Moscow State University Botanical Garden
Institution Code: MW
BGCI Member: Yes
About the Moscow State University Botanical Garden
The motto of the MSU Botanical garden is “The Garden is everybody’s. Its benefits are everybody’s. Its care is everybody’s” (taken from the speech of the first Moscow University Garden director Georg Franz Hoffmann (1807)).
The Garden belongs to Moscow State University and is a department of biological faculty. Located in the MSU campus on Vorob'yevy Gory. All collections are grown outdoors and come from temperate parts of Europe, Asia (Northern, Eastern, Western and Central) and North America. Most part of wild species has been brought from their natural habitats which makes them valuable source of genetic diversity conservation. Total area is 32 hectares. The third part of the Garden (10 hectares) is occupied by Arboretum (1300 species, 157 genera from 60 families). The unique site is the largest Rock Garden in Russia (1 hectare, 700 species of predominantly herbaceous perennials). Among other displays are: useful plants (400 species of medicinal, fiber, tinctorial, melliferous plants),grounds with ornamental plants (162 species, 1318 varieties, 83 genera from 33 families), the Orchard (4,3 hectares, 9 genera of pome and stone fruit crops, berries), Rare plants of Central Russia (200 species, 13 from Red book of Russian Federation, 75 species from Red book of Moscow region). Totaly in the Garden 100 species from Russian Federation Red book, 50 species from the Red book of Moscow region.
Of great scientific interest is the collection of Apiaceae – 170-200 species often coming from remote and hard-to-reach regions used in morphological, anatomical studies of fruits, petioles, leaves, molecular and biochemical research.
The Garden offers annual educational programs for adults and weekend classes for children of different age, horticultural workshops.
There is no Herbarium in the Botanical Garden.
The MSU Herbarium (MW) is placed in the Biological Faculty building.
Main Address:
Moscow State University Botanical Garden
Leninskie gory, 1, Building12
Moscow
119234 Russian Federation
Telephone: +7495 939 3477, +7495 939 2450
Fax: +7 495 939 4309
URL: www.botsad.msu.ru
Primary Email: info-bg.msu@yandex.ru