The Nikitskiy Botanical Gardens - one of the oldest botanical gardens of the world, was founded in 1812. This Botanical Gardens placed near Yalta town on the Crimea peninsula at the Black Sea, Ukraine
This garden has one of the largest in Europe herbarium, the oldest library in Crimea and a scientific museum. The collections of the Nikita Botanical Gardens include more than 50 thousand species, forms, sorts and hybrids of plants from many countries of the world. Its total area is 1100 hectares. There are 12 scientific departments in the structure of the Botanical garden.
This site devoted to the succulent collection of Nikita Botanical Gardens. The Cacti Greenhouse invites to visit permanent exposition of cacti and others succulents in open and closed ground. The excursion programm is available during a year. The cacti collection is very interesting and beauty. Director of Cacti Greenhouse is Olga Ivanovna Goncharova.
There is following information on the site:
Photo Albums of Cacti Greenhouse, indoor and outdoor exposition. Autor of the all photos - Peter Lapshin.
"Cacti Yard" - cacti and other succulents outdoors;
Copyright since 2002. Created by Peter Lapshin Non commercial using of these materials is permitted with obligatory informing of the author and linking to the source.