This specimen of Melaleuca armillaris from the Marimurtra Botanical Garden suffers from its architecture that is dominated by other trees and a horizontal branch that threatens to break. The aim of the intervention is to prevent breakage. This proposal is known as dynamic artificial support, and is based on a concept called the thigmomorphogenesis effect, […]
The Marimurtra Botanic Garden is growing horticultural varieties from Les Refardes, a non-profit cooperative that coordinates the production of organic, certified and local vegetables. Marimurtra aims to spread the biodiversity cultivated with seeds of local varieties of organic production and made in the country. These seeds are produced in an artisanal and collaborative way between […]
Last Monday, June 19, the verdict of the “Carl Faust and Marimurtra” drawing contest was made public. 20 3rd year Primary Education students from the Carl Faust school in Blanes participated in this competition, and this year, as a novelty, 21 6th year students also participated. From each class there was a winner who, in […]
On Tuesday, May 9th, they visited the Botanical Garden accompanied by the president of the Foundation, Cristòfol Jordà Accompanied by the president of the board of trustees of the Carl Faust Foundation, Cristòfol Jordà, after a tour of the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, they visited the Carl Faust House where they signed the Foundation’s book of […]
Last May 22, the tribute to the founder of the Jardín Botánico de Viera y Clavijo took place on the 50th anniversary of his death Eric Ragnar Sventenius was the Swedish botanist who founded the Jardín Botánico Viera y Clavijo and was also its first director “The impact that the work of Sventenius has had […]
The April 23th is celebrated in Catalonia as St. Jordi, a Catalan festival where roses and books become the protagonists. It is celebrated in honor of Sant Jordi, the patron saint of Catalonia. Legend has it that Saint George defeated a dragon to save a princess and, from the spilled blood, a red rose emerged […]
They took possession of their position at the last meeting of this body, last February 23rd The Foundation’s Board of Trustees incorporated three new members at its last plenary meeting. The three new patterns are: Jennifer Witty-Che, MsC (Barcelona, 1970), is a biologist specialized in Ecology, Bsc from the University of Norwich, and Master in […]
From an early age, man has used what they have at his disposal to build huts and shelters. Whether to guard against inclement weather or to get a hotter room, the use of stones, branches and leaves has become the walls, beams and roofs of these huts. Today we continue using these materials in construction […]
Last February 6, the Marimurtra Botanical Garden received the visit of Mrs. Inés Jiménez, Councilor for the Environment of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria. The context of the visit was marked by the events preceding the double commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Viera y Clavijo Botanical Garden, in Gran Canaria, […]
The volume offers the reader an overview of the cycads in the Marimurtra Botanical Garden Edicions de Marimurtra, the publishing label linked to the Carl Faust Foundation, owner and manager of the Jardí Botànic Marimurtra, presents its first botanical-themed collection with a work dedicated to the cycads that can be found there. Precisely this botanical […]
Jordi Xena, last president of the Carl Faust Foundation, shaking hands with Cristòfol Jordà, on the right, on the day of his appointment as president of the Foundation. Takes over from Jordi Xena, who was president for six years of the entity that owns and manages the Jardí Botànic Marimurtra At the last ordinary meeting […]
Aquesta nova editorial pretén ser una plataforma de divulgació de tota mena de continguts relacionats amb l’obra de Carl Faust i, en especial, el Jardí Botànic MarimurtraThe first work presented by this new publishing house is Carl Faust, Essential Biography, by the historian Eduard Puigventós López The Carl Faust Foundation presents its own publishing house […]
