Forestry Academy, main building
This morning I didn't know what to expect from the weather. It was overcast outside, and the forecast said "sometimes rain, sometimes sun". Not a good forecast for a trip out of town, is it? But that's no reason to sit at home all day.
Jensen park vase in the park of the Forestry Academy
So, I decided to go for a walk in one of the city parks. I wanted to go somewhere I didn't know too well. All the parks near my house are well known to me, and all the paths in them have been walked many times. These parks remain just as beautiful, but I wanted a new experience.
Pond in the park near the main building
I rarely go to the northern parts of the city. Getting to these areas is not very convenient for me, it is easy to get into traffic jams when using the ground method of travel. Therefore, the route is built as follows: "go to the subway - a few subway stops - go from the subway to the park"... in other words, it is faster and easier to get to some suburban parks than to the parks in the northern areas of the city.
Hospital building with pharmacy, 1880s
I chose a park to walk to almost at random; I looked at a map and chose the green space that seemed more easily accessible. There were only a couple of stops from the subway to the entrance to this park that I could walk to, and plenty of public transportation nearby.
Faculty block
My choice was Forestry Academy Park. I formed my expectations based on the location of the institute and its name. I expected to see modern academic buildings - something of glass and concrete, and a park of exotic tree species around it. How wrong I was!
Faculty block
Faculty block
The Forest Institute, aka Forestry Academy, was founded at the very beginning of the 19th century. The Institute occupied the wooden buildings of an old farm on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. In 1820's - in 1830's for the Institute was built a large stone academic building, but the old wooden buildings also continued to be used. Moreover, some of these wooden buildings have survived to this day.
A large wooden professor's wing, the 1830s
Forget-me-not flowers near the professor's wing
As for the park, it grows the most common trees for the average strip. Exotic plants you can also find, but not in the park, but nearby, in the educational Botanical Garden. Unlike the park, this Botanical Garden is not freely accessible, and I could not find any information about tours.
Fence of a long pond
The weather remained overcast at the beginning of my walk, but gradually the blue gaps in the sky grew larger and larger, and finally the sun peeked out. I had already traversed the park from east to west, and then I found myself near its border, on Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospect.
Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospekt
There were a few old houses there, but the main part of the houses was modern. But I took one picture in which the new buildings are almost invisible, and it may seem that you are in the last century: the old houses and the old railroad bridge.
My idea was to take the streetcar to go towards home. It was miserable to leave - the weather had just gotten better, but I was going to stick to my plan. The streetcar came to the stop, and I was ready to go inside - but it turned out that the streetcar had finished its work day and was going to the streetcar depot! I was involuntarily glad that I didn't have to leave right away... so I thought it was a sign and went back to the park to walk around some more.
An academic building in the northern part of the park
I hadn't been to the north end of the park yet, so that's where I headed. I saw some more nice old buildings. I was intrigued by a mysterious structure on the wall of one of the buildings. What was it? Judging by its chimney, it was an oven of some kind, but why was it so strangely located? This construction attracted not only my attention, a group of young people taking selfies on its background.
Bam! Autumn is here
Farther along I came across an unexpected warning "Bam! Autumn is here" the inscription on the wall of a transformer booth informed me. Indeed, summer in our latitudes is so short that before you know it, it will be autumn. Not a single hour should be missed! But for now it's still June, and we can walk through the parks and rejoice in the blossoms of bird cherry and apple trees.
Janitor's cottage
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This is my entry for the #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay.
What a gorgeous park, cool buildings, waterways and beautiful flowers,
that vase is awesome
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)
This park turned out to be much more interesting than I thought it would be! Thank you!
OHh yes well worth the subway ride and adventuring somewhere new
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I’m glad you walked this walk and showed us your pretty photographs.
The weather can sometimes be changing quickly.
What a great park. I love the architecture of the buildings you show us. They are stunning.
I truly enjoyed walking along 😁👋🏻 Enjoy your Wednesday further ☀️
I didn't expect to find a preserve of ancient wooden architecture:) Thank you so much!
Always great when that happens. It looked stunning 🤩
You are welcome 👋🏻☀️
Oh, the last pictures says it all @tatdt!
The park was so peaceful and the buildings are just another hidden gen within the hidden gem of St. Petersburg. I am so happy that you have such an appreciation for architecture and old buildings, the use of such things as the fireplaces, and people in general.
It is always a wonderful day to go along with you! Thank you!
I really love architecture and I really enjoy these walks! Especially when I get to see something unusual. Thank you very much!
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Beautiful. Never knew this institute is so old and never knew they have all these nice historical buildings in the park.
I didn't know either :) there's plenty more to see there, I can safely recommend this park for a walk!
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Thank you so much!
Great walk! Another proof not to judge by the cover 😁 The park feels romantic just like everything else in Saint Petersburg.
This park was not at all what I expected - but it turned out even more interesting! Thank you so much!