The Cagliari Botanical Garden, opened in November 1866, is recognized as one of Sardinia’s seven historic gardens. Its founder, Patrizio Gennari, intended to create a model garden for the purpose of acclimatizing exotic tropical plants, an arboretum that would collect plant stock from the most distant geographic areas of the planet.
Gennari’s work was continued by his successors, and today the collection numbers about 2,000 specimens, with sections collecting a wide range of exotic and local species. The plant ensemble is enhanced by an advanced Biodiversity Conservation Center that provides protection for numerous Sardinian endemics. Gennari’s “vision” is as relevant today as ever, in a world in which migrations, contaminations and integrations between local and exotic elements lead to a review of geographies and communities of the living under the profile of welcome and exchange, of peaceful coexistence that, in the words of Gilles Clement, makes the world a “planetary garden” capable of aggregating differences and generating life and beauty from migratory movements.
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