The Botanic Garden of Ferrara organizes guided tours, thematic exhibitions, courses, seminars and other educational events (for information: tel. +39 0532 293782).
Guided tours
The cultural association "didò" organizes generic, theme or custom guided tours (outside, in classroom and in laboratory). Guided tours are not free. For information and booking: tel. +39 0532 203381.
Exhibitions
AUTUMN FESTIVAL - ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF BONSAI - 2013 SEPTEMBER 28 AND 29
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The plant collections of the Botanic Garden are divided into five sections and many sectors. The sections and relating sectors are:
The plants in this section are ordered based on a systematic, in agreement with most recent classifications.
Sectors: Pteridophyta; Gimnospermae; Magnoliids; Monocots; Eudicots.
This section includes ornamental plants predominantly organized in small theme gardens whose purpose is primarily aesthetic and popular.
Sectors: Rock garden; Shade garden; Mediterranean garden; English garden; Hygrophytes sector; Acquatic plants; Moor; Officinal plants sector; Italian garden; Japanese garden
In this section the plants are grouped according to the usefulness to humans.
Sectors: Orchard garden, Plants for industry, Aromatic plants, Medicinal Plants.
This section collects protected plants of the italian flora originating, in large part, the territory of Ferrara.
Sectors: Terrestrial and hygrophilous protected plants; Aquatic protected plants.
The plants in this section are all in pots or baskets and are hospitalized in the winter in a greenhouse. The many areas are formed, in practice, from collections of plants of tropical or subtropical origin. This section includes plants of various types (succulents, epiphytics, carnivorous, ornamentals, officinals, etc.).
Sectors: Exotic ferns; Exotic Gymnospermae; Sensitive plants; Exotic acquatic plants; Exotic officinal plants; Succulent plants; Epiphytic Bromeliads; Epiphytic succulent plants; America and Africa plants; Eastern Asia and Oceania plants; Carnivorous plants; Epiphytic Orchids; Musaceae sector; Palm sector.
From here you can download plant list of Botanic Garden of Ferrara
(dated 2013, December).