The Botanical Garden

 The Botanical Garden is situated in the heart of Copenhagen. It contains the largest collection of living plants in Denmark. The main purpose of the garden is to maintain a  rich collection of plants to be used in research, for teaching and for public information. It holds one of the largest herbaria of plants and fungi from all over the world.

The Garden is a part of the National History Museum of Denmark. There is a large Palm House that was built in 1874 in which we can find tropical and subtropical plants. The glasshouse was built by J.C Jacobsen. The Garden as well as the Museum belongs to the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Science.

The Botanical Garden moved several times before it was placed in the city center where it has been since 1870. They found out that this place would be the best to grow medicinal plants. In 1977 the Garden became listed by the Danish conservations authorities.

When we went to the Garden the flowers began to bloom and the lawn was summerlike.We were lucky because we had sunny weather and we had the chance to enjoy it. There is a beautiful lake which reflected the sun in a charming way. We went into the Palm House in which it was very hot because the tropical plants growing in it.  Being in there you actually felt like being in a tropical area. We walked trough the wonderful alleys to get out again.

 Noami: I really liked the Botanical Garden. There were plenty of beautiful plants an the lake in the middle of the Garden  just looked awesome. I also think that the lake gives a romantik touch to the Garden.  I  loved to walk in this wonderfull natural area.
  
Clémence: I really enjoyed this Garden it is very beautiful and calm. Unfortunately the trees were nacked and there were no blossoms on it. I would either recommand to visit the garden during summer, if possible. It's also a really nice place to relax and to lie in the grass if it's shinny weather!

Gilles: The Botanical Garden was nice to see but not extraordinary. I'm not the biggest fan of nature. Despite there was a good-looking model taking nice pictures during our stay ;-) The Palm House was nice to visit because of the exotic plants.