Botanical Garden Hamma — Attraction in Belouizdad

This garden is very lovely... It's a place where one of the Tarzan movies was acted... I love the tree canopy area which is always very cool and devoid of much sun... The botanical gardens boasts many many tree species I've never seen before... Some very lovely and some so scary like some conjured trees from a horror movie...😂 The fountain is lovely and comes on and off intermittently.... On a sunny day 🌄 you could even see a rainbow 🌈 flashing from the fountain water which is delightful... Many people come here to have picnics, take pictures, video etc... It has seats incase you get tired of walking or you intend to spend a long time having a heart to heart talk... There are food courts so hunger got nothing on you... Although I didn't use the toilets, I noticed they had some towards the food court area... Souvenir shops also exist so you can buy a few stuffs... There's also a mini zoo which surprisingly has lots of animals and birds (lions, deers, leopards, lamas, foxes, eagles, parrots and many more)... For our Muslim brethrens, there are praying areas too so you don't have to worry about spending so much time here without being able to take your prayers.... It's also safe despite how big it is so feel free to visit with your entire family and let them run wild and free with no consequences, even the lions are friendly 😂... The place is very clean too and workers and security personnel here are very friendly and will answer questions politely or guide you as appropriate... A wide range of people from various walks of life gather here so you can easily...

In 1832, Pierre Genty De Bussy, the Civil Intendant, and General Antoine Avisard, interim governor, decided to drain the marshes at the foot of the Arcades hill. The Botanical Garden of Hamma was then created on a 5 hectares (12 acres) area, to make not only a model farm but also a test garden.

In 1837, the organization bought a 18-hectare (44-acre) site under the Fountain of Plane Trees. The garden grew westwards and became the Central Nursery of the Government. The initial site was renamed Little Test Garden until its exchange in 1848 for another piece of land inside the Nursery.

The garden's principal activity is to provide trees to public organisations and to European settlers. From 1833, production of carmine was added.

Auguste Hardy was named director of the Botanical Garden in 1842. Many animal species were introduced to the garden at that time, and it expanded several times. As well as the animal and vegetable produce, industry relating to new technology occupied a lot of space, and employed a lot of people.

Between 1848 and 1867 the garden expanded several times, until it arrived at its current configuration. In 1860, a lake was created and an exterior boulevard constructed. The garden was renamed the Acclimatization Garden(French: Jardin d'Acclimatation) in 1861. In 1867, an estimated 8,214 species could be found...

The garden of Hamma was created in 1832 during the first years of the colonization of Algeria by France and it is located in one of the hillsides of the “Arcades Hill”. The arboretum occupies 20Ha and is dominated by the Monument of the Martyrs. In a lower level, a road and the important Fines Arts Museum are found between the arboretum and the Garden itself which is spread over 32Ha until the seafront promenade and the southern side of the Bay of Algiers. The garden was hardly affected during the first worldwide war. Nevertheless, it was requisitioned during the second one, keeping closed from November 1942 to June 1946. After this period, in 1948, the gardem was rehabilitated; therefore it restarted its activity until 1995. From 1995 to 2005 it was closed to the general public, but in 2009 it...