It holds more than 10,000 plant species on 14 hectares and opens daily all year, with glasshouses that stay warm in November.
About the place
Professor Alexandru Borza laid out the garden after 1919, and it opened to the public on 25 June 1925. Its roughly 14 hectares hold ornamental, phytogeographic, systematic and economic sections, the Japanese garden with a tea house on a small pond, and the Roman garden with remains from ancient Napoca. The Botanical Institute building, inaugurated in 1937, houses the Botanical Museum and the country's largest herbarium.
The large glasshouse complex of 1957–1960 has three houses open to visitors: equatorial plants, palms (16 m high) and Mediterranean and Australian plants. In 2026 the garden opens daily 9–17 from November to February and until 20:00 in summer; the glasshouses close an hour earlier. It receives more than 200,000 visitors a year.
Good to know
- From 9 to 14 November 2026 the succulent glasshouse, normally closed, can be visited on guided tours at 10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 (up to 20 people per tour).
- The glasshouses are closed on the first two Mondays of each month, and the garden on 25–26 December and 1 and 24 January; dogs, bicycles and scooters are not allowed.
- The Central Cemetery (Házsongárd), with graves from the 16th century onwards, is about 500 m to the east.
Opening hours
| Monday | 9–17 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9–17 |
| Wednesday | 9–17 |
| Thursday | 9–17 |
| Friday | 9–17 |
| Saturday | 9–17 |
| Sunday | 9–17 |
Hours may change on public holidays. Check before you go.