Jerusalem Botanical Gardens (Jerusalem University)

Botanical gardens of Jerusalem University occupy the territory of 13 doonams. The Gardens were opened in 1953. It is located on the Hebrew University's Givat Ram campus
Hebrew University Botanical Gardens (Mount Scopus) - In this garden you can find trees and shrubs native to the Holy Land.

On the slope of the garden is the tomb of Nicanor from Alexandria who built the Second Temple doors. More recently, the writer Y.L. Pinsker and the head of the Jewish National Fund, Menahem Ussishkin, were also buried there

Main Address:
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
The Hebrew University
Givat Ram, 91904
Jerusalem
91904 Israel
Telephone Number: +972-2-679-4012, +972-2-6794013
Fax Number: +972-2-679-3941
Web Site: www.botanic.co.il
Institution Email Address: jbotanic@botanic.co.il

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens comprises more than six thousand plant species, which were brought to Israel from all over the world and are being preserved for the benefit and enjoyment of the public. The plants are displayed in six sections, each designed to create a miniature landscape of the region of origin of the plants. The Gardens also boasts a tropical greenhouse in the name of Florence Dvorsky, which contains a wide variety of plants from tropical regions. The University Botanical Gardens operates enrichment programs for school children - from kindergarten to secondary school - on numerous and diverse subjects dealing with nature and preservation of the environment.
Special activities are offered during holidays and the summer vacation. The School of Gardens and Landscape Studies of the Botanical Gardens teaches professional courses on various Gardening subjects in cooperation with the Plant Engineering Department of the Training and Vocational Service, Ministry of Agriculture. The Botanical Gardens also teaches a professional Gardening course in cooperation with the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, in cooperation with the Society of Friends of Botanical Gardens, arranges cultural and artistic events that are centered on plant life. Thus, the Gardens served as the scene of sculpture exhibitions, flower arrangement, photography, painting and embroidery.