Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
You’re entering the Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a palm-focused botanical garden spread across 120,000 m²—about 30 acres—set on an artificial hill above the ocean. Its story starts after a former municipal landfill closed in 1983, when the site was reshaped into a living landscape. The project began in 1995, with support from the European Union and the City of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and it opened to the public in 2014. The garden was planned under botanical direction by agronomist Manuel Caballero Ruano and biologist Carlo Morici, while landscape designer Carlos Simón oversaw the lakes and waterfalls and the planting of the first gardens between 1996 and 1999. Today, the collection holds roughly 600 palm species, organised into biogeographical sections, with additional trees and shrubs from other plant families. …
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