Warsaw University Botanical Garden is the oldest botanical garden in the Polish capital, located in the center of Warsaw.

The Botanical Garden was founded in 1811 for the purposes of the Warsaw School of Medicine. Plants were brought from abroad gardener Carl Lindner. In January 1814, Professor Hoffmann presented the plan of the garden and pointed out the necessity of seating plant at a special system of Linnaeus. He also stressed that the garden should be a school of gardening, gardeners with training, and the rules for the general public is strongly suggested to tighten.

In December 1818 the garden was transferred to the custody of the University of Warsaw, with the consent of the Russian Emperor Alexander I. Since then, it began flourishing garden. The area was divided into three zones: the scientific part, destined for the education of students and research pomological part - for the preparation of future gardeners and open part - to the general public. Plants were brought from all over the world, and by 1824 there were more than 10,000 collection of species.

In 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the garden was completely destroyed. Since 1945, he began the painstaking repair work: new pavilions were built, greenhouses, planted thousands of plants, restored monuments professor Michael Schubert and James Scales.

In 1960, the management took over the garden Lyudmila Karpovitsova, thanks to the efforts which the July 1, 1965 the Botanical Garden was included in the register of cultural monuments of the city of Warsaw. Since 1966, the garden became a member of the International Association of Botanic Gardens.

Currently, one of the priorities of the garden is the conservation of biodiversity of wild plants, as well as educational activities.