Vácrátóti arborétum TT - Duna-Ipoly NP (sitios de interés)
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| The Vácrátót Arboretum Nature Conservation Area Territory of the protected area: 28 hectares. Location: The protected area is situated in the central area of Vácrátót. Visitors: Free of access for visitors. Management: MTA Ökologiai és Botanikai Kutatóintézete The Vácrátót arboretum is rather a botanical garden than an arboretum where the majority of the collection would be supposed to consist of trees and shrubs. There are more than 12 thousand taxons, subspecies, species in the gardens, the majority of which are herbaceous plants. The park was established in the 1830s on the site of the alder-elm-ash gallery forest along the Rákos stream In 1872 it became the property of Vigyázó Sándor, who started to create an English landscape park. According to the trend of the era neogothic ruins, romantic ponds, an artificial cave, a water mill and artificial hills were created in the romantic landscape garden and the flora was 'just' an element of landscape. The development of the park started at the beginning of the last century in the era of Vigyázó Ferenc (a watering system and greenhouses were created, hundreds of flower species were propagated etc.), but after his death and until the 1950s the park had a miserable time, when it was taken over by the preset owner the research institute and the second glory of the park commanced, which still lasts even at present. At present there are about three thousand tree and shrub species in the park and five thousand flowering plant species of a hundred plant families, which are presented in a famous taxonomic collection – one of the first ones in the world (!) – created by Soó Rezs? a taxonomist of international reputation. The collection of roses is very rich, the flowering of the perennials of the rock garden created in the 1970s provides an excellent sight, as well as the collection of bulbous plants and that of the peonies. The collection in the green houses is similarly instructive and enthralling, where several kinds of palms, coffee-shrubs, cocoa trees, orchids, cacti and tropical ferns can be admired.  The tree and shrub collection of the gardens is also valuable and pretty – especially in autumn. Several kinds of oak-, ash-, beech-, maple-, poplar and many species of shrubs decorate the park. The collection of exotas is also very rich: from the renowned swamp cypress (the aerial clinging roots of which is unmatched in Europe), ginkgo (maidenhair tree), ironwood tree (Mesua ferrea), dawn redwood, juniper (Juniperus sabina), to the Caucasian wingnut. The collection of local endangered species of natural forests is similarly interesting and instructive. The main aim of this collection is that experts in the research institute can study the possibilities of saving and resettling the rare species in their original habitat. http://www.foek.hu/zsibongo/termve/tt/angtt/vacratot.htm |