Botanical Garden
Description: The Austral University of Chile is located on Isla Teja, vocational training center and research with great prestige, was founded in 1953 and currently has 10 faculties. Botanical Garden: It is a beautiful Garden Park, located within the University, was created in 1955 by the first Rector and one of the founders of the Universidad Austral de Chile, Don Eduardo Morales Miranda scientific purposes, provide orderly a sample several native species of flora of southern Chile, and become the benchmark of the endemic flora of the country and a showcase of the world's flora. It has more than 950 species in its 10 hectares spread over several sections: Garden Mirtáceas, Proteaceae, communities of Central Chile, Magellan forest, medicinal plants, conifers and Chilean Valdivian Forest. His collections of living plants are sorted according to scientific criteria, under appropriate culture systems and individually recorded and classified. Trees stand like mañío, coihue, oaks, shrubs and plants (native and exotic). It is located along the banks of the Rio Cau Cau.
The UACh Botanical Garden has developed many scientific research activities throughout its history. At present, given its renewal process, initiate new research programs on the floristic diversity of the country, conservation and ecosystem restoration. Of course, the focus is the temperate rainforest and its high level of endemism and conservation objective. Among the specific research programs are highlighted as major lines:
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Forest Ecology
- Canopy Study Group
- Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants
- Ecosystem Restoration
- Climate change
The Legacy of Hiroshima Verde is a group of trees surviving the explosion of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, whose seeds are being distributed around the world by Ant-Hiroshima and UNITAR (together form GLH), to deliver through them a message of peace for humanity. Chile was one of the first countries selected to be part of this project, falling in the Botanical Garden of the Universidad Austral de Chile responsibility to germinate the seeds carefully and keep your trees germinate there.
These trees are themselves a message of peace to the world, witnessed the horror of war and human suffering, the strength to represent the people of Hiroshima had to get up, overcome pain and survive against the immensity of the disaster. It is expected that by the Green Legacy of Hiroshima, we educate future generations, raise awareness about the use of nuclear weapons and prevent another disaster like Hiroshima is repeated somewhere in the world.
There have been seeds of the species Ginkgo biloba, Cinnamomum camphora and Ilex rotunda, which represent "The Green Legacy of Hiroshima" in Chile. These seeds have been germinated and gave rise to small trees, those being cared for until they reach a suitable size for transplantation Botanic Gardens.
Admission: Admission to the public is free. However, delegations and panels must first be contacted via e-mail to coordinate the timing of your visit and / or support of a licensed guide. The guided tour is a FREE service designed especially for school delegations, when the visit takes place in an educational context. It has specialized guides and is adapted to the age of the students. Since this service is often required, it must be requested in advance by e-mail contact.
Hours: SUMMER: Monday to Sunday from 08:00 to 19:00 hrs. WINTER: Monday to Sunday from 09:00 to 15:30 hrs.
Access: The Botanical Garden is located inside the Isla Teja Campus of the Universidad Austral de Chile. Admission to Campus can be performed by Los Robles street or the Lingues street. The entrance to the Botanical Garden is located behind the Faculty of Sciences and has a small parking only for smaller vehicles.
E-mail: jardinbotanico@uach.cl
Activities: Walk, photography, flora and fauna