Botanical garden

Location, opening hours

Botanical garden is located near the historic centre of the city, in the municipal park „Smetanovy sady“, by the Greenhouses of „Výstaviště Flora Olomouc“. The main entrance is from the street „U Botanické zahrady“ (see a MAP).
Botanical garden is open for public except of Monday daily, including weekends and state holidays in April, September and October 10 a.m – 4 p.m., in May – August 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Visit off-season can be fixed by phone (+420 604 51 04 70) or by E-mail. This fact relates to specialized plant collections in Olomouc-Holice as well.

Information / address

Address for correspondence:
Botanical Garden, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, tř. Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
tel. +420 585 413 705, +420 585 634 820, +420 604 510 470, +420 733 690 498, +420 733 690 499
e-mail: garden@upol.cz
Head: Ass. prof. Ing. Eva Křístková, PhD.

Services provided by the staff of the botanical garden and the Department of Botany

guidance around the garden (GUIDE)
determining of plant species
consultancy focused on ecology and plant growing
possibility to organize special botanical excursions
plant seeds distribution via Index Seminum 2009 (on-line) NEW !!!
Index Seminum 2009 in text form (pdf) NEW !!!

Other information

History and characteristics of the botanical garden
Plan of the botanical garden
Specialized plant collections
Further information on Botanical Garden are available also on the web site of Botanic Gardens Conservation International or on the web site of Association of Botanic Gardens of the Czech Republic.