Arboretum Wirty - an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

in northern Poland, near

Wirty Wirty is a human settlement, settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Zblewo, within Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Zblewo, south-west of Starogard Gdański, and south ...

, by the Borzechowskie Lake. The garden was founded in 1875 by Adam Putrich, a forest ranger of the neighbouring woods, together with prof Adam Schwappach. It occupies area of 33.61 ha, gathering over 450 species of various trees and

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es. Throughout the last 20 years, a row of new seedlings has been brought to the park, enriching the trees collection with many new species, especially the Far-Eastern ones. Two of the attractions of the park are the sightseeing and didactic paths, which favours ecological educations. Now, Wirty are one of the oldest and the most interesting such places in Poland.

References

* Irena Wasilewska, ''Wirty'', "Aura", nr 7/1994, s. 15. * Urszula Nawrocka-Grześkowiak, Władysław Bugała, ''Przewodnik po arboretum Wirty, część leśna'', Wirty 2003. * Krzysztof Frydel, Lech J. Zdrojewski, ''Głównie to Arboretum Wirty ale też bliższe i dalsze okolice'', Wydawnictwo Bernardinum, Pelplin 2008.

External links

Arboretum Wirty (Polish)
Arboreta in Poland Gardens in Poland {{arboretum-stub