University of Tartu Botanic Garden

Museum address:

Lai 38, Tartu

Entrance 1 euro

Accessibility information:

You can come to us:

on foot. The Botanical Garden can be accessed from three gates – Laia, Emajõgi and Kroonuaia streets. The gate on Laia Street opens at 7 am and closes at 7 pm during the winter season (and at 9 pm in summer). The gate on Vabaduse Street is open Mon-Fri 7-18, Sat-Fri 10-18. The gate to Kroonuaia is open Mon-Fri from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can enter the botanical gardens in a pushchair from Vabaduse puieste (the gate on the Emajõgi side).
by car. Parking is available on Lai, Magasin, Munga Street or Vabaduse puieste. There is a parking fee.
by bike. You can get to the botanical gardens from Vabaduse puieste (from the gate on the Emajõgi side). There is a small bicycle park in the botanic garden where you can lock your bicycle. The nearest bike parking facilities are Rüütli, Vabadussilla and Delta, for more information see the bike parking website.
by public transport. The nearest bus stops of the city bus line are Palmihoone (bus no. 6 and 13), Kroonuaia (bus no. 6 and 13), Lai (bus no. 6), Vabadussilta (bus no. 7) and Vene (bus no. 4, 7, 8 and 25). Bus timetables can be found on the website Peatus.ee.

Access for people with special needs:

For wheelchair users, the entrance to the botanical garden is from Vabaduse puieste, the gate on the Emajõgi side;
there is a ramp for wheelchair access;
an elevator is used to move around the botanic gardens;
The wet room is located at the back of the Palm House, with access from the courtyard.

Parking:

Parking near the Botanical Gardens in Tartu is chargeable. Parking is available on Laial, Magasin, Munga Street or Vabaduse puiesteel A in the A area on weekdays from 08.00-19.00 and on Saturdays from 11.00-17.00.

Parking fee: €3 per hour, 15 minutes free of charge. Parking is free on Sundays and public holidays.

The nearest parking machines are located on Lai and Munga streets. Near the Botanical Gardens in Supilstadt, parking is free.

Check out the parking information on the Tartu City website.

Program

We are open on Museum Night from 18.00-23.00.

At the University of Tartu Botanical Garden, you can admire 10,000 different plant species and varieties from all the world's climates! The alpine meadows are home to a variety of conifers, shrubs and smaller trees that add exciting shapes to the valley slopes. In the medicinal herb garden you can learn about many of the plants used in Estonian folk medicine and their medicinal properties, as well as local herbs.

Did you know that the University of Tartu Botanical Garden is home to a needle that Lennart Meri, as the leader of Estonia's first expedition of young scientists, brought to Estonia from Kamchatka in 1960? The plant can be seen behind the botanical garden's greenhouse in the East Asia Department.

At 21:00 there will be a nature reading evening with Doris Kareva. Margus Kasterpalu will be in conversation with the poetess about the Estonian forest poetry anthology "The forests singing in our hearts".

Read more about the University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden: https://natmuseum.ut.ee/

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