‘Plants of the Alhambra. 80 indispensable species’ is the title of a book edited by the Alhambra along with the Miguel Sánchez publishing company. It is a catalogue of the plant species that we can find in this monument, and, in addition, it offers a new way perspective of the Alhambra, which changes every season.
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Vicky Hedwig, the plant conservationist in the middle of the desert
Since 2000, Vicky Hedwig, who is Spanish but has a German father and a French mother, has been the conservation technician at the Albardinal, a garden belonging to the Andalucian Network of Botanical and Mycological Gardens. The garden is located in the Cabo de Gata natural park, in the village of Rodalquilar. It receives 12,000 […]
Botanical researchers discover a new type of plant in Almeria, the Gadoria falukei
The universities of Almeria and Valencia are celebrating, as their botanists have just introduced the scientific world to a new type of vascular plant, which represents one of the most notable discoveries in Spanish flora in recent years. In the Sierra de Gador mountains in Almeria, The Naturalist Association of Almeria found a species that […]
An app to map the flora at the Alcázar of Seville, guiding visitors through history
The gardens of the Alcázar of Seville have more than 1,000 years of history. In them, doctors from Al Andalus researched the health effects of plants. Later, botanists experimented here with seeds from the Americas. A new app maps the plants of this famous historical space and transmits information to the user on their origins […]