Atlantic Botanical Garden

The Atlantic Botanical Garden is a plant museum inaugurated in April 2003, designed to study, conserve and publicise the flora and vegetation of the North Atlantic. It is the first Botanical Garden in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and stands out for its modern and non-generalist approach, based on specialised collections of flora. Its lines of work focus on the promotion of activities and services, in the scientific, educational, tourist and cultural fields, aimed at the conservation and dissemination of plant and natural heritage.
The Botanical Garden is a 25-hectare project, of which 19 are already open to the public. In its design, the existing values of the land were taken advantage of, incorporating into the collections the Historic Garden of La Isla and two magnificent natural forests that had survived the urban expansion of the city of Gijón: the Alder of the Peñafrancia River and La Carbayera de El Tragamón, an exceptional forest of centenary oaks. The collections are completed with exhibitions in several buildings, including a traditional Asturian farmhouse (the Quintana de Rionda) and the exhibition pavilion dedicated to Carlos Linneo, as well as a beautiful children’s area (El Bosque del Cuélebre) and a fun laurel labyrinth.