There are no cafes, houses or any possible rentals there. All you can do is just go to the park, enjoy the time you spend there and return.
The park is not open all day long. It opens at around 10 am and closes at 7 pm. Make sure to leave the park at the mentioned time as afterwards the park becomes dangerous since dogs are let into the botanical garden.
Polish engineer and forester Edmon Leonovich used to work in the area of present-day Dendropark for the Forestry Commission. And it’s then that upon his own initiative he started planting ornamental trees there.
The botanical garden covers an area of 35 ha, out of which the 17.5 ha is occupied by the natural forest and the 15 ha by ornamental trees. Notably, Dendropark is considered the first natural forest landscape in the Transcaucasus that was converted into a forest park. There are currently over 500 species in the park.
Most of the species introduced in the garden were acquired from Yerevan Botanical Garden. But it should be said that the collection of Dendropark would probably not be this impressive if the species were obtained only from the Yerevan Botanical Garden. Many plants were acquired from other botanical gardens as well. Among those gardens are the botanical gardens in Tbilisi (Georgia), Kiev (Ukraine), Nikitski (Crimea), Leningrad and Moscow (former Soviet Union) and the Far East. In regard to these acquirements it should be noted that they were made possible via Yerevan Botanical Garden, which got them as part of an international exchange program.
Later on, specimens were acquired from such countries as the US, Germany, France, China and Portugal.
Located at 1550 m above sea level the climate is really severe in the park. In early spring and winter the temperature is 6-7 degrees Celsius but sometimes it might even reach -28.5 degrees Celsius. The park receives 550 mm rainfall each year. The December to March period is marked with constant snow-falls.
The best time to visit the park is the July to November period, including late November. It’s the time when the park is warmed up by the tender and amiable rays of the sun. It’s not cold during that period, and the nature seems to be in full swing.
Dendropark has been functioning for already 80 years, and throughout these years over 2.500 species have been tested with the goal to see which can survive and live in the extreme environmental conditions. Only 500 species proved to be able to stand the conditions. Among the plants that were brought to the park and which found home there are the beautiful and splendid Magnolia, Larch Larix Decidua, evergreen cypress, Syberian pine, Cryptomeria and Sequoiadendron. Among the native plants are Carpinus caucasica (hornbeam), Tilia caucasica (Caucasian lime), Tilia cordata (Little-leaf linden), Fagus orientalis (Oriental beech), Ulmus elliptica (Elliptic elm), Ulmus scabra, Ulmus foliacea, Quercus macranthera (Caucasian/Persian Oak), Quercus iberica (Georgian oak), Quercus longipes, Pyrus communis (European pear) and so on.