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The central courtyard gardens occupy the old barracks. Space very integrated neighborhood and very nice and hard services are invited to spend the day. There is sun, there are tables and a large lake, you can read, play and lunch or snack.
The Gardens of Prince of Girona are located in an area with landscaped slopes. All access, most based cramps, leading to a gravel area with children's games, ping-pong, a bar with tables under the shade of pine trees and an area for dogs. On one side, a large lake, with a row of small islands that crosses from one extreme to the other.
history
The Gardens of Prince of Girona occupy a small part of the former Girona cavalry barracks, which stopped performing this function in the early 1980s and in the following decade became municipal property. The land of great extension, were intended for public use, such as a school, a park and the creation of the current green space. The gardens were built in the central courtyard of the former barracks, which is still on the side of the building, now headquarters of various services of Horta-Guinardó
biodiversity
The most significant slope of the ground floor from the street and Taxdirt is solved by successive terraces shaded seating areas and quite large ornamental terraces with clumps of bushes. In the highest part of the garden there are Chinaberry trees (Melia azedarach) and terraces, shrubs: Pyracantha angustifolia and (Viburnum tinus), the latter also abundant in some beds that are inclined to the sides of the gardens. Stone pines (Pinus pinea) give a good shade to small picnic area, some seating areas and large open central gravel, where there are Canary Island date palms (Phoenix canariensis) and a group of palms (Chamaerops humilis) . Along with the ping-pong is a specimen of Ficus Elastica and around the lake, bananas (Platanus X hispanica). The touch of color give blooms of the oleanders (Nerium oleander), bougainvillea (Bougainvillea sp.) And blue jasmine bushes (Plumbago auriculata)
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