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Address:
38, Lai St. 51005 Tartu, Estonia,
Opening Hours:
Every day from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (in winter, 7 p.m.)
Contact:
botaed@ut.ee
Phone: +372) 737 6180
Links:
Tartu Ülikooli Botaanikaaed
University of Tartu
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Description:
The Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu was founded in 1803, near what is now the Vanemuine Old Theatre House. In 1806 the garden was relocated to more suitable site, on the ruins of the ancient city wall and fortifications near the river and ponds. The first director of the Garden was Prof. Gottfried Albrecht Germann and the first chief gardener in duty was Johann Anton Weinmann. The first master plan of the Garden was made by Weinmann and it serves till nowadays. In 1811 Prof. Carl Friedrich Ledebour was nominated the director. Under his active leadership, the collections of the Garden were enriched by many new species, collected from Siberia and other unexplored regions of the Russian Empire, and firstly described by Ledebour. Most of them reached Western Europe via our Garden. Many other famous botanists and his successors as Ernest Rudolf Trautvetter, Karl Johan Maximowicz, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Edmund August Friedrich Russow, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Theodor Lippmaa have contributed to the development of this marvellous Garden. The Garden contains several monuments gratefully reviving the memory of our forerunners’ contribution.
[Text from the web site]
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