Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Chemin de l'Impératrice 1
1292 Chambésy
Tel. +41 (0)22 418 51 00
Web: www.ville-ge.ch/cjb


The spirit of naturalism that prevailed in the 18th century eventually prompted A.-P. de Candolle to establish Geneva’s first extensive botanical gardens in the present Bastions Park in 1817.

Today this area of 28 hectares, situated since 1904 on the edge of Geneva, is an ideal setting for either a simple stroll or for learning.

The Botanical Gardens consist of a collection of 16,000 plant species from all over the world. This truly living museum is divided into several sections: an arboretum, the rock garden and banks of protected plants, medicinal and useful plants, greenhouses, horticultural plants (including a "garden of scent and touch"), an animal park devoted to conservation and "Botanicum" (a family space) near the lake.

The Conservatory owns a rich public scientific library of more than 220,000 volumes and a herbarium whose more than 5,5 million samples make it one of the five largest in the world (visit by appointment).

• Opening hours and prices

Garden End of October-March: Every day 9.30am-5pm April-End of October: Every day 8am-7.30pm Greenhouses Every day of the year: 9.30am-4.30pm Entrance: free.

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