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Arboretum of Szarvas (Pepi Garden), Hungary

Arboretum of Szarvas - Arboretum Szarvasi, Hungary The largest arboretum in the country offers a variety of attractions. Besides special remarkable trees and shrubs, the miniature buildings of the Mini Hungary model park also await visitors. History of the garden The arboretum and Pepi Garden were established by the Bolzas, a family of Italian origin. General Péter Bolza Péter gained lands in Szarvas by marriage in 1798. His son, József Bolza, and his wife, Countess Anna Batthyány began planting trees of Anna-liget (Anna’s Grove). The park and the castle built later currently host the Directorate of Körös-Maros National Park. Young József Bolza, nicknamed “Pepi”, planted a few trees on the higher ground of today’s garden, safe from floods. Later the castle and the estate were inherited by Pál Bolza (1861-1947). The grazing land that later became the site of the arboretum was passed on to him by his uncle. After works to manage Körös River finished, large-scale tree planting began in the 1890s. The oldest part of the garden was named “Pepi Garden” to commemorate the founder. The first trees of the garden were replanted from the park in Anna-liget nearby established by the Count’s grandparents (József Bolza, Anna Batthyány). One of them, the giant sequoia is the best-known tree in the arboretum. It was planted in 1873, is one of the oldest in Europe. It boasts a height of over 30 meters, a diameter of 176 cm, and a circumference of 550 cm. The dendrological collection with 5 sections has up to 1,600 species and cultivars of trees and shrubs accompanied by a myriad of herbaceous plants. However, the garden’s true spectacle derives from the combination of various features shaping the landscape. It was renowned Austrian gardener Joseph Grines whom Count Pál Bolza assigned to do the first large-scale planting works. He was the one to plant the oldest giant sequoia and ginkgo, which, anyway, were replanted from Vienna in the 1880s. #szarvas Maďarsko