Southern Federal University's botanical garden is located in the North-Western part in Rostov-on-Don, in the Temernik river valley.

[1] The need to create a Botanical garden in the city was first discussed in 1915, after the evacuation of the University of Warsaw to Rostov-on-Don because of the danger of occupation of the Polish capital by German troops.

Botanical garden the North Caucasus Federal University were the first on the vast territory of the treeless zone of the South of Russia.

It was assumed that the main alleys and paths of the garden will correspond to the contours of the map of the region and its railway lines.

Nowadays the Botanical garden is a state budget educational and scientific unit of the southern Federal University.