The botanical garden wraps around the Dadiani Palace and is one of the oldest cultivated gardens in Georgia. Prince David Dadiani laid it out in the late 19th century as an ornamental park for his residence, importing specimen trees and plants from across the Caucasus and beyond. The garden now covers around 40 hectares and contains more than a thousand plant species, including some rare and endemic Colchic flora.
It's a genuinely pleasant place to walk — shaded paths wind between mature trees, past small ponds and old stone walls. The combination of formal garden, semi-wild woodland, and palace backdrop gives it a different feel from most botanical gardens. Entry is cheap and the pace is slow. If you visit the Dadiani Museum, stay for the garden: they share a single ticket and it takes little more than an hour to explore both properly.