Gödöllő Botanical Garden

1. BGs as living treasuries – maintenance and development of living collections

The more than sixty years old Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Gödöllő Botanical Garden holds about 1.8 thousand plant species.
Out of the 15 main thematic collections of the garden, the Lily tree Collection, the Wild rose Collection and the Bamboo Collection are also outstanding on a national level.

2. BGs as green laboratories – scientific activities and research infrastructure

Several thesis works and PhD research projects were based on the garden’s collections: e.g. Ex situ phenological examinations of wild plant species; Ex situ examination of fungi partners of Himantoglossum adriaticum; Assessment of weed invasion at feeding places for shooting wild boar.

3. BGs as experience-based class-rooms – education activities and infrastructure

In addition to the practical training of university students, the garden is also an important place for the environmental education of preschool and school children.

4. BGs as custodians of biodiversity – conservation activities, saving endangered species, gene banking

The botanical garden is a nature conservation area with regard to the relict forest stand of `Aceri campestri-Quercetum roboris`. The number of protected plant species of the Hungarian Flora is more than 100.

The botanical garden is a nature conservation area with regard to the relict forest stand of `Aceri campestri-Quercetum roboris`. The number of protected plant species of the Hungarian Flora is more than 100.

The garden takes part in several ex situ conservation programs (e. g.: Cicuta virosa, Peucedanum palustre, Potentilla palustris, Vicia biennis) in part of thesis works of students or in cooperation with nature conservational organizations.

5. BGs as perpetuators of cultural heritage

The Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences Gödöllő Botanical Garden was founded in 1959 as the First Agrobotanical Garden of Hungary.

The most famous wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) tree of Hungary and Europe located in the garden won the Tree of the Year Competition of Hungary in 2013 and received the second place in the European Competition in 2014. It is 18 m in height, the diameter of the canopy is 16 m, and the circumference of the trunk is more than 3.2 m, thereby one of the largest and oldest wild pear specimen in the Pannonian Basin.

6. BGs as eco-attractions – recreation areas, touristic activities and operations

The Garden offers all-year interest and seasonal inspiration. The Temperate Bamboo Collection with a total of 87 taxa is a refreshing green part of the garden, which provides atmosphere of the Far East.