The World's Most Famous Botanical Gardens

The World's Most Famous Botanical Gardens:

• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England:

With over 30,000 living plant species and over 7 million dried plant species, this garden, covering an area of 121 hectares, boasts the greatest plant diversity in the world. Having existed for approximately 250 years, the garden also houses numerous greenhouses. It is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

• New York Botanical Garden, the Bronx, USA:

The botanical garden, which attracts approximately 800,000 tourists every year, covers an area of 100 hectares. It also houses plant laboratories. Considered one of the most beautiful places in the Bronx, the garden includes a rose garden, a herb garden, a forest garden, and an adventure garden that offers great fun for children.

• Australian National Botanic Garden, Canberra, Australia:

Opened in 1949 and home to over 5,500 different species, this garden also houses animal species native to the Australian continent.

• Royal Botanic Garden, Burlington, Canada:

This botanical garden covers an area of approximately 1000 hectares. This enormous garden is one of the most important tourist attractions between Niagara Falls and Toronto.

• Botanical Garden, Paris, France:

One hundred years after the forest was transformed into a vast park open to the public by order of Napoleon III in 1860, it was redeveloped as a botanical park in 1960, covering 35 hectares. Within the garden, you can find greenhouses containing many different types of tropical plants, as well as 170 different varieties of roses.

• Belgian National Botanical Garden:

Part of this garden, built in 1884, now hosts various cultural events.

The Botanic Gardens of Singapore, established in 1859, covers an area of 74 hectares and houses 20,000 varieties of orchids, a rainforest, an evolution garden, and a children's garden.