Geneva Botanical Garden
botanical garden in Switzerland
The Geneva Botanic Garden (French: Jardin botanique de Genève; JBG) is a botanical garden in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, it now covers 28 hectares and holds major scientific collections, including more than 11'000 taxa in its living collections. Its herbarium, with over six million preserved specimens, is among the largest in the world. The garden also maintains a specialist library of more than 160'000 volumes.
In 2023, it recorded about 700'000 visits, making it the most visited attraction in the city.
Establishment and location
It was founded in 1817 in a former area of Bastions Park in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. The Botanical Gardens were transferred to the Console site (192 rue de Lausanne) in 1904, constructed by the Genevan architect Henri Juvet in 1902–1904 specifically to house the Delessert herbarium held at Bastions. The collection grew in 1911–1912 with the gift of the Emile Burant herbarium, then again in 1923–1924 with the posthumous donation of the de Candolle herbarium. In its present location, it occupies an area of 28 hectares (69 acres) adjacent to Lake Geneva and the park of the United Nations Office at Geneva and ranks as one of the five most important in the world. The gardens themselves were designed by Jules Allemand.
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