- Address: Place de Milan, Avenue de Cour 14bis 1007 Lausanne
- Phone: +41 21 316 99 88
- Website: www.botanique.vd.ch
- Opening hours: 10.00 - 18.00
- Cost of excursions: 10 francs
The Botanical Garden in Lausanne is a great place to relax with children , where a unique flora and fauna from all over the world is collected, there is the most beautiful rock garden in Switzerland . Jardin Botanique Lausanne is worth a visit for those who want to wander through the designer alleys and paths between the alpine hills and admire the exotic plants and charming flowers. The natural complex is part of the assembly of the cantonal botanic gardens of Vaud County. It is located near the city center on the south-western outskirts of the Milane Park, 500 meters from the main railway station and 1300 meters from the Cathedral .
History and structure of the Botanical Garden
The first time about the botanical garden of Lausanne is mentioned in 1873. For the convenience of teaching students Baron Albert de Buran, a front garden with medicinal plants was created. At that time it was located near the University Hospital of Lausanne, the main visitors to the garden were students of a medical university. Jardin Botanique Lausanne in Switzerland changed its location two times and was finally placed in 1946 on the southern slope of Montriond-le-Crêt of the Milane Park. Above the creation of the renovated botanical garden, its design worked architect Alfons Laverriere, teacher Florian Cozendi and gardener Charles Lardet, in their design the natural complex was to include many alpine hills and a lake with a cliff.
It occupies a garden museum of 1.7 hectares of the territory of the Milan park. On the territory of the complex there is a library, founded in 1824, and a botany museum, founded in the same year and containing more than 1 million samples. In the garden there is a great variety of alpine flora and medicinal plants. Heat-loving exotic plants and trees grow in the greenhouses. In addition to recreational, the botanical garden of Lausanne performs a scientific function. About 6000 species of plants are collected in the natural complex. The leadership of Jardin Botanique Lausanne participates in the compilation of lists of rare endangered flora and works on the possibility of growing such plants and wood in artificial conditions.
How to visit the Botanical Garden in Lausanne?
Entrance to the territory of the natural complex is free. For organized groups there is an opportunity to conduct paid excursions. Free guided tours are held during events taking place on site. From May to October in the botanical garden of Lausanne you can visit various thematic exhibitions, from May to September - the Friday of botany is held, in June you can visit the festival of botanical gardens in Switzerland. And if you visit Lausanne in September, then take a look at the well-known Night of Museums Festival. In the garden you can see a unique collection of plants-predators, tropical plants, mountain plants in the rock garden.
If you are going to visit the complex on your own and visit the excursion , you must first call and agree on a convenient time for the excursion. The botanical garden of Lausanne can be reached by bus number 1 or number 25 (stop Beauregard), by metro M2 (stop Delices) or by walk to the garden 10 min. walk from the main train station. In the vicinity of the garden there are many inexpensive hotels and cozy restaurants of Swiss cuisine .
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