Description of the attraction
The Royal Botanic Gardens is a research center for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation in nature. The Botanical Garden was founded in 1670 as a "pharmaceutical garden" where medicinal plants were grown. Only Oxford University Botanical Garden is older than him. In 1763, the collections of the Botanical Garden were taken out of the city, and in 1820 the garden moved again, in 1820. At this place it is to this day.
One of the main tasks of the Edinburgh Botanical Garden is to preserve the diversity of plants in wildlife. To this end, the Botanical Garden closely cooperates with many foreign and international organizations. Serious scientific research is carried out here in the fields of botany, ecology, etc. Great importance is attached to education - numerous training courses are held at the Botanical Garden.
In addition, the Botanical Garden is also a very popular place for walking and recreation. The entrance to the garden is free, but there is an entrance fee to visit the greenhouses. The Palm Greenhouse, founded back in 1834, is very popular. Now it consists of 10 separate greenhouses, where a rich collection of plants from 5 climatic zones is presented.
Rockery (rocky garden) - also one of the oldest collections in the garden, it appeared in 1870. Here the richest collection of alpine and ground cover plants is collected, a stream and a waterfall are arranged.
Among the new sections of the garden, a lot of attention is attracted by the Heather Garden, with a collection of plants from the highlands of Scotland, including very rare ones, and the Eco Garden.
