Botanic Garden (Akureyri)
Iceland /
Nordurland eystra /
Akureyri
World
/ Iceland
/ Nordurland eystra
/ Akureyri
World / Iceland / Hálshreppur
park, public garden, botanical garden
The Public Park was opened in 1912 but the Botanic section in 1957. The park has been enlarged three times since 1912 and is now about 3.6 ha and lies at 40-50 m altitude at Eyrarlandsvegur road near midtown.
The aims of the activity in the Botanic Garden are several. The most important task is to provide northern Iceland in general with trees, shrubs and perennials that fulfil demands upon beauty and hardiness. The garden is also meant to function as genebank for hardy plants suitable to the weather conditions in Iceland. Apart from that the general idea is multiple use, such as seed-exchange, public information, education and recreation.
There are about 6600 alien taxa growing in the garden now in beds and nursery and around 430 species of the native taxa.
www.lystigardur.akureyri.is/
The aims of the activity in the Botanic Garden are several. The most important task is to provide northern Iceland in general with trees, shrubs and perennials that fulfil demands upon beauty and hardiness. The garden is also meant to function as genebank for hardy plants suitable to the weather conditions in Iceland. Apart from that the general idea is multiple use, such as seed-exchange, public information, education and recreation.
There are about 6600 alien taxa growing in the garden now in beds and nursery and around 430 species of the native taxa.
www.lystigardur.akureyri.is/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 65°40'30"N 18°5'39"W
- Royal Botanic Gardens 1872 km
- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 4141 km
- Royal Botanical Gardens - Burlington 4446 km
- Holden Arboretum 4667 km
- University of Wisconsin Arboretum 4907 km
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens 5267 km
- National Botanic Garden 6525 km
- National Tropical Botanical Garden Conservation Land 9724 km
- Senator Fong's Plantation and Gardens 9758 km
- Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden 9764 km
- Port of Akureyri 1.7 km
- Akureyri Airport 2.1 km
- Íþróttafélagið Þór 2.1 km
- Runway 01/19 2.4 km
- Halond 3.6 km
- Ljósavatn 20 km
- Arnarnesvík 23 km
- Lónin 26 km
- Grenivík 31 km
- Eyjafjörður 33 km