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Nový Dvůr Arboretum:

Circumnavigate the World

The foundation of the Arboretum is closely linked to the owner of the Nový Dvůr estate, Quido

Riedl, who, between 1906 and 1928, created a natural, landscaped park in a modestly-sized area

of 1.8 hectares. This park became the foundation for the current arboretum, and forms the historical

section of the dendrological exhibition which has gradualąly expanded to its current twenty-three hectares.

In 1928, Riedl left the Nový Dvůr estate to

his daughter, Elisabeth Schubert, and son-inlaw, Walter Schubert, who tended the park

until the end of World War II. In the post-war

period, the Nový Dvůr estate went through

a number of owners, while the park was

deprived of expert supervision and became

overgrown and neglected.

The situation changed in 1958 when the

park, one of the most valuable dendrological

sites in Silesia, was passed on to the Silesian

Museum, which established the Arboretum.

The basic structure of the park involves

fully-grown, solitary or grouped pine trees

of the “Heraltice ecotype”; the vegetation

surrounding them, alternating grassy open

spaces, allows views of picturesque groves

grouped by with contrasting structures,

textures, habitats, autumn colouration,

or blossom colour and intensity.

Newer parts of the dendrological exhibition

designed in the following years reflect

geographical units; under the overall title of

“The Trees of Five Continents”, each section

displays geographically-related species.

Visitors to the Arboretum can see the

exposition of subtropical and tropical plants

in the fully-equipped silvicultural greenhouse

surrounded by an herbs garden. Remember to

see the Alpinum with a little lake, the renewed

bog with moisture-loving plants, and children

always love seeing the minizoo and the newlybuilt logger, which is a home for insects.

Text:

Šárka Zemková, Kamila Mücková

Foto:

Kamila Mücková

www.szm.cz

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