffes, eland, wildebeest, ostriches, impalas, and birdlife and indigenous flora.<ref name="auto18">{{cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/zimbabwe/harare/activities/discover-the-rich-zimbabwean-culture-in-its-capital/a/pa-act/v-108185P3/355726|title=Discover The Rich Zimbabwean Culture In Its Capital &#124; Harare, Zimbabwe Activities|website=Lonely Planet}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Other sites near the City of Harare include [[Lake Chivero]] Dam and [[Lake Chivero Recreational Park|Recreational Park]], Epworth's [[Balancing rocks of Zimbabwe|balancing rocks]], Ewanrigg Botanical Gardens, [[Domboshava]] National Monument, Lion and Cheetah Park, and Vaughn Animal Sanctuary.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}