Have you ever been to a botanical garden? If not, we encourage you to go to one of the more than 40 such places full of botanical wonders in Poland. You may be wondering why choose a botanical garden instead of a nearby park or forest? The answer is simple - each such garden is a unique collection of plants that will transport you to a completely different natural world.

Holidays encourage us to spend time outdoors, but sometimes instead of the hustle and bustle of the city, heated streets and buildings or crowded beaches, we would prefer to choose a quieter and more colourful place. This is what botanical gardens offer us. For the most part, they are run by universities and their history dates back to antiquity. It was then that the first gardens were created to study botany and cultivate plants with health-promoting properties. 

Explore the value and diversity of botanical gardens: conservation, research and education

A botanical garden is a specially designed and dedicated place of a scientific, research and educational nature in which a variety of plant species are collected, cultivated and displayed. 

Among them, we can distinguish arboreta, or dendrological gardens (composed of trees and shrubs), or herbaria, or gardens of medicinal plants. Many botanical gardens have greenhouses where we can admire tropical plants. Some have ponds or ponds where we can observe aquatic plants

Why do botanical gardens actually exist? Their main tasks are:

1. Species protection - preserving rare and endangered plant species, as they play a key role in biodiversity conservation.
2. Scientific research - conducting research on plants and their properties, discovering new species, studying the medicinal properties of plants and developing strategies to protect endangered species.
3. Education - gardens allow us to learn about native plant species as well as those from other areas of the globe, from other climatic zones. Most gardens offer us tours, workshops or various educational programmes.

Botanical gardens - scientific and educational centres of plant diversity

A botanical garden, as you can see, is different from a park or forest because, unlike them, it focuses on a variety of plants, from many climatic zones, including those threatened with extinction. It is also a more scientific or educational place than a forest or park.

Botanical gardens are treasure troves - not only of plants, but also of knowledge about plants from all over the world. In addition to scientific or educational functions, we can treat botanical gardens as recreational places where we can spend our free time in peace and quiet surrounded by beautiful plants. I encourage you to check out the Council of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta in Polandwhere one of these special places is located in your area - it's worth going there with your loved ones.