Granada Botanical Garden

This botanical garden, dating from the 19th century, was built with a medicinal garden. A study in 1993 by M. Fernandez-Carrion, J. M. Garcia Montes, and J. Molero Mesa was gathered in a publication under the title University Botanic Garden, University of Granada and describes 45 different species of trees and shrubs.

The work describes recovering the historical garden, and there is a live sample of the botany of the 19th century. The basis of action for the protection of the garden is with the statement that it is of Cultural Interest (BIC) according to the Law of Historical Heritage of Andalusia.

From the gates that guard the majestic parterres there are large trees and native and exotic plants in a strange order in the chaos that living plants such as thyme or other herb and Luisa climbers like bougainvillea, jasmine S. Joseph, etc., which are intermingled with the huge old trees.

These include the ginkgo, a living fossil whose ancestors settled in our land for 150 million years and a Canary Island pine. On the south side there is a cypress more than 100 years old.

There are also some rare examples of khaki sofora and Virginia, as well as Indian horse chestnut—which are very abundant in the city—linden trees, a magnolia, a large bay, palms, yuccas, and even oak and cork trees. There is no shortage of ivy in this space, Celinda, oleanders, cyclamen, pitosporo, or mandarin oranges, mixed with bamboo, cedar, and Japanese medlar.

There is a secret in the center of this garden and has remained hidden and unknown for decades to all who have been near it. It can only be observed from a distance and viewed from barrier gates that surround it; it is always covered by an immense canopy of large trees. Botanical Garden University of Granada.

Botanical Garden of the University of Granada

The University of Granada has a botanical garden located at the Faculty of Law, on Duchess Street, which has been recovered thanks to a collaboration agreement with the company Lanjaron Font Vella.