Batumi Botanical Garden Subtropical Paradise
Explore the remarkable Batumi Botanical Garden, one of the oldest in the former Soviet Union, where over 2,000 plant species from around the world thrive in the subtropical climate of the Black Sea coast above Batumi.
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Garden Entrance
Enter the botanical garden established in 1912 on the terraced hillside above the Black Sea, where the subtropical climate allows cultivation of plants from the world's temperate and subtropical zones in an extraordinary collection.
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Georgian Endemic Section
Walk through the collection of Georgian endemic plant species including the famous Pontic rhododendron, Caucasian wingnut, and other plants found only in the Caucasus biodiversity hotspot, one of the world's most important centers of endemic species.
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Japanese Garden
Find tranquility in the Japanese garden section where bamboo groves, azalea beds, and carefully shaped trees create a corner of the Far East transplanted to the Caucasian Black Sea coast in an unexpected but perfectly realized garden composition.
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Tree Collection
Walk among the remarkable tree collection including giant sequoias, Himalayan cedars, Chinese palms, and New Zealand tree ferns — species from every continent growing side by side in the garden's beneficent subtropical microclimate.
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Sea Viewpoint
Reach the garden viewpoint where the terraced hillside falls away to reveal the full panorama of the Black Sea coast, Batumi's skyline of casino towers and the crescent of beach visible below in the morning haze.
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Wild Section
Enter the less manicured section of the garden where plants grow more freely and the transition to the natural Colchic forest — one of the world's ancient relict ecosystems — gives a sense of the extraordinary natural landscape that once covered this entire coast.
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