Kiev Botanical Gardens

There are several Botanical Gardens in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The most well known are the one named after A. V. Fomin, the "State Botanical Garden", and the "Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine". The latter one is considered the most picturesque in Kiev, containing not only various kinds of plants but also neighbouring the Vydubychi Monastery.

A. V. Fomin Botanical Gardens

In 1839, the Kiev Shevchenko University opened its own botanica garden. The total area of the botanical garden covers 22.5 hectares (0.225 km²) and contains over 8,000 species of plants, including 143 species recorded in Ukraine's Red Book of Rare Species. In 1977, a 30 meter (98 ft) high glass greenhouse was built inside the garden, which houses the oldest palm trees on Ukraine. In 1935, the garden was named after the academician A.V. Fomin, who directed the garden for many years. The vestibule of the Kiev Metro station Universytet, is located on the northern edge of the garden, which was opened in 1960. (Google Maps link).

Central Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is also called the Central Botanical Garden. Founded in 1936, it covers 1.3 km² (120 hectares) and contains over 13,000 types of trees, shrubs, flowers and other plants from all over the world. It boasts a great amount of coniferous trees and locusts, flowers such as peonies, roses, magnolias, and bushes including lilacs. The garden contains a number of hothouses, conservatories, greenhouses and rosaries. It is the most popular amongst the residents, where one can see exotic plants, attend flower exhibitions, take a stroll along the beautiful lilac and rose alleys and enjoy the exquisite scents and aromas. The time of lilac blossom (end-Spring) is the most popular season in the central garden.

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Anna Protsenko
15 May 2017
Beautiful in spring time with all blossom around
Illia Zavyalov
2 May 2016
Magnolias, places to relax and location right at the city centre
Oleksandra
6 November 2013
Beautiful "green island" in the heart of Kyiv
Антон Махров
Air is awesome, you'll enjoy flowers
Evgen
2 December 2015
Great place, love it from my childhood!
P S
21 September 2018
Quiet place in Kiev city centre, looks much more like park than botanical garden.
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