The Aburi Botanical Garden is one of the most beautiful, peaceful and fascinating places in Ghana. In the early 90s, it was the ideal excursion site for students all over the country.
Aburi Gardens as many call it is botanically beautiful but structurally ugly.
The giant date palm trees lined up along the access road into the garden beckons one to a home of freshness, further enhanced by the cold Aburi weather with its attendant fog which one can almost touch.
That expectation, however, quickly diminishes upon seeing the dilapidated structures which appear to be in dire need of rehabilitation.
Speaking to GBC’s ‘Ghana Today crew’, the Curator, Mr Agyeman said averagely
93 people visit the Aburi Gardens daily but the majority of the visitors who would have wished to stay for a day or two are compelled to return as the rooms do not provide any comfort.
“None of the 10 rooms at the Aburi Gardens Guest House is habitable. The roof leaks badly, while its wooden floors are rotting,” he added.
Today, the country has lost that opportunity as the once prestigious garden is now deteriorating fast.
The structures cry for fresh paint and some of the rooms have neither sinks nor functioning water closets.
Aburi Botanical Gardens was opened in March, 1890. Before the garden was established, it was the site of a sanatorium built in 1875 for Gold Coast government officials.
Story by: Maame Owusuaa.
