Topic: research

The Estonian research infrastructures roadmap „Natural history archives and information network“ develops services related to hosting and computing of scientific repositories and data archives.

The joint database of Estonian geological collections SARV brings together the geological collections of TalTech, the University of Tartu and the Estonian Museum of Natural History.

The Arboretum covers most of the Garden's grounds and falls into three geographical sections: East Asia, Europe, and North America.

Estonia's Native Species section stretches from the streetside wall of the Botanical Garden to the corner of the Palm House. Plants are presented in various cultivation sites.

The plant systematics section located between the main gate of the Botanical Garden and its principal greenhouse helps visitors get their bearings in the complicated plant kingdom.

The dry and hot microclimate section, built for succulents and opened in April 2006, can be found on the third floor of the greenhouse complex.

There are a total of 600 plant taxa in the subtropics and tropics sections.

The most important group of plants in the Palm House are palms, of which there are over 60 species.

Botanical collections of the NHM UT (acronym TU) is the oldest herbarium in Estonia, started to form with the foundation of the Natural History Cabinet in 1802.

Geological collections aim to ensure the collection and preservation of geologically significant material.