The Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden is a blooming paradise on four hectares with a rich array of 3,800 species drawn from Israel’s diverse landscape and from around the world. It is open to the public, but also serves as an outdoor classroom and a laboratory for scientists.
Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden

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In this garden spot, known as the Temple of Iris, garden director Yuval Sapir and graduate students do research on irises. (Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden)

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Garden curator Mimi Ron is planting seedlings for garden beds. (Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden)

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The second floor of the Sarah Racine Root laboratory sets up visitors for an unexpected view underground. (Rosanne Skirble/VOA)

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The roots of plants grow through holes in the ceiling in the Sarah Racine Root laboratory giving visitors the sensation of life underground. (Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden)