Welcome to Dilla University Botanical Garden
From Groundbreaking Research to Sustainable Stewardship
We bridge science, conservation, and community to protect Ethiopia’s biodiversity—inspired by nature, rooted in knowledge.
Our Objective
• To enhance biodiversity conservation, cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge and offer a refuge and better security for threatened species, ecosystems, genetic and species diversity; mainly contribute to the worldwide plant germplasm conservation efforts;
• To carrying out research on diverse species interaction, ecological dynamics, vegetation-climate change relations, cultural heritage and indigenous knowledge and assist socio-economic development at different levels.
• To develop internationally known standard model eco-tourism center that would constitute one of the tourist attractions of the country.
• To provide environmental education programs (gardening, horticulture, agroforestry, Eco-tourism) and projects for sustainable development by streamlining with special attention to nature and cultural heritage.