On the northwest side of Visby, a short stroll from the town walls and the sea, lies the beautiful 150-year-old Botanic Garden (Botaniska Trädgården).
History mingles with nature at the garden's south end, where the ivy-cloaked ruins of the Romanesque St. Olof's Church (ca. 1200) stand. The garden is full of rose beds for which Visby, "the town of roses and ruins," is renowned (rose blooms adorn many of the town's buildings throughout the summer).
Apple, fig, walnut, mulberry, and magnolia trees thrive here in Visby's relatively mild climate, as well as magnificent giant redwoods and Chinese sequoia.
