Professor Constantin Regel from Tartu University was invited to direct Kaunas Botanical Garden.

Presently, Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden occupies the area of 62.5 ha close to the city center.

It is multifunctional university botanical garden that consists of three departments: Science, Expositions and Collections, and Service and Education.

The unique feature of this garden is peaceful and green environment created by an advantageous combination of cultural and natural heritage.

Botanical expositions and collections, the Greenhouse, big landscape park with an interesting pond system – this is not only place for plant conservation and research but also area for all modern forms of interactive education, cultural tourism and community use.