A Visit To The Botanic Garden In Tashkent

Yes, Tashkent has a botanic garden. A bit of a triumph in such a dry, desert climate. The garden is mostly a rough park with meandering paths and ambitious signs about zone specific areas. It all kind of looks like flora in need of a trim.

There is a greenhouse, mostly filled with racks of plants, that looks a bit like a home center without prices. A nifty part of the building are mysterious, semi underground sections devoted to bigger plants. A minor wonderland.

A view of one of the little jungle-like areas.

Details. They've done their best to make everything natural. Still, the green painted walls and too smooth dirt give a lovely, surreal effect.

Squint and edit one's view and nature can dominate. Fooled. Sort of.

Radiators also give up the disguising. Which is OK, another surreal element.

Back to a wider view, featuring all of the natural and unnatural features.