Location: Ermita, Manila (NCR)
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Garden
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark
Legal Basis: Resolution No. 8, S. 2002
Declaration date: 2002
Declared by: National Historical Institute (NHI)
Marker date: 29 March 1935
Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee
Marker text:
BOTANICAL GARDEN
BOTANICAL GARDEN ESTABLISHED 1850 BY GOVERNOR FERNANDO NORZAGARAY IN THIS SECTION OF ARROCEROS AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF MANILA. WALLS OF THE GARDEN WERE NAMED FOR PROMINENT FILIPINO AND FOREIGN SCIENTISTS.