Ljubljana Botanical Garden

The Ljubljana Botanical Garden (Slovene: Ljubljanski botanični vrt), officially the University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden (Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani), is the central Slovenian botanical garden, the oldest botanical garden in Southeastern Europe,^[1] and one of the oldest cultural, scientific, and educational organisations in Slovenia.^[2] Its headquarters are located in the Rudnik District of Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital, at Ig Street (Ižanska cesta) along the Gruber Canal to the southeast of Castle Hill.^[2] The garden started operating under the leadership of Franc Hladnik in 1810, when Ljubljana was the capital of the Illyrian Provinces.^[2] It is thus an averagely old European botanical garden.^[2] The institution is a member of the international network Botanic Gardens Conservation International and cooperates with more than 270 botanical gardens all across the world.^[3] Of over 4,500 plant species and subspecies that grow on 2 hectares (4.9 acres), roughly a third is endemic to Slovenia, whereas the rest originate from other European places and other continents.^[2]

University of Ljubljana Botanical Garden
Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani
Beds with an overview of the plant system
Type	Botanical garden
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Coordinates	46°02′26″N 14°30′52″E
Area	2 ha (4.9 acres)
Created	1810
Operated by	University of Ljubljana, Biotehnical faculty
Open	all year
Website	www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com

References

1. "Botanični vrt v Ljubljani - 200 let neprekinjenega delovanja" [The Ljubljana Botanical Garden - 200 Years of Uninterrupted Operation]. Kamra (in Slovenian). Celje Central Library. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
2. Hribar, Matjaž. "Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani" [Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Golež, Gregor; Podjed, Dan; Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Ines, Jerele (eds.). Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia] (in Slovenian). Retrieved 1 June 2012.
3. Bavcon, Jože (2010). "Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani – 200 let" [University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana – 200 Years] (PDF). Acta Biologica Slovenica (in Slovenian and English). 53 (1): 3–33. doi:10.14720/abs.53.1.15370. ISSN 1408-3671. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19.

External links

• University Botanic Gardens, Ljubljana
• Media related to Ljubljana Botanical Garden at Wikimedia Commons