Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden also known as the Kaunas Botanical Garden ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Botanikos sodas; la, Hortus Botanicus Universitati Vytauti Magni), is a

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located in the south of the center of

Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai ...

city, Freda district, Ž.E.Žilibero str. 6. With an area of it is the second largest in Lithuania. This institution is a member of

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, with international identification code KAUN.

About Garden

Botanical Garden was founded in 1923 as the centre of botanical sciences that belonged to Lithuanian (later Vytautas Magnus) University. Spacious green area with the old park, picturesque ponds and several buildings of the former estate of Juozapas Godlevskis (Aukstosios Fredos estate) was provided for establishing botanical garden at that time. Professor Constantin Regel from

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was invited to direct Kaunas Botanical Garden. The detailed project for the garden landscape was made in 1924 by architect Karol Rauth from

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. With the help of other botanical gardens, especially Berlin's Dahlem,

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and St. Petersburg's Kaunas Botanical Garden built up very rapidly. The construction of the Greenhouse was finished in 1938. Presently, Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden occupies the area of 62.5 ha close to the city center. It is multifunctional university botanical garden that consists of three departments: Science, Expositions and Collections, and Service and Education. The Science department is divided into three sectors: Medicinal and Spice Plants, Dendrology and Phytopathology, and Pomology. Department of Expositions and Collections includes sectors of Plant systematics, Floriculture and Greenhouse. The unique feature of this garden is peaceful and green environment created by an advantageous combination of cultural and natural heritage. Botanical expositions and collections, the Greenhouse, big landscape park with an interesting pond system – this is not only place for plant conservation and research but also area for all modern forms of interactive education, cultural tourism and community use. Kaunas Botanical Garden accepts more than 90 thousands visitors per year. Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden is a member of the Lithuanian Association of University Botanical Gardens (LAUBG), the Association of Baltic Botanic Gardens (ABBG), the

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(BGCI) and the

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Directors

Collections

Accession Number: 14783 Special Collections: Rosa – 1577, Dahlia – 1481, Tulipa – 457, Hemerocallis - 452, Paeonia - 306, Rhododendron - 251, Hosta - 241, Lilium - 228, Astilbe - 194, Aster - 134 collection numbers.

Gallery

Image:Freda09.jpg, The pond in the Botanical Garden File:Вход в парк.jpg, Entrance to the garden File:Botanikos sodo oranžerija.jpg, Palmhouse File:Цветение тюльпанов в апреле.jpg, Tulips File:Kaunas botanical garden.JPG, Ornamental plants File:Цветение магнолии в апреле.jpg, Magnolias File:Kauno botanikos sodas3, 2005-06-09.jpg, Woody Plant Collection File:Kauno botanikos sodas 2007-06-08.JPG, Greenhouse in 2007

References

External links

Official websiteVytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden in Kaunas on BGCI
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