ALGERIA 
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Algeria
INSTITUTION NAME Jardin d’Essais du Hamma
MAIN ADDRESS Address: Jardin Botanique du Hamma. Rue Hassiba Ben Bouali – B.P. 141. Hamma District. Alger, Algeria

Tel: 213 21672292

Fax: 213 21671468

Website: http://www.jardinbotaniqueduhamma.dz/ 

Email: conservation@jardinbotaniqueduhamma.dz / LOUNESDORIA@YAHOO.FR 

Director’s Name: Mr. BOULAHIA Abdelkrim 

 
DESCRIPTION
AREA 32 ha including an arboretum of 3 hectares
LATITUDE 36, 44 º N
LONGITUDE 3, 04 º E
ALTITUDE 10-100 m
PRECIPITATION 800 mm
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS State
INSTITUTION TYPE Botanic Garden
DATE FOUNDED 1832
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & NUMBER OF SPECIES Exotic Plants Collection (Bambous, washingtonia, Ficus,Nolina,Platanes,Dracaena,caryota…) Systematic Collection, native plants collection, suculent plants collection, artificial mediterranean wet area.    +500 SPECIES
TAXA 8.000
PROGRAMMES • Plant conservation,

• Seed collecting and seed banking,

• Environmental public education,

• Exposition of scientific garden plant collections and research programmes (Cultivation in-vitro, Seeds conservation, etc.)

• Education and training programmes (Horticulture School):

The Environmental Education Center organizes activities and events for the general public: exhibitions, communications, drawing contests, best presentation contest, quizzes and shows for children during the celebration days related to the themes of the environment, nature and the child.
• Gardening and beekeeping workshop
• Ornithology workshop
• Aquarium workshop
• Nature drawing workshop
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • Herbarium
• Arboretum
• Seed Bank
• Published Plant Catalogue
• Publications (articles in the “Revue de la Societe d’Horticulture d’Algerie “)
• Documentation Center
• Zoo and MuseumThe experimental part, in the center of the garden, is containing the green houses and the special plant collections
MAIN DEFICIENCIES • Computer Plant Record System

• Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
OTHER INFORMATION Garden open to the public. Spring/Winter: 10h00 to 17h00 Autumn/Winter 10h00 to 19h00
SOURCES CONSULTED Web:

https://www.jardinbotaniqueduhamma.dz/index.php

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jardin_d%27essai_du_Hamma#cite_note-22

www.bgci.org

http://envirocomalger.blogspot.com/2009/07/education-in-botanicalgarden-in.html

www.cbd.int

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