Establishing this botanical garden was the life work of the Swedish-Spanish botanist Erik Ragnar Svensson (1910–1973), who searched – and found – the optimal site for this garden, one that could successfully accommodate many of the diverse plant species of the Canary Islands. The garden was layed out in Tafira Alta, near Las Palmas, and the Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo was officially opened in 1959. Svensson (Sventenius) served as its first director. When he died in a traffic accident in 1973, David Bramwell was appointed his successor in 1974.
According to Wikipedia, the garden comprises approximately 27 acres (10 hectares), on which approximately 500 plant species endemic to the Canary Islands are cultivated. Important divisions are the ”Garden of the Islands” (Jardín de las Islas), the ”Garden of Cacti and Succulents” (Jardín de Cactus y Suculentas), where approximately 10,000 cultivars of succulents are on display, the ”Macaronesian Ornamental Garden” (Jardín Macaronésico Ornamental), and the “Hidden Garden” (El Jardín Escondido) with greenhouse. Also worthy of mention are the pinetum (El Pínar) and the ”Laurel-leaved Forests” (Bosque de Laurísílva), featuring trees which once covered most of Macaronesia prior to Spanish settlement. At the ”Fountain of the Wisemen” (La Fuente de Los Sabios), botanists who discovered and described the flora of the Canary Islands are honored.
But we will remain in the impressive garden of cacti and succulents. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did! The last tree in this gallery is a gigantic ficus.
Leya 
Ohh, most excellent. I’d love to visit these gardens!
I think you would! I could have stayed much longer…
I have some photos which You took also.
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Yes! They look like the plants come from ”other worlds.” Beautiful!
Thank you so much!
Such an unusual collection, fascinating and great for photography
I had great fun, yes!
Looks so lush! 🙂
It was. Even mini forests of laurel and pine for example.
Magnificent tree images! Love all of them. 🙂
Thank you, Amy!
Marvellous!
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Amazing plants, dear Anne-Christine! Whenever I look at them, I wonder how God invents all that beauty!
Mother Nature!
True1! 🙂
What an extraordinary undertaking and creation.
Yes, how unfortunate to be killed in a crash – he could have continued his work for years.
Incredible shapes and sizes, aren’t they? 🙂 🙂 Happy Sunday to you!
To you as well, Jo!
Wow, oh ich mag Bäume, Kakteen, Sukkulenten! Sehr schöne Bilder, danke fürs zeigen…
Thank you!
Some of those plants look as though they’re out of a sci-fi movie!
janet
Haha, you are right. They do.