Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute (PABGI)

On that day, the decision on the creation of a botanical gardens in the Khibini Mountains was made on the meeting of field party leaders headed by academician A. E. Fersman. The Arboretum occupies the territory of 1670 hectares.

Such activities as plant acclimatization and the study of Northern flora and formations are practiced in the Arboretum. Seeds and plants are brought here from different parts of the country. Not all plants manage to get acclimatized to the severe conditions of the North. But some can grow and develop here, and they form the collection of this Polar garden. Dozens of species of ornamental plants, decorating the streets of the Murmansk Region, appeared owing to the introduction activities of the Arboretum.