Yerevan Botanical Garden
The Yerevan Botanical Garden is a lovely and relaxing destination for a lengthy walk. The garden is located on 90 hectares of land in the higher northeastern section of the city, along the motorway Yerevan-Sevan, between the neighborhoods Nork and Zeitoun. The garden's setting corresponds to the rocky sagebrush semi-desert foothills that surround the Ararat valley.
The Botanical Garden has a large herbarium as well as a collection of trees and shrubs, which contains about 1070 species, varieties, and garden forms, as well as rare flora from the Caucasus and Cyprus, North America, Europe, Siberia, and East Asia. The collection of Armenian flora also includes roughly 200 species of endemic, uncommon, and declining plant species, and it serves as a foundation for research into Armenian flora and species' ecological interactions in a relatively natural habitat. An inexperienced observer can identify oak and Crimean pine, North American tulip tree, Polish larch, and Manchurian walnut.
Around 1000 species of woody and herbaceous plants are thriving in the greenhouse collection. A sturdy old "Grape" type liana and feijoa with gorgeous silvery-red blossoms in spring and tasty aromatic fruit are flourishing here. Different species of flowering orchids from Japan and China, Mexico, and the Himalayas also delight visitors with their distinctive shapes and flavors.
- Google Rating: 4.3/5
- Website: https://tools.bgci.org/garden.php?id=31
- Phone: +374 10 621762
- Opening Hours: Daily - ̣9:00 to 18:00
- Address: 15 Լեփսիուսի փողոց, Yerevan 0035, Armenia
