Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara (4500 m²) is a botanical garden operated by the University of Ferrara. It is located at Corso Porta Mare, 2b, I-44100 Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and open weekday mornings. Admission is free.

The university's garden was originally established in 1771 at a location on the via Paradiso, but in 1963 moved to its present location. It currently contains about 1300 species in its greenhouse (243 m²), and some 700 species outdoors, arranged into four major sections as follows:

* Systematic - species arranged by botanic classification, with subsections for Pterophyta, Angiospermophyta, Monocotyledons, Dicotyledons

* Exotic plants

* Useful plants - subsections for fruits, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, and miscellaneous

* Theme gardens - ornamental plants in an aquatic garden, English garden, Italian garden, Japanese garden, Mediterranean garden, rock garden, and shade garden.

See also

* List of botanical gardens in Italy

References

* [http://web.unife.it/progetti/ortobot/ Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara (Italian)]
* [http://www.horti.unimore.it/cd/Ferrara/Ferrarahome.html Horti entry (Italian)]


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