Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa

The Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa is the only botanical garden in Cape Verde.

The garden is located in São Jorge, in the middle of the island Santiago.

[1] Its collection focuses on endemic and native plants of Cape Verde.

The garden was created in 1986 and was named after the Franco-Portuguese botanist Luís Augusto Grandvaux Barbosa (1914-1983).

Endemic and native plants in the garden include Phoenix atlantica, Euphorbia tuckeyana, Echium hypertropicum, Echium stenosiphon, Artemisia gorgonum, Micromeria forbesii, Aeonium gorgoneum and Campanula jacobaea.

Entrance to the Botanical Garden
Enclosure of the Botanical Garden