Claim: When this objective failed, Eckstein laid Zoo Lake (a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa) out as a timber plantation in 1981, naming it Sachsenwald (after Otto von Bismarck’s estate in Germany), where about three million trees were planted in the area.
Evidence: When this objective failed, Eckstein laid it out as a timber plantation and named it Sachsenwald, after Otto von Bismarck's estate in Germany. Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. The plantation was started in 1891, and about three million trees were planted in the area.