The recovery, conservation, dissemination and enhancement of local horticultural varieties are some of the actions carried out by the Marimurtra Botanical Garden. In this direction, during the last few weeks, several traditional local horticultural varieties of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants have been collected, which you can find in the garden area of the Garden. The […]
The biologist and curator of the herbarium of the Marimurtra Botanical Garden, Carles Burguera, will offer a conference on September 21st on the study of the herbarium carried out in Cassà de la Selva by the Jesuit P. Longí Navàs SJ (Cabassers, El Priorat 1858 – Girona, 1938). This herbarium has been preserved in the […]
The Marimurtra Botanical Garden commemorates today the 150th anniversary of the birth of Carl Faust (1874-1952), the founder of the Garden. For this reason, the Carl Faust Foundation has organized an event attended by patrons and staff. The president of the Foundation, Cristòfol Jordà, and several patrons placed a bouquet of flowers on Carl Faust’s […]
Marimurtra has added two new ‘Nomadic Blackboards’ with information so that visitors can expand their knowledge during their tour. This is a set of blackboards that change location and information according to the time of year. On the one hand, the ‘100 years of Marimurtra and the 150th anniversary of Carl Faust’ blackboard has been […]
The Marimurtra Botanical Garden participated in the twentieth edition of the International Botany Congress (IBC), held in Madrid in the last week of July. The event brought together, at IFEMA, more than 3,000 botany professionals, who enjoyed plenary lectures, symposia, exhibitors, short courses and various workshops. It was a very interesting meeting that allowed them […]
The Garden has very interesting new posters with botanical content. During the tour, visitors can take the opportunity to read them and expand their knowledge about: plant conservation, plant sexuality and plant friendship. In addition to the information on the poster, a QR redirects to the Marimurtra website where these botanical concepts are expanded: Plant […]
Marimurtra has sent 27 batches of seeds to Botanical Gardens and research centers in nine different countries after publishing its 185 taxa in the 2023-24 Seminum Index 2023-24 The Seminum Index is a seed catalog that the different Botanical Gardens around the world publish annually with the aim of promoting scientific research, the exchange of […]
The Col·legi Maristes Sants-Les Corts of Barcelona has ceded to the Fundació Carl Faust a preserved herbarium for the purposes of restoration, study and conservation. This herbarium consists of two folders that include about 100 sheets, most of them collected in Les Avellanes (la Noguera, Lleida) between the years 1940 and 1950. The two herbarium […]
The Jardí d’Epicur magazine brings together the publications made throughout 2023 by the people of the Marimurtra professional team or by some of the trustees of the Carl Faust Foundation. The aim is to bring these texts closer to all audiences. The Epicurian Garden offers a deep and reflective look at the results and knowledge generated in […]
These activities are aimed at all audiences and allow you to discover life under the sea and botany from a unique perspective The Marimurtra Botanical Garden in Blanes is launching two exclusive activities this summer to complement the offer that the Garden has throughout the year. One is the Horabaixa visit and the other is […]
This year’s winners of the Marimurtra Centenary Drawing Contest are: 1st: Paula Hernández 2nd: Ainhoa Manrique 3rd: Isabela Garzón Also winning prizes were: Khoudjedji Khadijatou, Eliel Alegre, Ona Bernatallada, Sara Grkinic, Diana Zhuravel, Mariam Susoho, Marlene Naumann and Arlet Perales. The jury was made up of: Quim Valls -Patron of the Carl Faust Foundation-, Sílvia […]
The rains collected in recent days have favored the recovery of water levels and the stagnation of the drought situation suffered last year. So far this year – from January to June – 310.6 mm of water have been collected in the rain gauges located in Marimurtra. May has been the month that recorded the […]
