Jibou Botanical Garden

{{Infobox park

| name = Vasile Fati Botanical Garden

| native_name = Grădina Botanică „Vasile Fati”

| native_name_lang = ro

| photo = Gradina Botanica “Vasile Fati” (4653966630).jpg

| photo_width = 250

| photo_caption = Main greenhouses

| type = Botanical garden, public park

| location = Park Street 14, Jibou, Sălaj County, Romania

| area = {{convert|25|acre|abbr=on}}

| elevation = 272 m{{cite web|url=http://gradina-botanica-jibou.ro/ro/gradina_botanica/html/prezentare_geografica.html |title=Prezentare geografică |work=Grădina Botanică - Jibou |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042841/http://gradina-botanica-jibou.ro/ro/gradina_botanica/html/prezentare_geografica.html |archivedate=2014-05-08 }}

| created = 1968

| operator = Jibou Institute of Biological Research

| founder = Vasile Fati

| visitation_num =

| status = Open all year

| map =

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| website = {{URL|

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The Jibou Botanical Garden ({{langx|ro|Grădina Botanică a Institutului de Cercetări Biologice din Jibou}}), now named after its founder, Vasile Fati (1932-2007), is a botanical garden located in Jibou, Romania.

The Botanical Garden is situated in the north-east side of Jibou, on the second bank of Someș River. The Botanical Garden has a surface of {{convert|25|acre|abbr=on}} and has been arranged inside the architectural ensemble at the Wesselényi residence beginning with the year 1968.{{Cite web |url=http://cjsj.ro/date/localitati/jibou.html |title=Jibou |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-date=2012-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406151309/http://cjsj.ro/date/localitati/jibou.html |url-status=dead }}

==History==

The works for the organization of the Botanical Garden from Jibou started between the years 1959-1968, when Vasile Fati (1932-2007), a biology teacher, with the students and with the other teachers manages to prove that the parks around Wesselényi Castle, where the high school was functioning is appropriate for a botanical garden.

Between the years 1968-1970 the first greenhouse of 110 square meters was built. Between the years 1978-1982, the two greenhouses were built, the aquarium and the volar. The Botanical Garden “Vasile Fati” in incorporated in the Botanical Gardens' Association from Romania (B.G.A.R) with the other botanical gardens.{{Cite web |url=http://gradina-botanica-jibou.ro/en/botanical_garden/html/history.html |title=History |access-date=2011-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406151309/http://gradina-botanica-jibou.ro/en/botanical_garden/html/history.html |archive-date=2012-04-06 |url-status=dead }}