Colonial garden

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• Access: Avenue J. Sobieski, Avenue des Robiniers, Avenue des Ebèniers
• Opened: all year
• Date of creation: 1905
• Map: [plan]

At the entrance of the garden (side of the Place Saint-Lambert) Léopold II built a 'cottage' in Norman style according to the plans of the architect Haneau. The ground was later given to the Belgian State. Plants were hence transferred to the botanical garden of Meise, to concentrate on the production of plants used during official events. The plants for the World Exhibition of 1958 in Brussels came from this garden. In 1964, the Colonial Garden was converted into a city park. Restored in 1978, it is now part of a green walk which connects the Heysel with the Wood of Laerbeek.