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University of Ferrara Botanic Garden

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Province
  
Province of Ferrara

Phone
  
+39 0532 293782

Address
  
Corso Porta Mare, 2, 44121 Ferrara FE, Italy

Hours
  
Closed today SundayClosedMonday9AM–1PMTuesday9AM–1PMWednesday9AM–1PMThursday9AM–1PMFriday9AM–1PMSaturdayClosedSuggest an edit

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The University of Ferrara Botanic Garden is a 4,500 square metre botanical garden operated by the University of Ferrara. It is located at Corso Porta Mare, 2b, I-44100 Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, and is open weekday mornings. Admission is free.

The university's garden was originally established in 1771 at a location on the via Paradiso, but in 1963 it was moved to its present location. It currently contains about 1300 species in its greenhouse (243 m²), and some 700 species outdoors, arranged into four major sections as follows:

  • Systematic - species arranged by botanic classification, with subsections for Pterophyta, Angiospermophyta, Monocotyledons, Dicotyledons
  • Exotic plants
  • Useful plants - subsections for fruits, medicinal plants, aromatic plants, and miscellaneous
  • Theme gardens - ornamental plants in an aquatic garden, English garden, Italian garden, Japanese garden, Mediterranean garden, rock garden, and shade garden.

    • References

    University of Ferrara Botanic Garden Wikipedia
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