The Botanical Garden will be dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich diversity of medicinal and psychoactive plants, particularly those native to Europe and the Mediterranean. This ethnobotanical sanctuary will invite visitors to explore the cultural and ecological significance of these species. By fostering knowledge exchange among enthusiasts and experts, the garden will serve as a vital hub for research, education, and appreciation of the connections between nature and humanity.
Ethnobotanical garden
We are planning an ethnobotanical garden, conceived as a living collection of medicinal and psychoactive species adapted to temperate climates, with special attention to those native to our Mediterranean basin.
This will be a space for propagation, education and research, where amateurs and professionals in fields such as cultivation and ecology, history and folklore, pharmacology and properties of these species have a meeting point to share experience and develop knowledge.
Seed Bank
We want species and traditional varieties of plants that are interesting for our mission to populate a new seed bank. This collection will be especially focused on plants with medicinal and psychoactive properties, with the aim of promoting their research, conservation and preservation.
In addition, the bank will have a section dedicated to facilitating donations and exchanges of seeds, thus promoting access to these species and varieties and their cultivation.
Types of Plants in the Garden
In this ethnobotanical garden and seed bank there will be plants that, throughout our history, we have known and explored for their therapeutic, recreational or magical and religious applications: plants that promote wakefulness and provide energy (stimulants), that facilitate rest (relaxing and narcotic), capable of amplifying dreams (oneirogenic), that expand consciousness or cultivate spirituality and learning (teacher, entheogenic and visionary plants), and other species whose properties and history grant them a spot in the project.
The botanical garden and seed bank make up the exhibition, dissemination, research, propagation and botanical custody space of the Mandragora Foundation.
