Known throughout the former Soviet Union Botanical garden in Sukhumi has retained popularity among tourists visiting Abkhazia and in our days. The Botanical garden has a complex, but interesting story that began almost 200 years ago in the distant 1838. On the southern borders of Russia were numerous garrisons, one of them was in the fortress of Sukhum. Dr. Sukhum garrison Bagrinovski drew attention to the favourable humid subtropical climate of the coast and the possibility of replenishment of diet servicemen vitamin plant foods, especially because it was very popular among the local population. At the same time planted a lush garden of fruit subtropical crops, that started the future Botanical garden.

By the way, this area is associated with the name of the hero of the Patriotic war of 1812 N. N. Rajewski, due to the fact that his son, Lieutenant-General N. N. Rajewski was the commandant of the fortress of Sukhum, and his submission the garden Begenovskogo expanded and transferred to the military Department. The garden and its plant Pets survived two Russo-Turkish war, the Abkhaz war of 1992-93 years, numerous natural and economic shocks, but still pleasing tropical vegetation and birds chirping. In thirty acres of the black sea coast, covered Caucasus mountains from the North winds, grows several thousand species of plants.

The entire exhibition is divided into fifty clumps (plant habitat), connected by shaded walkways for tourists. Here are well accustomed tea bushes, thickets of Laurel tree, many magnolias and water lilies, citrus and olive trees. The pride of the garden is a 250-year-old Linden tree that preserves the history of Sukhumi on biological media - the annual rings.