Sevan Botanical Garden, Botanical garden in Sevan, Armenia.
Sevan Botanical Garden is a 5-hectare site holding more than 650 plant species, including over 200 tree varieties from North America, Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean region. The plants grow at about 2000 meters elevation, where the mountain climate is both cold and windy.
Sevan Botanical Garden was founded in 1944 near the Tsamakaberd neighbourhood of Sevan, operating as a satellite of the Yerevan Botanical Garden under the supervision of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. A greenhouse opened within the grounds in 2015.
The garden's collection is grouped by origin, with sections for plants from Armenia, North America, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Himalayas. It is run as a satellite of the Yerevan Botanical Garden under the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, and local visitors come to see how species from those regions cope with the dry continental climate at 2000 meters.
The garden lies near the Tsamakaberd neighbourhood of Sevan, at an elevation of 2000 metres, where winters are cold and summers hot. Paths are outdoor and unsheltered, so wear layers and sturdy shoes; the greenhouse opened in 2015 gives cover in poor weather.
The garden's 650 species include 225 kinds of trees, drawn from Armenia, North America, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Himalayas. The site sits at 2,000 metres, so the collection shows which foreign trees endure cold winters and hot summers. A greenhouse opened inside the grounds in 2015.
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