botanical gardens

Bernardine Garden in Vilnius, where it is pleasant to walk in the evenings

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Vilnius is the third most populous capital in the Baltics. And this imposes a certain imprint: transportation, crowds of tourists…. At such a moment you always want, after a long day of sightseeing, to dive into a park…. Or take shelter there from the sultry summer sun in the heat of the day. The Bernardine Garden is a wonderful place for this.

When quite by chance we wandered here in 2018, I genuinely wondered how I missed it, having explored this part of town so much in 2013, especially around the Užupis neighborhood.

After a couple of minutes of studying the history of the park, the question fell away by itself. And what it is and how to get here – I will tell you in this article.

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Nikitsky Botanical Garden in Crimea

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Because Crimea has been on the front pages of most newspapers and news sites for several years now, I wanted to put aside this silly politics, hatred and animosity. I just wanted to remember what a wonderful place this is! So that this marvelous peninsula could be associated only with positive things again!

I have been to Crimea twice, as a young green kid, with my parents. But this did not make my impressions worse. I remember a lot of things and I am pleased to recall those warm and sunny days. I got all these photos and prepared a series of reports about Crimea! And I will not tolerate any hatred and anger in the comments, which I warn you about at once!

In this article I will talk about Nikitsky Botanical Garden (and no idea why everyone calls it Nikitinsky). All photos are old and were taken on my very first soapbox back in 2008, so for the quality please do not swear =)

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Zaporizhzhya Botanical Garden

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The city of Zaporozhye, which is known throughout Ukraine for its polluted air, and beyond its borders for its Cossacks and the island of Khortitsa, conceals various attractions. One of them is the Children’s Botanical Garden, in the very center of the city, in the industrial district, on the dry Moskovska River.

The river itself is known to many locals for the deep red and orange colors it takes on downstream. Despite the fact that there should be mutant fish there, some people manage to fish there. And in fact, the dry Moskovska is dry… You can jump over it. But not everyone knows that a little upstream there is a botanical garden. I have fond childhood memories of it, and that’s why I visit it once or twice a year, sadly watching it fall into disrepair. Today I want to show it to you as well.

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