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4 unusual facts about University of Helsinki Botanical Garden


University of Helsinki Botanical Garden

Later on, in 1827, work on transforming the garden into a walking area for the denizens of Helsinki commenced according to plans drawn up by Carl Ludvig Engel.

In 1829, the walking area was pared back once the Imperial Academy of Turku Botanical Garden moved next to it after the Great Fire hit Turku and the Imperial Academy relocated to Helsinki.

Head Gardener Franz Faldermann of the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden was commissioned to design the botanical garden.

Professor of Zoology and Botany Carl Reinhold Sahlberg started construction on a new garden, relying on his extensive private collection that was not destroyed in the Great Fire of Turku.



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