Gothenburg's Secret Oasis: The Researcher's Garden

The Gothenburg Botanical Garden, located in the heart of the bustling city of Gothenburg, is one of the larger botanical gardens in Europe. Funded by the Charles Felix Lindberg Foundation in memory of Charles Felix Lindberg, a Swedish businessman and donor who passed away in 1909, the garden was taken up by the Gothenburg City Council in 1915 and was opened to the public in 1919. Initially conceived as 'a field for experimentation and biological demonstrations, and a nature park', the garden was fully unveiled in 1923.

Carl Skottsberg, a renowned botanist, was appointed as the first director in 1919 and worked there until 1948. A significant portion of the garden, the Woodlands, was declared a nature reserve in 1975 and is home to an impressive collection of exotic trees. Stora Änggården, a country estate dating back to 1794, was renovated under the supervision of the architect Sigfrid Ericson in 1919 and moved to its current location near the Bamboo Thickets. In 1998, the operation of the garden was handed over to the Region Västra Götaland Regional Council.

The garden covers approximately 40 hectares of greenery and is home to 16,000 different species, including rare orchids found in its greenhouses.

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