The Botanical Garden of the First Moscow State Medical University named after Sechenov () is a botanical garden in Moscow. Located on the left bank of the Moskva River near the station MCC "Business Center". It was founded in 1946. The garden area is 4.95 hectares. The Botanical Garden has the status of a specially protected natural area of regional importance.Ботанический сад лекарственных растений Московской медицинской академии им. И. М. Сеченова // oopt.aari.ru
History and description The Botanical Garden of the Moscow Pharmaceutical Institute (now the First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov) was established on September 25, 1946, as a base for students' practical training and scientific work.Особо охраняемые природные территории Российской Федерации. Ботанические сады и дендрологические парки. М. 2012. – С. 182. The garden project was designed by its first director, B. M. Giner, together with the botanist V. N. Voroshilov. The first plants were planted in the spring of 1947. By 1949, more than 100 species of wood and shrub plants were planted. In the 1950s and 1960s, geneticists and breeders A. R. Zhebrak and V. V. Sakharov carried out experiments in the botanical garden.Ботанический сад. История // Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И.М. Сеченова
In 2016, the Botanical Garden was first opened for free sightseeing visits.
The area of the botanical garden is 4.95 ha, 2.5 hectares of which is occupied by the arboretum. There is also a nursery of herbaceous plants (0.5 ha) and experimental sites (0.5 ha), where medicinal plants predominate.Ботанический сад Университета им. Сеченова впервые открыли для посещения // ТАСС от 11 июля 2016
According to data for 2016, about 1505 species of plants grow in the botanical garden, including a rare blossoming 6 m tall Magnolia kobus. Also present is Ginkgo biloba, Meyer's fir, wolfberry, Caucasian hellebore, hydrangea petiolate and others.
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