Jardín Botánico-Histórico La Concepción

Jardín Botánico-Histórico La Concepción lies at Málaga’s northern entrance, spreading across fifty-five hectares of landscape garden. Twenty-five hectares preserve the historic garden, while thematic gardens and Mediterranean woodland extend the setting. More than fifty thousand plants represent two thousand tropical, subtropical, and native species. Palms, bamboos, and aquatic plants form collections with over one hundred species.

Jorge Loring y Oyarzábal and Amalia Heredia Livermore created the estate as a private retreat during the mid-nineteenth century. Their interests joined botany with archaeology, bringing Roman sculptures and mosaics into the grounds. The Echevarría Azcarate family expanded the collections after acquiring the property in 1911. Málaga City acquired the declining estate in 1990, after it had received historical-artistic garden status in 1943.

Renovation opened the grounds to the public and introduced gardens devoted to palms, carnivorous plants, and orchids. Academic collections include Around the World in Eighty Trees and The World Map of Palm Trees. Together, subtropical plantings, historic features, and Mediterranean forest create a garden with several distinct landscapes.