Madeira Botanical Garden

Madeira Botanical Garden
Madeira Botanical Garden
Type Botanical
Location Santa Maria Maior,
Funchal -  Madeira
Coordinates 32°39′44″N 16°53′45″W / 32.6622°N 16.8958°W / 32.6622; -16.8958Coordinates: 32°39′44″N 16°53′45″W / 32.6622°N 16.8958°W / 32.6622; -16.8958
Area 8 hectares (20 acres)
Opened 1960 (1960)
Visitors more than 345000 thousand per year
Website ifcn.madeira.gov.pt

Madeira Botanical Garden (Portuguese: Jardim Botânico da Madeira) is a botanical garden in Funchal, Madeira, opened to the public in 1960. The area was previously part of an estate belonging to the family of William Reid, founder of Reid's Hotel.[1]

Collections include:

  • Madeiran indigenous and endemic species
  • arboretum
  • succulent plants
  • "choreographed" gardens and topiary,
  • greenhouse
  • agro-industrial plants
  • medicinal and aromatic plants
  • palm trees and cycads

The gardens include a bird park (Louro Bird Park) and a three-room Natural History Museum.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Matthew Hancock (2001). The Rough Guide to Madeira (1st ed.). p. 90.
  2. ↑ "Information of interest".

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