It’s official now: Georgia joins European Network of Historic Gardens
By joining the network, Georgia becomes the part of the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe as well with its five historic gardens. Photo: Batumi Botanic Garden/Facebook
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Georgia, along with Germany, has joined the European Network of Historic Gardens, which until now was comprised only of Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland.
By joining the network, Georgia becomes the part of the Cultural Route of the Council of Europe as well with its five historic gardens in Tbilisi, Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi and Tsinandali.
Batumi Botanic Garden is one of the main tourist destinations in the Georgian Black Sea region of Adjara. Photo: Batumi Botanic Garden/Facebook
28 Historic Gardens are part of our Network, but there are many more in adhesion process. Soon we will be more than 30 Historic Garden working together. pic.twitter.com/ch3UtZ7gyK
— European Network of Historic Gardens (@EU_Hist_Gardens) August 21, 2019
The decision was made at the 3rd European Forum on Historic Gardens, which is held in Sintra, Portugal on September 19-21, while the next host of the 4th forum scheduled in September 2020 will be Georgia.
The British Embassy to Georgia posted photos of the botanic garden on their official Instagram page, suggesting it as one of the best weekend destinations in Tbilisi. The Embassy said their Acting Ambassador Alexandra Cole who went there “was met with beautiful gardens and stories of long standing friendship and cooperation” with London’s Kew Gardens.
Visitors and locals of Georgia's capital Tbilisi can now enjoy the scenery of the city's popular botanical garden from a bird's eye perspective after a zip line running above the park was launched at the location earlier today.
The Government of Georgia is creating a vast botanical garden in a village that lies along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) separating Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region from the rest of Georgia.
Bicycle lanes and a recreational space have been set up in the Tbilisi Botanical Garden. The new adventure route combines a bicycle lane and various tourist facilities.