Adress: Polyarnaya Street, 8, main entrance – from Mendeleev Street, bus stop "Vistavochniy Centre", tel. (347) 252-60-33, fax 228-13-55 e-mail: botsad@anrb.ru

This is one of the largest botanical gardens in Russia, founded in 1932 with the area of 23,6 hectares. Botanical Garden Institute is located on the watershed of the rivers Belaya and Ufa, in the park zone of the city. Employees of the garden institute are working on creation of a unique collection of rare and useful plants. There are 4,5 thousand species of native and alien plants growing in open fields and greenhouses. Rare and endangered plants of Bashkortostan are studied here, and mother nurseries of rare kinds of plants are created. The gardens of continuous blossoming, shady garden, rock garden, arboretum, rose garden attract special interest of visitors. Tours around the greenhouse and the collections of open grounds are conducted here.