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project info
Start date: 23 September 2016
End date: 30 April 2019
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 347 407,06 €
EU contribution: 295 296,00 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Managing authority: Zarząd Województwa Dolnośląskiego obsługiwany przez Urząd Marszałkowski

Polish Millennium Garden

The project assumes the expansion of the Arboretum in Wojsławice – a branch of the Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław – about the Polish Millennium Garden. The inspiration for the establishment of the Polish Millennium Garden is the jubilee of the 1000th anniversary of the battle for Germany in 2017 and the dynamic development of Polish breeding of ornamental and fruit plants. In the garden created as part of the project, the following will be cultivated: — Polish varieties of ornamental and fruit plants received by Polish breeders – ex-situ collections of selected extinct, endangered and protected plants. The new Garden will be established on the arable land owned by the Arboretum, within the administrative limits of Niemcza. Currently, 11,200 plant species are cultivated in the Botanical Garden in Wrocław, and 11,600 taxa are cultivated in the Arboretum in Wojsławice. The founding of the new Garden will increase not only the educational and teaching surface of the Arboretum, but above all the existing biodiversity of native plant species and cultivated varieties of Polish breeding, will contribute to the protection of the gene pool of native plants and will be a bank of live plant genes kept ready for research. The arboretum is important not only for preserving biodiversity, but also for the development of the community of Niemcza. The economy of the municipality is mainly based on agriculture, with a small share of industry, which is the cause of high unemployment. An opportunity for the municipality is to exploit its tourist potential, e.g. by increasing the attractiveness of Arboretum, one of the most important tourist attractions of the region. An important task of the Arboretum is the ecological education of society. The arboretum has a great educational and natural potential. However, it is necessary to further develop the facility and enrich it with valuable plants from the natural and exhibition point of view, update breeding and adapting it to the needs of plant species protection. The project is part of the PRIORITET RAM OF ACTION FOR NATURA 2000 on Multiannual Pro

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