Gothenburg Botanical Garden
- Gothenburg Botanical Garden
The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, and one of the leading botanical gardens in Europe.
History
It was planned by the city council, created thanks to generous donors, and inaugurated in 1923 when Gothenburg celebrated its 300th anniversary.
One of the prominent botanists who created the garden was Carl Skottsberg, who made several research trips around the globe to collect the rare plants of the garden.
Description
The total area is 175 hectares (ca 430 acres) [Facts from the homepage of the Botanical Garden [http://www.gotbot.se/engelska/english_start.html] ] , of which most constitutes a nature reserve, Änggården, with an arboretum. The garden proper is about 40 hectares and there are 16,000 different species. The Rock Garden has received three stars in the Guide Michelin. Other sights worth seeing are The Rhododendron Valley, The Japanese Glade and the Greenhouses with about 4,000 various plants, including some 1,500 orchids, a remarkable tufa apartment and the rare Eastern Island Tree, Toromiro.
The Gothenburg Botanical Garden was named The Most Beautiful Garden in Sweden in 2003.
External links
* [http://www.gotbot.se/ The homepage of Göteborg Botanical Garden]
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