The Botanical garden of Brussels !!!

Posted in Europe, Food and Wine, France

I am bringing you back to Brussels again. It remain one of my favorite cities and love to come back to it each time. I have come here by plane, train, and auto and never mind, in the city we try the metro and the bus but we walked and walked most of the time. I am updating this older post with new text and links for you and me, On one of these walks we came into the Jardin Botanique de Bruxelles or Botanical Garden of Brussels.  There is a nice cultural center surrounded with a park with statues and fountains that holds events and it is very livley. Therefore, let me tell you a bit about the Botanical garden of Brussels !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

bru-jardin-botanique-cupola-day dec12

The Jardin Botanique or Botanical Garden of Brussels is located on the territory of  Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, at the corner of Rue Royale and the boulevard du jardin botanique, is a public park located on the site of the former State Botanical Garden in Brussels created in 1826, and whose buildings house a cultural center, the Botanique, known as the “Bota”.   Victor Hugo, during his first stay in Brussels in 1852, wrote: “Brussels has two unique wonders in the world: the Grand Place and the panorama of the Botanical Garden”. Thus, in 1826, the territories of present-day Belgium, which had been part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands for the past ten years, acquired a beautiful wooded, airy and well-supplied area, to create a complex housing Brussels collections of existing plants. The Royal Horticultural Society of the Netherlands was born. Later under Belgium independence from 1830   was the Royal Horticultural Society of Belgium.

bru-jardin-botanique-cupola-and-garden-day dec12

The Orangery consists of a central domed rotunda and two glass side aisles with two columned buildings at the ends. The pattern of the monumental structure corresponds to that frequently used in the 19C. The building and gardens were officially opened with fireworks, a country festival and a banquet at the first exhibition of horticulture products organized by the Royal Horticultural Society of the Netherlands from September 1-3; 1829.  It was at the end of the 19C that the sculpted decoration of the Botanical Garden was commissioned and realized. The ensemble includes 52 sculptures, executed between 1894 and 1898, including various fountains, sculpted groups and figures evoking time, seasons, plants and animals, as well as electric lights. In October 1938, the decision was made to move the botanical garden. On January 1, 1939, the State took possession of the 93 hectares of the Bouchout estate in the town of Meise, which will now be devoted to botany and where the National Botanical Garden of Belgium, renamed the Botanical Garden of Meise, was established after its transfer to the Flemish Community on 1 January 2014.

In April 1940, the plants of the outdoor collection were moved, then it will be the turn of the trees and shrubs, then the large greenhouse raised in Bouchout. In an unrecognisable site, the building is saved from abandonment by the decision of the Ministry of the Wallonie Community to convert it into a cultural center, whose name Le Botanique recalls its former assignment. The last element that graces the upper part of the park, an iris garden was inaugurated in 1995.The Cultural Center of the French Community and the Botanique can only specialize: music and graphic arts will come first! In parallel, Le Botanique open to Joint Productions and Collaborations with Specialized Partners: Theater, Dance, Cinema, and Spectacles for a Younger audience complete the offerings. The Botanique takes over the Cirque Royal, renovating it into a polyvalent and modern hall capable of hosting every type of show imaginable. Its 2000 seats hall is ideal setting for confirmed artists and attracts a much wider audience. Today, the Cirque Royal has taken its independence, but remains the privileged partner of the Botanique.This park garden is served by the metro station: Botanique on lines 2 and 6.

The Brussels tourist office on the Botanical gardens : https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/venue-details.Brussels-Botanical-Gardens.265989

The Gardens of Brussels site on the Botanical garden : https://gardens.brussels/fr/espaces-verts/le-jardin-botanique-jean-massart

The Brussels museums site on the Botanical garden of Miese : https://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/museums/meise-botanic-garden

The official Le Botanique cultural center : https://botanique.be/en

There you go folks , another wonderful spot to visit in pretty Brussels. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Botanical garden of Brussels as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

Unknown's avatar

Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.