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Batumi Botanical Garden - a paradise for tourists
The Botanical Garden located in the resort city of Batumi one of the main attractions of Adjara. Here is a rich collection of plants that nature lovers from around the world come to see.
Foundation History
This unique garden was created back in 1880, although its official presentation took place only in 1912. It is located in a place called Cape Verde, near the city of Batumi. The founder and first head of the institution was Andrey Krasnov famous Russian natural scientist. A great contribution to the development of the garden was made by the geographer Pavel Tatarinov and gardener-decorator Mikhail D & rsquo; Alphonse.
Batumi Garden acted as a center engaged in scientific research in the field of botany and agriculture. Here are collected plants from around the world. A large number of unique plant crops are sourced from Japan.
Features of the Batumi Botanical Garden
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; The institution is located on a plot of land with an area of more than one hundred hectares. Batumi Garden is considered the largest among all the botanical gardens of the former Soviet Union. The territory is divided into 9 zones:
subtropical;
North American
South American
Far Eastern
Australian
New Zealand
Himalayan
Mexican
Mediterranean
The park has collected more than 5 thousand varieties of the most amazing plants. It is built like the famous Hanging Gardens and consists of several tiers of land that smoothly descend from the hilly terrain to the sea coast.
The most interesting places
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; There are many interesting sectors in the botanical garden. The most noteworthy are the following:
Lower Park southern territory of the garden.
Bamboo grove.
Tea and citrus plantations.
Japanese garden.
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Every tourist who came to rest in Batumi must visit this amazing place.