📜 Arboretum Řícmanice is the second oldest arboretum of the Masaryk Forest Enterprise Křtiny, founded in the 1960s by dendrologist Jindřich Chmelař. It spans 4.31 hectares and is located between Řícmanice and Babice nad Svitavou in the Moravian Karst.
🔍 It was founded in 1969, utilizing a former forest nursery that housed the "Trees" monument since 1938.
☀️ Home to one of the most valuable collections of coniferous trees in the Czech Republic, with over 100 taxa.
🌳 Features one of the largest Chilean Araucaria (Araucaria araucana) specimens in the Czech Republic.
📜 Discover the 6-7 meter high "Trees" monument, part of the "Lesnický Slavín", with sayings and folk wisdom about forests from nearly 20 nations.
🎶 Publicly accessible once a year during open days or by prior arrangement.
👨👩👧👦 Group excursions are possible year-round by prior arrangement.
🚶♀️ A nature trail leads through the arboretum's area.
✈️ Located within the broader "Lesnický Slavín" complex, which includes 60 clearings with rare woody plants, 50 springs, and 90 monuments.
⚠️ Access is limited to specific open days or by prior arrangement, it is not always open to the public.
🚗 Located between the villages of Řícmanice and Babice nad Svitavou, in the Brno-venkov district.
🤝 Školní lesní podnik Masarykův les Křtiny (Masaryk Forest Enterprise Křtiny).