After spending a couple of days in Batumi, Georgia, we initiated a road trip throughout this country and stopped in Batumi’s Botanical Garden on our way out of the city.
The Garden is located 9 kilometers from the center of Batumi and is considered to be one of the oldest, biggest and more important plant research facilities in the region. There are close to 2,000 different species from across the globe, represented in 9 different zones. All of them are connected by a dozen different walking paths and off-road hiking trails. A top highlight of the Museum is the fact that it is also one of the best places in Batumi to catch a view of the Black Sea and the city skyline.
Batumi Botanical Garden was established in 1912 by Russian botanist Andrei Krasnov and was one of the largest gardens in the Soviet Union. The history of the area dates back even further to the 1890s, when a parcel of land (now the Upper and Lower Park) was purchased by a local botanist to build his country house. Several online references that we reviewed in advance to visiting it report that the warm, wet, subtropical climate was deemed perfect for cultivating tropical and subtropical plants collected from all corners of the globe. As Batumi grew as a popular summer holiday destination, its garden emerged as one of the top attractions. Different plant species were gradually introduced: Canary date palms, Australian gums, Japanese sakura, North American redwoods. Nowadays, there are an estimated 1,900 different taxonomies (and 5,000 individual plants) represented. The park reports that more are added every year.
These are some photos I took while visiting it:
Marco Serrato 
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