In the resort town of Palanga on the Baltic coast of Lithuania is a botanical garden, surrounded by pine forests. Prior to that, the park had quite a number of names: Palanga park Tyshkyavichyaus, Birute. Now it is known as the Botanical Gardens of Palanga.

As for history, it can be said that fishing houses facing the sea, have been located so close to the waters that sand drifts and waves could reach the window sills of houses. It is believed that the word "Palanga" comes from the root meaning or fen wetland. It is expected that this wetland from drowning in the thick sand fisherman's cottage, was acquired in 1824 by Colonel Army Mykolas Tyszkiewicz. Rhode Tyszkiewicz turned this village in the seaside resort town by the end of the 19th century.

In 1891, Felix Tyszkiewicz inherits the estate in Palanga. Already by 1897 the palace was completed. Soon he founded around the park with the landscape, filled with elements of classical style. For the implementation of the ideas for the park was invited popular French architect and botanist Francois Andre. As you know, this master parks adorn many French, Italian and Dutch cities. Andre spent three summers with his son Rene Eduard Andre estate Palanga. To create a park and a gardener was invited from Belgium Buyssen de Coulon.

Most of the park is the epicenter of the Tyszkiewicz Palace, built by the architect of Germany Franco Shveytena. Who works here Amber Museum, which was opened in 1963. Around the palace adorn the natural landscape, the contrast between what is clearly visible against the background of the park plan.

Park in Palanga - a perfect example of successful use of the natural landscape. Wetlands have been transformed into picturesque ponds with islands. Coastal bends made so that it seems as if the water surface has an incredible extent. Black alder flaunts for Spirea on the edge of the shore, which creates the illusion of movement of water.

The composition of the park perfectly fit the natural terrain - the dunes. First Dune has a height of 17 meters and is located on the northeast side of the park and sets the direction of movement, which focuses on razvilochnoy site located on it a sculpture titled "Egle, Queen of snakes."

The basic structure of the park is the pine forest, is the unifying element of the entire space. The curved in bizarre forms of pine trunks create a strong impression, and their delicate krona skipping sunlight makes for an interesting atmosphere in the park.

Park perfectly combines the interweaving of public and private parts of the spaces, the alternation which provides guests with unsurpassed botanical garden change impressions. The park route that is clearly laid out, connects all the composite parts of the park. Special landing from the wind safely protect the clearing, and after the wind on the Baltic coast - are not uncommon. It fields create a general impression of landscape paintings and provide an excellent overview of the entire palace, shrubs, trees and a pond.

The park has numerous entrances, so you can easily go into it from either side. But, despite this, it merges invisible line with natural pine forest, which the park is surrounded on three sides; Only on the northern side of the fence it has a dull part of the town in the form of a transparent fence with a lot of passes.

Seedlings for the establishment of the park were brought to Palanga from Konigsberg, Paris, Berlin and many other European botanical gardens. Besides, it was imported and exotic plants, submitted by various hardwoods. In the park there are decorative forms of black pine, paper birch, hornbeam, hazel and gray Siebold. It was the introduction of exotic specimens in the arrangement of the park allowed to expand the plant species composition presented in the park - the reason why the park was renamed the Botanical Garden. According to the 1992 collection of the park, there were 370 species of herbaceous plants and more than 250 species of tree and shrub vegetation.