Jardin botanique de Genève
The Jardin botanique de Genève is a botanical garden in Geneva .
history
The botanical garden was laid out in 1817 on the site of the Parc des Bastions . The gardener's house, orangery and two greenhouses were designed by the architect Guillaume-Henri Dufour . Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle was the first director until his death in 1841, followed by his son Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle . In 1904 the company moved to the right side of the lake, not far from today's Palais des Nations . After a few extensions, the park area now covers an area of 28 hectares .
Flora and fauna
The garden specializes, among other things, in the flora of Corsica . It has a large rock garden and an important collection of palm trees.
The zoo is located in the Geneva Botanical Garden. The park is still called the Deer Park (Parc aux Biches), but in the meantime, in addition to fallow deer, some rare domestic animal breeds can also be seen here. There is also a water bird enclosure with ducks and flamingos and an aviary with parrots and other exotic birds.
Web links
- Information on the botanical garden on the city of Geneva website
- Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève
Individual evidence
- ^ Felix Naef: Botanical Gardens. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ^ Report of September 6, 2013 on the Financial Times website (accessed September 29, 2013)
Coordinates: 46 ° 13 ′ 33 " N , 6 ° 8 ′ 46" E ; CH1903: 500.28 thousand / 120200