Kharkiv Botanical Garden

Botanical garden of Karazin Kharkiv National University border with Sarzhyn Yar. Its area is almost 42 hectares, and it is the oldest in Ukraine. It was laid in 1804 at the same time with university opening. You will see powerful gigantic trees, some of them are more than a century. Botanical Garden is famous by its collection of coniferous plants. And nature lovers can admire exotic plants all the year in greenhouse. Collection of tropical and subtropical plants includes more than 2,400 species. Botanical garden is also famous for its collection of orchids. To see them in all the splendor, it is worth to visit the greenhouse in February. But anyway you can go there any time of the year - it's always amazingly beautiful here.