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Tashkent Botanical Garden at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
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Tashkent Botanical Garden at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
The first botanical garden in the city with an area of 8 hectares created in 1922 on the territory of the garden of the Turkestan Governor-General. The botanical garden on a modern territory of 80 hectares was founded in 1950. From January 1, 1968, he acted as a research institute. The official name is the Botanical Garden named after Academician F.N.Rusanov. The Botanical Garden is located in the south-eastern part of Tashkent and is a separate ecosystem of 65 hectares. It has a collection of living plants and is valued as the most unique object in the country.
The Botanical Garden has more than 10 km of main corridors. Consisting of 6 blocks, together with the laboratory building, the Fund Greenhouse, which occupies an area of 1,200 m2, maintains its greenery even in winter with a collection of tropical and subtropical plants.
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