State Scientific Institution Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia named after M.A. Lisavenko of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences was organized in 1973. For tourists, the Research Institute, or simply, the Barnaul arboretum is interesting for its beautiful views, especially in golden autumn. Here you can see the Ob River. But a trip to the arboretum should not be limited to contemplation. To truly discover the world of tamed and transformed plants, you need a guide. He will tell you what is called, and what history each tree or shrub keeps.

The organizer and permanent leader of the station until 1967 was Academician of VASKhNIL, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor M.A. Lisavenko. The breeders of the institute have created 390 varieties of fruit and berry crops, 61 varieties of flowers. The varieties of the institute are protected by 24 RF patents and 292 copyright certificates. Scientists have successfully bred winter-hardy varieties that would ripen at different times, were tasty, like the best representatives of their fruit and berry relatives. They made sea buckthorn large, sweet and slightly thorny, introduced chokeberry into gardening, made local raspberry varieties popular and much, much more.