A piece of history
The Union of Botanical Gardens of the Czech Republic was founded as a civil association of individuals and institutions representing botanical gardens, arboretums and significant botanical collections. Its member is the Botanical Garden of Mendel University in Brno, which was founded by the educator and scientist Prof. Ing. August Bayer in 1938. At that time, its area was only 2 hectares, which was expanded to 11 hectares in 1967.
A magical garden
The garden contains several hundred Tillandsia taxa, giant-flowered irises and rock garden plants. In addition, it has several thousand perennial and woody plants, as well as four thousand tropical orchid taxa. It also has exotic plants from subtropical countries. From the Mediterranean region, California, China, Australia and New Zealand. You can explore this magnificent collection by walking along a pleasant shady promenade. Benches have been placed in several places so that we can rest and enjoy this enchanting beauty of nature for a longer time.
The tropical greenhouse
In the greenhouse of the botanical garden we can see many tropical orchid species, which mainly come from Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Africa (most of them from Madagascar), Australia and New Guinea. Students and teachers of Mendel University use this collection for education and research in the field of plant cultivation and propagation. The greenhouse has a humid tropical climate. It is quiet and intimate, where only the sound of pond waterfalls can be heard and there is a pleasant scent of orchids. I was able to admire this amazing collection today. It was a wonderful day!
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.”
– Charles Dickens