Description of the attraction
Dendrological garden named after S. F. Kharitonov is one of the "green" sights of Pereslavl-Zalessky. The garden is located on a hill in the southwestern part of the city, from where a panoramic view of the picturesque Pleshcheyevo Lake and the ancient city opens up.
The dendrological garden was founded on the initiative of Sergei Fedorovich Kharitonov, an honored Russian forester. In 1950 S. F. Kharitonov seriously carried out serious introductory work. The first experiments on the acclimatization of deciduous and coniferous species were carried out by him on a personal plot.
In 1952, the forestry was allocated a 1 hectare land plot on a vacant lot, where introduced plants were planted. Systematic work on the introduction and selection and expansion of the collection of shrubs and tree species began in the 1960s.
Since 1962, the area of the dendrological garden has increased to 20 hectares. Plantations of chokeberry, Siberian cedar, Siberian larch, various forms of spruce, etc. were established.
In 1978, large-scale work began on the development of new territories of the garden in accordance with the general plan for the expansion and reconstruction of the arboretum.
The dendrological planting project was carried out in a landscape style. According to this project, the placement of plants was carried out according to the botanical and geographical principle. All plants are represented here in eight geographical divisions: Crimea and the Caucasus, North America, the Far East, Siberia, Japan and China, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Western Europe. Plants were planted in groups of different density and shape at the age of 3-5 years.
Together with the departments-expositions, experimental and experimental sites belonging to various scientific institutions of the country were also laid.
A modern dendrological garden is a huge work of forestry departments and foresters with the participation of the administration and city educational institutions. Thanks to them, the dendrological garden is a natural object of great scientific, cultural, economic and educational value.
Currently, the area of the dendrological garden is 58 hectares. More than six hundred names of shrubs and trees grow here, which represent 129 genera and 43 families. The most numerous are representatives of rosaceous, pine, maple, birch, willow, honeysuckle.
Plants in the arboretum are planted in the form of alley plantings, groups, between them there are numerous paths, from which it is very convenient for visitors to inspect the collections.
Today the activity of the dendrological garden is a broad industrial, educational and research work.
The Dendrological Garden in Pereslavl-Zalessky is a huge collection of plant resources, among which you can find plants from different parts of the earth. There are two experimental sites on the territory of the garden: the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Forestry and Mechanization, where economically valuable conifers are grown; and the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the apricot population; as well as the exposition of the Institute of Medicinal Plants with medicinal plants, where they carry out research and experimental work, demonstrating the achievements of breeding and genetics.
Long-term practical activity of specialists of the dendrological garden on acclimatization and introduction of plants has revealed five hundred and eleven taxa of shrubs and trees, which are suitable for widespread use in landscaping. With such an invaluable result, the dendrological garden successfully implements it in the conditions of the Yaroslavl region.
Taking into account the interests of the region's population and the emerging tendency to reduce the area of orchards in the non-black earth zone of Russia, an exposition of berry and fruit crops has been created in the garden, where plant seedlings are sold to the population.
Today the dendrological garden is used as an educational and cultural object. It is visited individually or as part of excursions by ecologists, forestry specialists, schoolchildren and students, residents of the city and its guests. In the dendrological garden, thematic lessons, seminars, practice for students are held, circles, lecture schools, which contribute to the upbringing of ecological culture, function here.
