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Embark on a sensory journey through the Garden

Seasonal Itineraries

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Tree rhododendron
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Bird of paradise
3
Gymea lily
4
Magnolias
5
Large-flowered sobralia
6
Bamboo Collection
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The Bromeliad Collection
8
Endemic and Native Flora Garden
9
The Cycad Collection
10
Azalea beds
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Clivia
12
Christmas berry
13
Veitch's Winter Hazel
14
Fraser photinia
15
New Zealand Christmas Bush
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Nursery
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Metrosideros 'Tahiti'
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Tea Tree 'Red Damask'
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Carolina silverbell
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Grottoes
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Grottoes
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Botania Hall
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Metrosideros
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Giant white bird of paradise
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Chestnut
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Blue Water Lily Lake
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Volcanic Water Lake
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Ginkgo Avenue
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Copper Beech
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Pond Cypress
30
Thermal Water Jacuzzis
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Brush Cherry
32
Zoomorphic sculptures
33
Sugar Bowl Gazebo
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Memorial to the Viscounts of Praia
35
Thermal Water Pool
36
Common Oak
37
Bust of Thomas Hickling
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Serpentine Canal
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Bust of Vasco Bensaude
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Palm Grove
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Lovers' Fountain
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Bangalow Palm
43
Wollemi Pine
44
Norfolk Island Pine
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Bunya Pine
46
Parana Pine
47
Tulip Tree
48
Chinese Fir
49
Japanese Cedar
50
Stinkwood
51
Pecan
52
Holm Oak
53
Cork Oak
54
Mamaku
55
Soft Tree Fern
56
Queensland Kauri
57
Prickly Paperbark
58
Silk Floss Tree
59
Canary Island Date Palm
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Pink jasmine
61
Weeping bottlebrush
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Bottlebrush tree
63
Camellia reticulata Collection
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Hybrid Camellia Collection
65
Camellia japonica Collection
65
Camellia japonica Collection
65
Camellia japonica Collection
66
Ginkgo
67
Japanese Cedar
68
Orchid Collection
69
Taro
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1 Tree rhododendron

  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Family: Ericaceae
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2 Bird of paradise

  • Genus: Strelitzia
  • Family: Strelitziaceae
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3 Gymea lily

  • Genus: Doryanthes
  • Family: Doryanthaceae
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4 Magnolias

  • Genus: Magnolia
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
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5 Large-flowered sobralia

  • Genus: Sobralia
  • Family: Orchidaceae
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6 Bamboo Collection

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7 The Bromeliad Collection

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8 Endemic and Native Flora Garden

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9 The Cycad Collection

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10 Azalea beds

  • Genus: Rhododendron
  • Family: Ericaceae
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11 Clivia

  • Genus: Clivia
  • Family: Amaryllidaceae
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12 Christmas berry

  • Genus: Ardisia
  • Family: Primulaceae
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13 Veitch's Winter Hazel

  • Genus: Corylopsis
  • Family: Hamamelidaceae
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14 Fraser photinia

  • Genus: Photinia
  • Family: Rosaceae
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15 New Zealand Christmas Bush

  • Genus: Metrosideros
  • Family: Myrtaceae
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16 Nursery

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17 Metrosideros 'Tahiti'

  • Genus: Metrosideros
  • Family: Myrtaceae
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18 Tea Tree 'Red Damask'

  • Genus: Leptospermum
  • Family: Myrtaceae
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19 Carolina silverbell

  • Genus: Halesia
  • Family: Styracaceae
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Grottoes

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Botania Hall

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22 Metrosideros

  • Common name: Metrosideros, Northern rātā
  • Scientific name: Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Origin: Nova Zelândia
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23 Giant white bird of paradise

  • Genus: Strelitzia
  • Family: Strelitziaceae
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24 Chestnut

  • Common name: Chestnut, European Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut,
  • Scientific name: Castanea sativa Mill.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Origin: From the Balkans to Northern Iran
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25 Blue Water Lily Lake

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26 Volcanic Water Lake

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27 Ginkgo Avenue

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28 Copper Beech

  • Common name: Copper Beech, Purple Beech
  • Scientific name: Fagus sylvatica L. 'Purpurea'
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Origin: Horticultural
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29 Pond Cypress

  • Common name: Pond Cypress
  • Scientific name: Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (Nutt.) Croom
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Origin: Southeast United States
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30 Thermal Water Jacuzzis

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31 Brush Cherry

  • Common name: Brush Cherry, Scrub Cherry, Lilly Pilly, Creek Satinash, Watergum
  • Scientific name: Syzygium australe (J.C.Wendl. ex Link) B.Hyland
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Origin: Eastern Australia
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32 Zoomorphic sculptures

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33 Sugar Bowl Gazebo

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34 Memorial to the Viscounts of Praia

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35 Thermal Water Pool

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36 Common Oak

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37 Bust of Thomas Hickling

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38 Serpentine Canal

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39 Bust of Vasco Bensaude

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40 Palm Grove

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41 Lovers' Fountain

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42 Bangalow Palm

  • Common name: Bangalow Palm
  • Scientific name: Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Origin: Eastern Australia
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43 Wollemi Pine

  • Common name: Wollemi Pine
  • Scientific name: Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • Origin: Center-East of New South Wales (Benjang Gap)
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44 Norfolk Island Pine

  • Common name: Norfolk Island Pine, Norfolk Pine
  • Scientific name: Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • Origin: Norfolk Island (including Phillip Island)
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45 Bunya Pine

  • Common name: Bunya Pine, Bunya-Bunya
  • Scientific name: Araucaria bidwillii Hook.
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • Origin: Queensland
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46 Parana Pine

  • Common name: Parana Pine, Candelabra Tree, Brazilian Pine
  • Scientific name: Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • Origin: From the Southeast and Southern Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
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47 Tulip Tree

  • Common name: Tulip Tree, Yellow Poplar, Tulip Poplar
  • Scientific name: Liriodendron tulipifera L.
  • Family: Magnoliaceae
  • Origin: From South of Ontario to Center-North and Eastern United States
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48 Chinese Fir

  • Common name: Chinese Fir, China Fir
  • Scientific name: Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Origin: Southern China
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49 Japanese Cedar

  • Common name: Japanese Cedar, Japanese Redwood, Sugi
  • Scientific name: Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Origin: Central and Southern Japan
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50 Stinkwood

  • Common name: Stinkwood, Til, Madeira Laurel
  • Scientific name: Ocotea foetens (Aiton) Baill.
  • Family: Lauraceae
  • Origin: Madeira Island, Canary Islands
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51 Pecan

  • Common name: Pecan, Pecan tree
  • Scientific name: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch
  • Family: Juglandaceae
  • Origin: From Center-East and Center United States to Mexico
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52 Holm Oak

  • Common name: Holm Oak, Holly Oak, Evergreen Oak
  • Scientific name: Quercus ilex L.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Origin: From the South of Central Europe to the Mediterranean
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53 Cork Oak

  • Common name: Cork Oak, Cork Tree
  • Scientific name: Quercus suber L.
  • Family: Fagaceae
  • Origin: Western and Central Mediterranean
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54 Mamaku

  • Common name: Mamaku, Black Tree Fern, Katātā, Kōrau, Pītau
  • Scientific name: Sphaeropteris medullaris (G.Forst.) Bernh.
  • Family: Cyatheaceae
  • Origin: From New Zealand to South Pacific
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55 Soft Tree Fern

  • Common name: Soft Tree Fern, Man Fern
  • Scientific name: Dicksonia antarctica Labill.
  • Family: Cyatheaceae
  • Origin: From Southeast Queensland, coastal New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania
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56 Queensland Kauri

  • Common name: Queensland Kauri, Smooth Bark Kauri, Kauri Pine
  • Scientific name: Agathis robusta (C.Moore ex F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
  • Family: Araucariaceae
  • Origin: From Papua New Guinea to the Bismarck Archipelago, East of Queensland
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57 Prickly Paperbark

  • Common name: Prickly Paperbark, Prickly-leaved Paperbark
  • Scientific name: Melaleuca styphelioides Sm.
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Origin: From Southeast Queensland New South Wales
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58 Silk Floss Tree

  • Common name: Silk Floss Tree, Floss Silk Tree
  • Scientific name: Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Origin: From Brazil to Peru and Northeast Argentina
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59 Canary Island Date Palm

  • Common name: Canary Island Date Palm, Pineapple Palm
  • Scientific name: Phoenix canariensis H.Wildpret
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • Origin: Canary Islands
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60 Pink jasmine

  • Genus: Jasminum
  • Family: Oleaceae
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61 Weeping bottlebrush

  • Genus: Melaleuca
  • Family: Myrtaceae
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62 Bottlebrush tree

  • Genus: Melaleuca
  • Family: Myrtaceae
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63 Camellia reticulata Collection

  • Genus: Camellia
  • Family: Theaceae
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64 Hybrid Camellia Collection

  • Genus: Camellia
  • Family: Theaceae
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65 Camellia japonica Collection

  • Genus: Camellia
  • Family: Theaceae
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66 Ginkgo

  • Common name: Ginkgo, Ginkgo biloba, maidenhair tree
  • Scientific name: Ginkgo biloba L.
  • Family: Ginkgoaceae
  • Origin: China (Zhejiang)
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67 Japanese Cedar

  • Common name: Japanese Cedar, Japanese Redwood, Sugi
  • Scientific name: Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don 'Elegans'
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • Origin: Japan
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68 Orchid Collection

  • Genus: Various
  • Family: Orchidaceae
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69 Taro

  • Genus: Colocasia
  • Family: Araceae
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FECHAR

A map through nature in spring

As spring arrives, plants awaken to embark on a fresh growth cycle. During this season, the Garden's vibrant and fragrant flowers burst forth, showcasing the peak beauty of some of our unique botanical species.

 

From the iconic Camellia Collection to the historic Cycad Collection and passing by the Aquatic Plants and Azalea beds, the Spring Itinerary encompasses approximately 3km/1.8 mi of pathways, guiding you through every enchanting corner of the Garden that becomes even more distinct and captivating during this season.
 

Embarking on this immersive journey through the magic of nature, you'll encounter significant historical landmarks, such as the mystical grottoes or the majestic Botania Hall. This thoughtfully crafted itinerary culminates in a perfect conclusion to your visit—a soothing dip in the rejuvenating waters of the Thermal Pool.


  • Temperature
    • 18ºCº - Furnas
    • Sao Miguel - Azores
  • Itineraries
    • Pedestrian
    • Long duration
  • Route
    • Distance: 3km
    • Duration: 01:30 hours
  • Characteristics
    • Flora Flora
    • Fauna Fauna