Botanical garden

The Botanical Garden in Kaliningrad is a scientific unit of the Baltic Federal University. The garden is located on the territory of the former Königsberg gardening, which in 1904 in the area of Maraunenhof was founded by Professor Paul Kaber as a base for practical studies of students of Königsberg University.

Schools in the city were supplied with plants for botany lessons. Visitors had the opportunity to get acquainted with the curious dendrologic collection, as well as with the collection of medicinal, vegetable, flower and technical crops. In gardening, a greenhouse complex and greenhouses were located.

Today on the territory of the Botanical Garden with an area of 13.57 hectares there is a pond, greenhouses, greenhouses, a tree nursery, plots with plant collections and utility rooms. The collection fund of the Botanical Garden includes more than 2,500 plant taxa. Here you can see 6 greenhouses of heat-loving plants 4 exposition departments - palm, tropical, subtropical, succulents. 39 tree species that grow in the Botanical Garden are listed in the Red Book.