The Botanical Garden of El Hamma is located in the heart of Algiers the capital of Algeria.
It is considered an actual museum of nature, extending in the form of a runway from the foot of the National Museum of Fine Arts, from Mohamed Belouizdad Street to Hassiba Ben Bouali Street on an area of 32 hectares.
It includes 2500 species of plants and trees hundreds of years old, and more than 25 types of palm trees, as well as a garden in the classic French style and another in the British character, as well as the National Museum of Fine Arts (Algeria)
The climate of El Hamma Garden is distinguished from that of Algiers, where the temperature of the capital ranges between 6 degrees in winter and 38 degrees in summer, while the temperature in the garden does not fall below 15 degrees in winter, and does not exceed 25 degrees during summer.
This garden is a true museum of nature, as it contains trees more than 150 years old and rare and unique plants that came from different parts of the world, and also includes many types such as a rose tree with a height of thirty meters, and dates back to nearly a hundred years, and palm trees of the type “Palmetto” to trees ” Pilsan “is ancient, which may rise 30 meters, in addition to the camphor tree and bamboo plant, as well as the ginkgo tree (coriander tree or the herb of intelligence), which is one of the types of trees that tolerate harsh climatic fluctuations for several centuries.
According to experts, the garden is considered one of the “five most beautiful gardens in the world”, as most of its trees exceed one hundred years old, the first of which was planted in 1848 AD.
Work is underway to renew the garden plants and allow specialization in local plants, which is the role of vegetable gardens. In order to regain its global position it occupied 50 years ago.
