In the latest issue of “Kórniczanin” (No. 19/2025, pp. 12–13), an article by Tomasz Leski and Maria Rudawska from the Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Algis Aučina from Vilnius University has been published as part of the series “News from the Kórnik Gardens.”
The authors take readers on a journey through more than two centuries of the history of the Vilnius University Botanical Garden – the largest in Lithuania and one of the richest in the Baltic region. They recount its beginnings in the Enlightenment era, the development under Stanisław Jundziłł, the devastation following historical upheavals, and its post-war revival in Kairėnai, where today the garden covers 199 hectares and hosts over 10,000 plant species.
It is a fascinating story of a place where science, history, and nature intertwine in a living tradition.
