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Batumi Botanical Garden

Batumi Botanical Garden

Batumi Botanical Garden is unique in the former Soviet Union. The garden is located at the place called "Green cape" (Mtsvane Kontskhi) and it is closely connected with the name of Andrey Krasnov, an acknowledged classic of physical geography.

Batumi Botanical Garden has no analogue in the world as plant species from completely different climatic and landscape zones grow together in harmony, for example, the Canary Palm and Japanese Sakura (cherry tree). The garden features thousand species of astonishingly beautiful plants.

The lower, upper and seaside parks are located on the main route of the garden. Currently, the garden consists of nine floristic sectors, those of Caucasian humid subtropics, East Asia, New Zealand, South America, the Himalayas, Mexico, Australia, and of the Mediterranean. The garden collection comprises 2.037 taxonomic units of ligneous plants, including 104 of Caucasian origin. The rests are the representatives of the other phytogeographic flora.


AVAILABLE ACTIVITIES: WALKING, PICNICKING, TRIP WITH AN ELECTRIC CAR



Useful links: Batumi Botanical Garden, Agency of Protected Areas

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