Category Archives: Botanic Gardens

Botanic gardens today have an important role in the conservation of rare species at risk of extinction. One third of the plants in the world are threaten, almost the same proportion as those that are grown today in botanic gardens, which have thus become repositories for the planet’s plant diversity. For this reason, MED-O-MED represents an efficient mechanism for North-South cooperation in the field of conservation of plant diversity.

The Royal Botanical Garden and FUNCI launch the Andalusi Trail

Coinciding with World Environment Day, this route was presented, which brings together 15 plants linked [...]

05
Jun
A new impetus for the Med-O-Med Andalusian garden

Rabat’s Acclimatisation Garden The Rabat Acclimatisation Garden (Jardin d’Essais Botaniques, JEB) was inaugurated in 2013, [...]

24
Jul
The Botanic Garden of Sóller, new Med-O-Med member

We welcome the Jardí Botánic de Sóller to our Med-O-Med Botanical Gardens Network. Located in [...]

08
Feb
When art takes on botany

From October 18th to 28th, the Jardin d’Essais of Rabat (JEB, Rabat, Morocco), one of [...]

22
Oct
The Biological Station of Torretes and Med-O-Med close ties

The Biological Station of Torretes, which belongs to the University of Alicante, just closed a [...]

12
Jul
Qatar Med-O-Med BG organized Environmental Contest

The Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a very active Med-O-Med member, has host its third consecutive [...]

01
Mar
Qur’anic Botanic Garden of Doha signs MoU with FUNCI

Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education Science and Community Development [...]

28
Dec
Open doors day at the Botanical Garden of Rabat

Next Saturday, December 16th, 2017, the Botanical Garden of Rabat (JEB), member of the Med-O-Med [...]

10
Dec
The RAJBEN, 12 new Med-O-Med members

We welcome the Andalusian Network of Botanic and Mycological Gardens in Natural Areas (RAJBEN), which has [...]

20
Mar
The RBG of Jordan and sustainability

Jordan is a country of contrast, being in the Fertile Crescent, the 4th most important [...]

30
Dec
Qur’anic Botanical Garden in Doha, new Med-O-Med member

We are pleased to welcome Quranic Botanical Gardens as Med-O-Med member. The Quranic Botanical Garden [...]

20
Aug
Rabat Botanic Garden commemorates its 2nd Anniversary

On July 24th 2015, the Botanic Garden in Rabat will have its second year Doors [...]

22
Jul
Open Doors Day at the Botanic Garden of Rabat

The Moroccan Agronomic Research Institute (INRA) has organised this Tuesday 17th June, in collaboration with [...]

13
Jun
Sponsors a tree in the Torretes Botanic Garden

Our friend and Med-O-Med member Segundo Ríos, Director of the Botanic Garden of Torretes, has [...]

15
Nov
The Historic Botanic Garden of Rabat opened his doors

The Jardin d’Essais Botaniques (JEB) of Rabat, a close member of the Med-O-Med Botanical Garden’s [...]

07
Aug
The Andalusian Garden of Rabat has been inaugurated

It is a pleasure for us in FUNCI and Med-O-Med to announce that the Botanic [...]

18
Jun
The Acclimatization Garden of Hamma (Algiers), has joined Med-O-Med

The Acclimatization Garden of Hamma (Jardin d’Essai du Hamma), has joined our Botanic Gardens Network. [...]

20
Dec
13th Conference of International Association of Botanical Gardens (IABG)

We would like to inform you about the 13th Conference of International Association of Botanical [...]

08
Oct
The Botanic Garden of Córdoba and the food

The Botanic Garden of Córdoba, one of the members of Med-O-Med, is organizing a Journey [...]

04
Oct
The Biological Station Torretes, accepted as Botanic Garden

The Biological Station Torretes led by our friend and collaborator, Dr. Segundo Ríos Ruiz, has [...]

24
Aug
The JEB of Rabat in springtime

The photographs below have been recently taken in the Andalusian Garden that FUNCI aimed to [...]

11
May
The Oman Botanic Garden, future challenges

The BCGI (Botanic Gardens International Conservation), Med-O-Med member since the program was launched, and active [...]

22
Feb
Visit to the Botanic Garden in Jerusalem

Francisco Martín, a project technician at FUNCI, is visiting at the moment the Al Quds [...]

14
Dec
Jardin d’Essais du Hamma, Algiers

In early August, a FUNCI delegation visited Algeria on his collaboration with Tlemcen, Islamic cultural [...]

16
Aug
Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan, new member of Med-O-Med

The Royal Botanic Garden of Jordan has joined Med-O-Med. This garden, in operation since 2005, [...]

08
Aug
Med-O-Med signs an agreement for the restoration of the Agdal Gardens in Marrakesh

On 9 June, FUNCI (Fundación de Cultura Islámica) signed an important agreement, as part of [...]

10
Jun
A descendant of the last cypress of the Sahara arrives to Madrid Botanic Garden

The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid, member of the Med-O-Med network, has planted these days [...]

10
Jun
The Ermitage Park, inaugurated in Casablanca

Le Parc de l’Ermitage, or Ermitage Park, also called horticultural park, has been inaugurated last [...]

30
May
The Bronx celebrates the Gardens of the Alhambra

May 21–August 21 Travel to southern Spain in just an afternoon. This unprecedented exhibition explores [...]

23
Apr
The Botanic-Historic Garden of Málaga, with Med-O-Med

The Botanic Historic Garden of Málaga, in the south of Spain, has recently become a [...]

30
Mar