El Guinardó Park officially opens this route, where it is revealed how many of the inventions we use in our daily lives draw inspiration from nature.
36 places for greenery auxiliaries or first and second year auxiliary services. Application period open until 26 May 2025.
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Work with us
Parks and Gardens is looking for people like you. If you like nature and working outside, check out our job offers. Looking after greenery will help us build a better future for everyone.
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Tree management
Trees are the city’s most important green asset. We manage them to guarantee their quality and promote biodiversity, as well as a safe environment.
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Environmental management and greening up
Barcelona has the goal of boosting the quality of nature in the city, through ecosystems that are more resilient to climate change and through greater plant and animal biodiversity.
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How does climate change affect us?
Climate change is leading to more extreme weather episodes, such as the persistent drought affecting us today, and has consequences for city plants and trees.
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Playgrounds
Playing is not only fun, it is also essential for children’s holistic development. Did you know Barcelona has some 900 playgrounds? Come and play in them!
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Phytosanitary treatments
Check the calendar and the type of treatments carried out to control infestations and plant diseases in the city.
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El Laberint Learning Centre
If you like gardening and you want to discover the secrets of the plant world, this centre offers you the chance to learn more. Find out about the different courses.
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Rules on the use of green spaces
Municipal by-laws set out regulations for maintaining the quality of green spaces, as well as protecting and conserving their biodiversity.
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Get Green
The “Mans al verd” [Get Green] programme promotes initiatives to encourage Barcelona’s residents, organisations and businesses to foster and preserve the city’s biodiversity and green spaces.
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Reporting channel
The Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens’ Reporting Channel is a way to safely and anonymously reporting actions that may constitute an offence or an administrative infringement.
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Explore Barcelona’s parks and gardens!
Discover the city’s natural wealth. Find your nearest green space and discover the services it offers. Enjoy a city teeming with life.
Green spaces for the city’s future
Robust and connected urban nature that drives us as a society.
Vegetation plays a key role in decarbonisation and the survival of future generations: it is a valuable legacy. We’re committed to high-quality, biodiverse, green parks and gardens, properly suited to each space, that can offer a resilient system in the face of adverse situations caused by climate change.
Conserving biodiversity
Protecting species, improving habitats and their connectivity.
Improving greenery management allows for greater quantity and quality of habitats, a wider range of flora and thriving animal life.
Cultivating life outdoors
Getting the public involved in looking after green spaces.
Let’s cultivate knowledge, leisure and care for urban nature. With the support of members of the public, and shared responsibility, we can help everybody enjoy Barcelona’s parks and gardens.
News
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10/06/2025 - 15:38 h Culture and leisure ‘The Dancing Egg’ uses water again for Corpus Christi 2025Forty spaces around all city districts form part of the programme, which runs from 19 to 22 June.
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07/06/2025 - 10:16 h Science The Living Rooftop reopens at the Museu de Ciències NaturalsCovering an area of 7,100 square metres, the rooftop is reopening with two new features: an experimental area and a zone showing the world’s Mediterranean flora.
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04/06/2025 - 13:00 h More climate shelters to offer protection from the heatNearly 400 spaces in all to shelter from the heat, rest and drink water.
