Many people often have a desire to change the familiar surroundings and turning away from belostvolnyh birches, to look at the exotic palm trees, cypresses and barberry.However, not all desire coincides with opportunity.Sometimes we do not have the time, sometimes - tangible assets.And then come to the aid of the various parks and reserves: it is here where you can relax and enjoy the beauty of not only plants and trees of temperate climate, but their tropical counterparts.Arboretum - a place where a great number of collected specimens of flora from around the world.It is a kind of subtropical jungle in the midst of the bustling metropolis and gassy.
Etymology concepts
meaning of "Arboretum" has its roots in the ancient Greek language.It was from there originally borrowed the term "tree."In the language of the descendants of the gods of Olympus that word sounds like "dendron".If you add the ending -ar, you get an "assembly of the trees."Currently, the original etymology of this concept is slightly extended, and it means the following.Arboretum - a botanical garden or a separate part of the territory of which a scientific or experimental purpose grown custom to consider climate plants, shrubs and trees.It is noteworthy that all the flora cultivated in the open field.
worth noting that of the Latin language reached us a synonym of the word - arboretum.The original form for the creation of this concept has served borrowed analogue - «arbor», which means "wood".Thus, the word stands for Arboretum grove, park, tree planting, and so on. D.
Sochi Arboretum
Currently, there are many different botanical gardens, which boast a huge variety of different plants and shrubs.In Russia, the most ambitious and large considered arboretum, located in Sochi.Very often, this park is called the emerald treasury of the subtropics.This oasis of beauty and variety of flora located in the heart of the city.He is an excellent subject for educational tours residents and visitors of Sochi.Forty-nine acres - just this area of the park occupies.Arboretum to host about 2,000 different plants, trees and shrubs, which are home to different corners of the planet.
History of
founder of this wonderful sub-tropical island is the publisher of "St. Petersburg newspaper", the collector and playwright Sergey Khudyakov.A prerequisite for the establishment of the park has become a piece of land, which he bought in 1890.Most of the territory Khudyakov used for the construction of cottages.The rest of the land was planted with seedlings and various plants.Gradually ordinary oaks, pines and maples joined locust, hornbeam, Japanese quince and many other shrubs and trees.
Aquarium, cable car and tunnels
Today Sochi Arboretum - a garden, consisting of two layers.In the lower part of the park is the aquarium.Its volume is 150 cubic meters.The aquarium is home to the Black Sea.Depending on season and weather conditions, the number of species of fauna ranging from fourteen to twenty-seven.
upper part of the garden is an oasis in the territory of which grows about 2,000 specimens of plants, shrubs and trees.Both tiers are interconnected cable cars and tunnels.The first was built in 1987 for the convenience of sightseeing.
Croatian
attraction Sochi Arboretum is one of the largest botanical park not only for Russia but for the entire continent.However, this is not the only garden of its kind located in Europe.
is one of the oldest Croatian arboretum.Photography is a beautiful park can be seen in many tourist posters and brochures country.This garden is located in a place called Trsteno, near the popular resort town of Dubrovnik.It is worth noting that the arboretum is the oldest and the only arboretum on the territory of the modern Mediterranean.It was founded during the Renaissance.The garden is famous for its huge variety of plants.Also strange specimens of flora, tourists can admire the magnificent villas, built in the XV century, various fountains and aqueducts.Croatian arboretum - it is also the hero of many films.More recently, the park held shooting a new season of Game of Thrones.
In the CIS there are other arboreta.For example, Chisinau, Zheleznogorsk and other arboretum.Of course, they are not as majestic as the previous two analogue.But they have the potential to become vibrant places of their cities, because these gardens still quite young.
