Jardín botánico de la Universidad de Talca, Botanical garden at Universidad de Talca, Chile.

The Botanical Garden of Universidad de Talca is a 10-hectare natural laboratory inside the Talca campus, opened to the community in 2001. Its plantings recreate the vegetation of the Maule Region, Chile and the world, with native and exotic species chosen for their conservation status, rarity and teaching value. Paths cross the grounds, which also hold rest areas, two artificial lagoons and playgrounds; the adjoining 3-hectare Arboretum keeps about 250 forest species.

The garden opened in 2001 as a result of a partnership between Universidad de Talca and Dresden University of Technology in Germany. This international collaboration shaped the site's early development and its focus on botanical research and education.

The garden displays plant diversity from the Maule Region and various ecosystems from around the world in a way visitors can experience directly while walking. The plantings are arranged to show how these species naturally exist in their native habitats.

The garden and the adjoining Arboretum lie inside the Talca Campus of the Universidad de Talca, on Avenida Lircay. The Arboretum is a separate three-hectare area next to the garden, so plan to walk both. Paths link rest areas, two artificial lagoons and playgrounds; the garden is open during university hours.

The garden's international botanical code and its herbarium acronym are both TALCA, and it is a member of BGCI. The adjacent Arboretum, a three-hectare area next to the garden, holds about 250 native and introduced forest species.