Stepanavan Dendropark

In 1931, Edmon Leonovich founded the park, which is named after Edmon Leonovich Sochut Arboretum, which is better known as Stepanavan Arboretum. The huge park has an area of 35 hectares.
The Arboretum consists of a natural forest with an area of 17.5 hectares, ornamental plants with an area of 15 hectares, rows of small-leaved lychees and other wild plants. Many plants were brought from the Yerevan Botanical Garden, but there are also plants from Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, the Far East and other countries.
More than 2,500 plant species have been tried to grow here, but only 500 plant species have adapted to grow in this region.
The California sequoia tree species is considered valuable. The 5 giant trees planted in the garden are considered young and will gain height in a few hundred years.
The Arboretum is located at an altitude of 1450 m and has a cold climate, there is snow here from December to March Plants are of great importance for science, because it is possible to study the developmental changes of the bushier growing in new climatic conditions.