San Juan Botanical Garden
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The rare red sealing wax palm from Malaysia can be found in the Botanical Garden's Aquatic Garden. | |
San Juan Botanical Garden | |
| Type | Botanical Garden |
| Location | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°23′23″N 66°03′19″W / 18.3898°N 66.0554°W |
| Area | 300 acres (120 ha) |
| Created | September 12, 1969 |
The San Juan Botanical Garden, officially known as the Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico, is located in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. This lush 300-acre (1.2 km2) “urban garden” of native and exotic flora serves as a laboratory for the study, conservation and enrichment of plants, trees, flowers, grasses and many other plants. Seventy-five acres are landscaped and open to the general public as well as researchers.
The entrance is located off the south side of the intersection of Highway 1 and Road 847 in Río Piedras. The “Bosque Urbano del Nuevo Milenio” (Nuevo Milenio State Forest), a project for the conservation and growth of the urban forest, is on the eastern side of the Botanical Garden.