Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Canary Islands - Spain 8K

The Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a botanical garden of m² specialized in palms (Arecaceae) . It is an artificial hill, with views of the ocean, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The gardens include a large system of waterfalls, streams and ponds, a museum dedicated to palms, and a display shade house. The project was started in 1995 on a former landfill and only opened to the public in 2014. The valuable palm collection gathers about 600 species of palms and it is focused on the ones native to world islands. Trees and shrubs of other plant families are also displayed, organised in “biogeographical sections“. All gardens are maintained with no pesticides and no fertilizers, different species of wild birds are easily seen in the palmetum. The palmetum is located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, capital city of the Western Canary Islands, in the district of Cabo Llanos, by the Parque Marítimo César Manrique. It is an artificial hill originally ma