The Cuban National Botanic Garden, Havana is a six hundred hectares of land which is dedicated to the varied flora from around the world. Visitors to the garden get to know a wide variety of plants from a closer range. The Cuban National Botanic Garden, Havana has beautifully planed layouts and is ideal to calm your souls as well as do some healthy exercise in splendid surroundings.
The Cuban National Botanic Garden, Havana has the layouts of plants, which are planted according to their characteristics and geographical origins. At the Garden, one can find section which is dedicated to the typical plants of Cuba and also flora of tropical and subtropical region of the world. There are specific collections which are situated indoors and outside, like the palm collection. One of the favorite in the garden is the archaic forest with around 200 species of primitive vegetable formations.
The work on developing the garden began in 1968 as a result of friendship between the young German botanist Dr Johannes Bisses and Cuban President Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro announced on January 6, at the inauguration ceremony of Valle Grande, at Cordon de la Habana about the creation of a Botanical Gardens.
The Cuban National Botanic Garden, Havana was finally opened to the public in 1984 with the objective of tropical vegetable biodiversity and also the need for conservation through actions as ell s environmental education. The Garden belongs to the Faculty of Biodiversity of the University of Havana.
With the scientific objective, the garden has a conservation laboratory where in vitro plants of the endangered plants are nurtured. There is a highly specialized library in the garden. The Herbarium is in existence for over 100 years and has near to 20000 samples. It is the second largest in Cuba. There is a Japanese section at the garden, called Kaiyu-Shiki-teien, which literally means the Trekking Garden and it is a nice place to meditate or contemplate.
The Cuban National Botanic Garden, Havana remains busy throughout the year, especially in the months of July and August, when different summer program like clowns, puppeteer, children's theater companies and also arts and sports activates are held.
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