European Gardens: botanic garden

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2/12/2018

Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden, Helsinki

. open to public, free entrance, entrance fee for the greenhouse only

. size: small - medium

. photos from September 2012

The almost 130 years old Palm House

Caffe Viola inside the garden

2/10/2018

Jardin des Plantes, Paris

.Size of the garden: medium

. Type of the garden: city park
. The entrance is free except for the entrance fee for the greenhouse.

. Photos were made in May 2013.

May is a perfect month to visit as the rose garden is in full blossom.
Imagine a poet walking through the rose vault!
Rainer Maria Rilke was one of those poets as his famous poem The Panther is subtitled In Jardin des Plantes because of a nearby zoo.
The rose garden is officially called Jardin de Roses et de Roches (The Rose and Rock garden). This part of the garden is not very old however, it is my favorite.
Don't forget to visit the other parts of the garden - especially an alpine garden and a big greenhouse are worth a visit. The alpine garden is a very old garden renewed in the 20th century. It contains a collection of alpine flowers from all over the world among which the pistachio tree is one of the oldest. Garden consists of 11 other different units from an ecological garden to an iris garden.

If you are visiting Paris you can also visit Jardin de Luxembourg and Bois de Vincennes. Giverny and Versailles are of course also not far away.

The Rose and Rock Garden

The Alpine garden

Jardin Exotique de Roscoff

. open to public, entrance fee

. size: medium

. photos from May 2017

Birds are an important part of Roscoff Garden's soundscape.

The blue garden furniture along with a collection of succulents, cacti and yuccas makes a specific garden tone.

View from the uphill part of the garden

1/27/2018

Madeira Botanical Garden

. size: medium

. open to public, entrance fee

. photos from March 2017

Sežana Botanic Garden

. size: small
. open to public, free entrance
. Photos from August 2013

2/02/2017

Jardim Botanico Tropical, Lisbon

. entrance fee (includes Chinese Garden)

. size: medium

Photos from July 2014

In the twillight rain

These brilliant-hued hibiscus

A lovely sunset

Basho

Jardi Botanic De La Universitat De Valencia, Spain

. public, entrance fee

Photos from September 2015

Night falls on the mountains,

but in the fields

the pampas grasses

show in the twilight.

Buson

The greenhouse of botanic garden of Valencia

The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid

. public, entrance fee

. size: small - medium
. Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Photos from September 2015

Dahlias collection

Fruit and vegetable garden

1/31/2017

Arctic Botanic Gardens, Akureyri, Iceland

. Lystigardurinn

. public, free entrance

. size: medium

Photos from July 2014

Meconopsis

Arctic Cotton

National Botanic Gardens of Ireland

. public, free entrance

. size: large

Photos from July 2016

The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.

Elizabeth Lawrence

Exotic Orto botanico di Palermo, Sicily, Italy

. public

. entrance fee includes several greenhouses for ferns and succulents

. size: large

Photos from March 2016

The garden offers a great collection of citruses.

Banana Blossom

Green shadow dances ...

See our young banana-tree

patterning the screen.

Shiki

Cotton Tree Avenue

Strelitia Blossom

In the middle of the picture, you can see a big round pond called Aquarium.

The Laghetto of papyrus

An old silent pond ...

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.

Basho Matsuo

1/30/2017

Ljubljana botanic garden

Ljubljana botanical garden, *1810 (Botanični vrt Ljubljana) is a great place to relax and have a drink in a bar, called Primula. Unlike Tivoli in the city centre, this is a quiet and peaceful place. Best time to visit is early in the morning.

. open to public

. entrance fee only to the tropical glasshouse
. middle sized garden