Children deserve to be celebrated in a magical place, and the Botanical Garden is the ideal option! We are delighted to announce that tomorrow, June 1st, admission is free for students (pupils) up to 14 years old, based on a student...
Read moreOn October 1, the “Alexandru Borza” Botanical Garden celebrates the “International Day of Seniors” through the Open Day for these visitors! Thus, seniors (pensioners) will have free entry **. Also, to celebrate this special day together, we will organize guided tours...
Read moreThe “A. Borza” Botanic Garden will organize the 3rd Bonsai Tree Exhibition. It will take place within the Small Greenhouses (nearby the Japanese Garden). The exhibition will take organized between 25 July and 6 August 2022. The opening hours are 10:00...
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An exceptional event is now at the beginning: the flowering of an agave plant at “A. Borza” Botanic Garden in Cluj-Napoca! The phenomenon is rare under the climatic conditions in Cluj. Once at 10—15 years, we have agave individuals reaching maturity Read more…
On the 2nd of May, on the National Youth Day, we welcome you with surprises!* To celebrate this special day together, we will organize guided tours on the theme “Culture and Nature”. The youth under 35 will have free access (based Read more…
This weekend (26-27 March 2022), the “Alexandru Borza” Botanic Garden is a partner in the Lights On Romania initiative aiming to give support for the Ukranian refugee center for those transiting the CFR Railway station in Cluj-Napoca. Gaia–the spectacular work of Read more…
As a subunit of Babeş-Bolyai University, A. Borza Botanic Garden provides all logistical and scientific support in line with the university’s educational offer for systematic botany, floristics, vegetation, and plants, fungi, and algae diversity. These activities are pursued in our Botanic Read more…
What is a scientific herbarium? A herbarium is a collection of plants that are systematically stored, catalogued, and arranged for scientific study. Such a collection is assembled over time by a process involving pressing and drying plants in paper sheets so Read more…
Research has always been at the heart of A. Borza Botanic Garden activities. Thus, ever since its beginnings, this institution became one of the most important national and regional centres for botanic studies in all their complexity. The acquired expertise turned Read more…
It was designed by Alexandru Borza in the intermediary traditional gyō nō niwa style. The central point of the Japanese garden is the teahouse built on a small lake and covered by a beautiful wisteria (Wisteria chinensis). There are many specific Read more…
Located in the Systematic Sector, it was used in the past as a reservoir for watering the botanic garden. Today it serves as an important observation point for visitors who can admire the diversity of tree species in this part of Read more…
The botanic garden has an important collection of statues created by various sculptors, in various times of its development. The statue of professor Alexandru Borza was created in 1977 by the sculptor Virgil Fulicea (1907-1979). One of the most important scientific Read more…