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Address:
Wojska Polskiego 71 D, 60-625 Poznan, Poland

Opening Hours:
all the year round, workdays, from 8.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.

Contact:
ogrdend@owl.au.poznan.pl
Phone: +48 61 848 77 48
Fax: +48 61 848 78 65

Links:
Ogród Dendrologiczny
August Cieszkowski Agricultural University

Description:
In 1920 a small garden of ornamental trees and shrubs was set up in the Solacz district of Poznan. On the initiative of the Forestry Faculty Council, in 1925 a Dendrological Garden was founded covering an area of 6 ha and including a former manor park. Its long-time curator was Prof. Konstanty Stecki. By 1939 more than 900 taxa of arboraceous plants were collected. The war left the Garden in ruin - there were a mere 200 taxa in 1945. The Garden returned to the University in 1958. For at least 30 years it has been in the care of the Chair of Forest Botany. Since 1996 the Garden has been separated as a didactic unit of the Forestry Faculty of Agricultural University in Poznan. After successive limit corrections, its area dwindled from 6 to 4 ha.

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