About the Botanical Garden in Powsin

The Botanical Garden in Powsin (south of Warsaw, between Wilanów and Konstancin) is a huge park with nice walking paths: roughly half of it is taken, according to the map, by “useful and ornamental plants”, the second part (arboretum) is “a collection of woody plants”, where the azaleas are the most popular among visitors (they bloom in the spring). There are many opportunities to have amazing photo sessions, eg. cherry blossom, including Japanese sakura, the national collection of varieties of roses or Japanese and many others.

Great destination, especially during weekends – for a longer trip – to recharge your batteries by experiencing nature. You will find there a vegetable garden and orchard – lots of fun for city people to see “live” pumpkin, beetroot, dill or an apple on a tree. Kids will enjoy the “Collection of Polish flora” which includes mountain plants and mini-mountains / hills. There are short trails (marked as in the real Polish mountains) and peaks with an interesting view for children. Climbing is not difficult, and the little hikers have great satisfaction.

Cafe Botanica opening hours: 10 am – 7 pm
Regular tickets: 17 PLN
Reduced tickets: 13 PLN (eg. students, seniors 65+, disabled people)
Children up to 5 years old – free entrance
Family tickets 2 adults + children: 45 PLN
Parking lot fee: 10 PLN
You can pay with a card
There are 2 entrances to the Park: the main entrance from Prawdziwka 2 Street (with a parking lot) and the entrance from the Culture Park in Powsin/Park Kultury w Powsinie (re-opened on April 1 2021 after renovation)

How to get there?

The Botanical Garden in Powsin is located about 20 km from Warsaw city center
By car: The Garden is close to Bielawa, on the way to Konstancin. Google navigation may be useful
Next to the entrance, there is a parking lot dedicated to visitors. Before entering the parking lot, you will get a parking ticket from the guard. You must show this ticket to the ticket office and pay 7 zlotys. You will get a receipt which you need to show to the guard before you leave by car after your visit to the Garden

Where to have lunch or coffee?

There is a café (Cafe Botanica) in a building near the ticket office and Prawdziwka Street entrance offering desserts, soup, and delicious ice cream:)
In the summer you can buy some barbecue (grill) food in the middle of the Garden (outdoor venue)

Other information:

The Botanical Garden could be confused with another spot called Powsin (Park Kultury w Powsinie www.parkpowsin.pl), which is an outdoor activity area in/near Las Kabacki with playground, tennis courts, etc.
Animals are not allowed

Please click here to read our feature story about the Powsin Botanical Garden.

A light display in the 2022/2023 season: “Garden of Lights – Snow White”

October 28, 2022 – February 26, 2023

The second season with an outdoor exhibition of illumination in the Botanical Garden in Powsin, a few kilometers south of Warsaw. The main theme of the fairy-tale light display in the 2022/2023 season is “Snow White” (Królewna Śnieżka). Last season it was “Peter Pan”.

Location: Botanical Garden in Powsin, Prawdziwka 2 Street, 02-973 Powsin. The Forest Gate will be closed, and the only entrance to the Garden and the light display is from Prawdziwka 2 Street (location on Google map). 700 paid parking spaces are available at a cost of 10 PLN (regardless of the length of your visit to the Garden of Lights).
Opening hours, Monday-Friday: 28.10.2022-10.11.2022: 5 pm – 8 pm; 11.11.2022-29.01.2023: 4 pm – 8 pm; 30.01.2023-26.02.2023: 5 pm – 8 pm.
Opening hours, weekends and holidays: 4 pm – 9 pm. Please note that 31.10.2022 and 27.12-30.12.2022 are treated as public holidays.
The Exhibition is closed on December 24 and December 31.
The Exhibition is open on the following public holidays: November 1, November 11, December 25, December 26, January 1, January 6.
Tickets are available online or at the ticket office (you can pay with a card). There is a separate, often much shorter queue for people with an electronic ticket.
Tickets Monday-Thursday: regular ticket 33 PLN, reduced ticket 31 PLN, tickets for children up to 100 cm tall 1 PLN.
Tickets Friday, Saturday, Sunday, holidays: regular ticket 39 PLN, reduced ticket 36 PLN, tickets for children up to 100 cm tall 1 PLN.
You can also buy seasonal tickets – unlimited admission throughout the duration of the exhibition.
There are eateries in the exhibition area, where you can buy, for example, fries, hot dogs, gingerbreads, hot chocolate, tea, coffee.
The exhibition consists of almost 30 light installations, such as a dwarf house in the form of a 12-meter light tunnel, a diamond mine and many multimedia attractions, laser shows and mappings. Laser shows are held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays every 30 minutes. The first show starts 30 minutes after the opening of the exhibition and the last one 30 minutes before closing. In addition to light decorations related to Snow White, the exhibition includes, among others a multimedia Christmas tree made of 42,000 LED lights.
A map of attractions.
Click here to read our tips in English on visiting the Powsin Garden.
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