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	Lu and Tiree Chmelar Herb Garden SOUTH MORAVIA The herb garden in Valtice originated in 2004. The project was the brainchild of Tiree and Lubomír Chmelar, a married couple from the USA who have long supported and promoted the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape abroad and secured funding for the garden from US foundations. Designed by students at the Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice, the garden was given a ceremonial opening in 2010. The first wildlife garden in the Czech Republic, it is a splendid place for relaxation and education. Although its teaching beds are mostly made up of
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	Medicinal Herbs Centre of MF MU SOUTH MORAVIA The Medicinal Herbs Centre cultivates and maintains the largest collection of medicinal herbs in the Czech Republic. Its garden supplements its selection with over 800 plants with highly-valued dietary properties, plus aromatic, culinary, tonic and toxic species. The garden’s main function is as a teaching facility for students and scientists at the Faculty of Medicine of Masaryk University, whom it provides with material for research work. It also serves for educational purposes at all levels, public education and relaxation for visitors
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	Pálava Protected Landscape Area SOUTH MORAVIA The Pálava area lies at the centre of the ancient cultural landscape of south Moravia, a place with one of the longest histories of settlement in the Czech lands. The harmonious topography of the Pálava Protected Landscape Area is dominated by the Pavlov Hills. It comprises a major part of the natural or little-affected steppeland ecosystem; it also contains many monuments testifying to historical human settlement.  Precious biotopes – of rocky, sod, meadow and forest steppe, thermophilic oak and scree woodland, all of
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	Jurkovič Villa SOUTH MORAVIA Both garden and villa were designed by celebrated architect Dušan Jurkovič for his family and friends. Along with the villa, the garden has been restored in accordance with the original plans; it was opened to the public in 2011. The garden’s character is determined by the fruit trees which supplement the beds of roses and other perennials that bloom in the course of the year. At the edges of the garden are its utilitarian parts, which include a vine and currant bushes.
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	Mendel-Museum SOUTH MORAVIA The mission of the Masaryk University’s Mendel Museum is to spread the legacy of the Augustinian monk Gregor Johann Mendel, known for the studies he conducted on plants, above all the pea. Thanks to his perseverance, diligence and analytical approach to his study of genetic transmission in the pea and other plants, Mendel has become an enduring icon of modern biology and is rightly considered the father of genetics. Nor should his research in meteorology and the breeding of bees be overlooked.   For visitors interested in the garden
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	Lužánky Municipal Park SOUTH MORAVIA Lužánky is the oldest public municipal park in the Czech lands. With an area of 20 ha, it is also Brno’s most important park. It has been declared a site of national cultural heritage.
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Lu and Tiree Chmelar Herb Garden

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Medicinal Herbs Centre of MF MU

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Pálava Protected Landscape Area

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Jurkovič Villa

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Mendel-Museum

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Lužánky Municipal Park

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