The area of this Botanical Garden is relatively small - only 5 hectares, yet more than 5,000 different plants grow here, including trees, herbs, and shrubs.
The history of this place began in 1818, when the Russian tsar Alexander I handed over the Royal Garden to the Polish government so that a Botanical Garden for the University of Warsaw could be laid out in its place. A botany professor with a musical surname, Mikhail Shubert, was appointed head.
He divided the territory into three parts. One was devoted to the scientific systematics of plants, another was meant to help train future fruit growers, and the third was used for public purposes.
By 1824, the list of plants grown in this garden already included 11,000 species. Of these, 1000 were exclusively Polish plants. This was great progress, but later work in the garden had to be suspended because of the 1830-1831 uprising. At that time, its territory shrank sharply.
Then the Botanical Garden began to be restored again, but World War II happened. After it, there was a long shortage of funding to recreate all the achievements that had been made. Only in the 20th century was it possible to restore its former splendor. Today, you can see numerous varieties of roses, azaleas, magnolias, tropical and subtropical greenhouses, as well as many, many other amazing, rare, and extraordinarily beautiful plants here.
