Leafy vegetation

If you enter the park from Plaça de les Matemàtiques, the first thing you come across is a set of pétanque courts, popular not just with players but also with the onlookers seated on the surrounding benches. The other entrance, by Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, takes visitors along a path that links the park to Carrer de la Font Florida. The path passes over the slope which, tracing the mountain’s profile, is covered with grass, pine, holm oak, poplar, ombú and eucalyptus trees. Mediterranean shrubs such as broom and lavender grow below, while leafy jacarandas decorate the area at the top. The central square is dominated by tipuanas, which have a spectacular yellow flower.

How the park looked in 1929

The park was created in 1995, emulating the style of gardens that Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier had designed on Montjuïc for the Barcelona International Exposition of 1929.