Geneva - Botanical Gardens

(Local Name: Jardin Botanique) To the southeast of Ariana, lying between the Route de Lausanne and the Geneva-Lausanne railroad line and between the Avenue de la Paix to the south and the Chemin de l'Impératrice to the north lies the Jardin Botanique, a botanic garden established in 1902, with greenhouses (exotic plants, etc.), a fine Alpine garden, a small animal enclosure (fallow deer, llamas, peacocks, cranes, parakeets) and a refreshment pavilion (summer only).