The Botanical Garden of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg is considered the center of Russian botanical science. In addition, he rightly bears the title of the oldest botanical garden in the country. The comparatively small territory of this park will gladden you with a great variety of plants of different origin. On the territory there are palm and water greenhouses, which will surprise you with their "inhabitants". No less interesting is the park-arboretum that conquers greatness.
History and Territory
Its history began in 1714, when the "Aptekarsky city" was opened, in which rare domestic and foreign medicinal plants were carefully grown. The garden was of great value for medicine and botanical science in general. In 1823, in its place was opened the Imperial Botanical Garden, which retained the layout to this day. On its territory there is a park and greenhouses. Their total area is approximately one hectare.
Garden collection
To date, the collection of the Botanical Garden has more than 80 thousand exhibits, and since the park was created over two centuries, it deservedly is considered an arboretum park.
One of the "sights" of the Botanical Garden is the sakura alley. Its area is quite large - two and a half kilometers. The alley is located in the central part of the park, so all visitors have the opportunity to watch this stunning and somewhere even magical spectacle - cherry blossom. An interesting fact is that for the Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg in Russia special frost resistant varieties were grown that could grow in the northern capital of the country. But these varieties are still beautiful flowering, which has a rich pink and red hue.
In the Botanical Garden sakura blooms in May. In 2013, this event pleased visitors from 5 to 7 May. But every year cherry blossoms blossom at different times, so going on an excursion to the garden, find out the forecasts from specialists.
Another pride of the park arboretum - these are peonies. Many people visit the park just to admire the abundance of these beautiful flowers. The museum of the Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg annually hosts an exhibition of peonies. Tenderness and severity of flowers, their velvety and a gamut of shades with ease will win the heart of every guest of the garden.
Working hours
In the Botanical Garden there are about 12 excursions, each of which has its own theme, so choosing the program, carefully study what the excursion will be and in which part of the park you will be offered to spend the most time. Also, excursions are designed for visitors of different ages: students are given information more simply, trying to captivate them with interesting facts from the history and beauty of the park, and adults are given more information using terminology.
The Botanical Garden works six days a week, except Monday. A visit to the greenhouse is available every day, but there are some limitations:
- Children under three years of age are not allowed to enter.
- You can only visit the greenhouse with an excursion group.
- The greenhouse is open from 11-00 to 16-00.
Opening hours of the Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg: from 10-00 to 18-00. At the same time, the entrance to the park during the period from May to October is absolutely free, as well as in many museums of the city. In addition, at this time, many seasonal excursions are organized. The administration of the park strongly recommends booking excursions in advance - for one to two weeks.
The Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg is located at: ul. Professor Popov, house 2 (crossing the Aptekarsky Prospekt and the Karpovka embankment). You can also reach the park by metro. To do this, you need to get off at Petrogradskaya station and walk for about 7 minutes.
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