Insights
Discover a remarkable atlas of plant biodiversity covering 3,500 plant species from around the world, visit the Botanical Museum, which tells how studies have evolved and traces the links between botany and medicine, explore the Renaissance medicinal herb garden, and find out all about Goethe’s Palm.
Visit
The Botanical Garden of Padua lies between the Prato della Valle city square and the Basilica of St Anthony. It was named a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. Visits can be by guided tour or self-organized, in which case the admission price includes an audio guide, with a version for children too — ‘AudioPen Kids’.
Events and activities
A Botanical Garden to explore and experience. Besides being the venue for a spring festival, Risvegli, dedicated to science and nature, the garden hosts events and shows all year round, with exhibitions and activities that take the visitor on a trip through the world of plants.
Research and collections
Research laboratories, the herbarium, the museum collections and the historical library are core elements of an activity that combines leading-edge research with the conservation of a rich historical and naturalistic heritage. A scientific mission begun in 1545 that continues today and every day.

A Voice from the Garden: Darwin and Other Stories

Name: A Voice from the Garden: Darwin and Other Stories
Start: 2026-05-02T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-02T11:15:00+02:00

SATURDAY, 2 MAY – 10 AM
Scientific popularisation meeting
With Chiara Ceci, Claire Masset, Antony O’Rourke. Moderator: Elena Canadelli
Free | Subject to booking

What stories can a historic garden tell us—such as the one at Down House, near London, once owned by the Darwin family? In the mid-19th century, naturalist Charles Darwin spent much of his time, with his wife Emma Wedgwood and their children, in this country home surrounded by a variety of gardens. These green spaces bear witness to them and their lives, and to their relationship with the botanical world. Taking Down House as its point of departure, the conference traces the stories of other gardens and their “gardeners”, including William Morris and Claude Monet.

The conference will be held mainly in English with simultaneous translation into Italian.

It will take place at the Botanical Theatre.

A Voice from the Garden: Darwin and Other Stories

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