The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens

The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens

Infobox park
park=The Alameda: Gibraltar Botanic Gardens



image size=300px
caption= The Dell in the heart of the Alameda Gardens
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location=Gibraltar
coordinates=Coord|36.7|-5.21
size=convert|6|ha|km2|lk=on
opened=1816
status=Botanical garden

The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens or The Alameda Gardens is a botanical garden in Gibraltar, spanning around six hectares (0.060 km²).

History

The gardens were founded in 1816 by Governor of Gibraltar General George Don in order to provide a recreational area for the Garrison at the time. Serving that purpose for many years, the gardens fell into disrepair in the 1970s until "The Gibraltar Botanic Gardens" project , funded by a firm of environmental consultants and managers, "Wildlife (Gibraltar) Limited", came about in 1991.

The Eliott Memorial

General Don had commissioned a memorial of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield in 1815 which did not materialise in the form initially requested. A colossal statue of General Eliot, carved from the bowsprit of the Spanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno, taken at the Battle of Trafalgar was created in lieu. The statue was taken to the Governor's residence, "The Convent", where it stands today, being replaced by a bronze bust in 1858.

Plants of the Gardens

The plants of the Alameda Gardens are a combination of native species and others brought in from abroad:

*"Dracaena draco" (Canary Islands Dragon Tree), a subtropical Dragon Tree native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Azores, and locally in western Morocco. The oldest dragon tree in the gardens is about 300 years old.
*Stone pine ("Pinus pinea"), a species of pine native of southern Europe, primarily the Iberian Peninsula.
*Wild Olive ("Olea europaea"), a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae.
*"Celtis australis" (European Nettle Tree), a deciduous tree that can be among 20 to 25 metres of height.
*"Grevillea robusta" (Australian Silk Oak), the largest species in the genus "Grevillea". There is only one specimen of this tree in the gardens.
*Canary Island Date Palm ("Phoenix canariensis"), a large palm native to the Canary Islands off the Atlantic coast of north Africa.
*"Washingtonia filifera" (Washingtonia), a palm native to the desert oases of Central, southern and southwestern Arizona, southern Nevada, extreme northwest Mexico and inland deserts of southern California.
*"Howea forsteriana" (Kentia palm), endemic to Lord Howe Island.
*Solitaire Palm "Ptychosperma elegans"
*Chinese hibiscus ("Hibiscus rosa-sinensis"), an evergreen shrub native to East Asia.
*Bougainvillea, a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province).
*"Asteraceae" (daisies), the second largest family family of flowering plants.
*"Pelargonium", a genus of flowering plants.
*Succulent plant, water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions.

ee also

*Gibraltar candytuft

References

*cite web|url=http://www.gibraltargardens.gi/|title=Welcome to the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens|accessdate=2007-11-27|publisher=The Alameda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens
*cite web|url=http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/|title=Gibraltar Botanical Gardens "The Alameda"|accessdate=2007-11-27|publisher=Government of Gibraltar

External links

* [http://www.gibraltargardens.gi/index.php Official website]


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