National Botanical Garden named after Grishko

The National Botanical Garden named after Nikolai Grishko is a research institution that is engaged in the creation and design of botanical parks and gardens, the development of scientific foundations for landscaping and phytodesign, as well as other branches of applied and theoretical botany. The botanical garden is included in the nature reserve fund of Ukraine, it is located on the territory of historical and cultural lands. The main goals of the botanical garden are to create a scientific base for the preservation of the plant gene pool, conduct various research and experiments in the field of nature protection, as well as educational activities in environmental issues and plant care.

The National Botanical Garden named after Nikolai Grishko was founded in the spring of 1935, now its territory is 117.0 hectares. According to the level of scientific research, as well as the scale of the territory and the variety of plant collections, it ranks among the largest gardens in Europe. It consists of eight scientific units. The collection of the National Botanical Garden has approximately 14,000 specimens.