Průhonice Park

Institution Code: PRUZA

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ArbNet Accredited: Level III

About the Průhonice Park

The natural park (area of 250 hectares) was founded in the year 1885 by Count Arnošt Emanuel Silva-Tarouca. He took advantage of the miscellaneous valley of the stream Botic and its tributaries, the Dobřejovický and Zdiměřický streams. He introduced both native and woody species in to the park. The bases of the park composition were open spaces, that he set up in a brilliant way. He combined woody plants, groups of trees and brushes with meadows, ponds, streams and their dead meanders. He used the changeability of woody plants in different seasons of the year with great skill. The result of his lifelong hard work is an original masterpiece of garden landscape architecture of worldwide importance.

Apart from its artistic and historic significance, the park is also valuable from the dendrological point of view with its collection of about 1,600 species of local and exotic plants. The collection of rhododendrons is particularly unique. There are about 8,000 rhododendrons within 100 taxa and cultivars.

Main Address:
Průhonice Park
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science
Zamek 1
Průhonice
252 43 Czech Republic

Telephone: +420 271015282
Fax:
URL: http://www.pruhonickypark.cz/cs/
Primary Email: park@ibot.cas.cz