Lily ponds
And ducks.
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A large botanical garden named after the academician Fyodor Rusanov, now covering about 65 hectares, which the heads of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences' «Botanika» centre describe as the second-largest botanical garden in the former Soviet Union. It is now part of the Academy's Institute of Botany. The city's first botanical garden opened in 1922 on 8 hectares in the garden of the Turkestan governor-general; the present garden was laid out in 1950 on 80 hectares, and part of it was cut away in 1995 for the new Tashkent Zoo. Trees and plants from several continents line shady paths, ponds are covered in water lilies with ducks paddling among them, and glasshouses shelter tropical plants. In spring fruit trees and tulips blossom, in autumn the trees turn yellow and red, and squirrels and birds live among them. Adult tickets are 15,000 som, with 7,000 extra for the greenhouse, and it opens daily from 9 am to 6 pm, 8 am to 7 pm in summer, according to the garden's price list.
And ducks.
Tropical plants.
Along the paths.
Northeast Tashkent, next to the zoo
15,000 som for adults, plus 7,000 for the greenhouse; open daily 9 am to 6 pm, according to its price list.