Orekhovno Estate in Russia

Orekhovno Estate is the first and only European garden in Russia which, despite its status of private property, is open for public. Orekhovno Estate is located in the village of Orekhovno, the Pskov region. It belongs to Alexander Grivko, a landscape architect, the designer of numerous private and public gardens in Russia and Europe.
Aleksander spent his childhood here. An interest in nature and plants came from his mother, who was in love with her native Pskov landscapes.
Many years later, the well-known landscape architect returned to the banks of the Orekhovnitsa river to set up a garden in loving memory of his early deceased mother.