Parks and gardens in Lithuania

Aukštadvaris Regional Park protects one of Dzūkija's hilliest landscapes near the upper Verknė and Strėva rivers. It brings together hundreds of hills, about 90 lakes, hillforts, the famous Devil's Pit, nature trails, and canoe routes.

Baltic Mythology Park in Sausdravai village, Darbėnai Eldership, Kretinga District, is an educational forest trail created by the non-profit Baltų lieptas, where sculptures, sound, and storytelling present the worldview, gods, and human-nature bond of the Balts (or Aisčiai). It is not an archaeological site but a contemporary interpretation - a good first encounter with Baltic mythology.

Belmontas Mill is an old watermill and recreation area in the Vilnia valley, inside Pavilniai Regional Park. The Pūčkoriai Educational Trail starts here and leads toward Lithuania's largest outcrop, a hillfort, and the site of an old cannon foundry.

Dauniškis Park in Utena is a city recreation space by natural Lake Dauniškis, best known for the illuminated and musical fountain with water screen installed in 2011 for the city's 750th anniversary.

Gardų Ozas Educational Trail near Žemaičių Kalvarija, formerly called Gardai, follows the largest and clearest esker in Samogitia: an approximately 3.5 km long, 10-15 m high ridge formed by glacial meltwater 12,000-13,000 years ago, with a kame landscape around it.

Gargždai Manor Park by the Minija River is the surviving English-style park of the former Rönne barons' manor and today serves as Gargždai's central town park. Although the manor house is gone, old alleys, oaks more than 200 years old, and the restored Baronų Renių Square keep it among the most atmospheric manor-park sites in Samogitia.

Hollow Pine in Musteika is the page name for tree-beekeeping heritage in Gudai Forest: old pines with carved tree hives, a log-hive apiary, and a nature trail near Musteika ethnographic village in Dzūkija National Park.

The Japanese Garden in Mažučiai village, Kretinga District, is officially presented as the largest Japanese-tradition landscape garden in Europe, about 16 ha, begun on 10 October 2007 with Japanese master Hajime Watanabe.

Jaurykla Park is an approximately 10 ha urban nature park in Kretinga, laid out along the Jaurykla stream and opened to visitors in 2021. It has more than 3 km of paths, bridges, boardwalks, five viewing platforms, an amphitheatre, children's play areas, and wellness and educational routes adapted for people with reduced mobility.

Klaipėda University Botanical Garden in northern Klaipėda, in the Danė/Dangė River valley, combines a 1993 research and education space, 9.3 ha of plant collections, dendrological park status, and traces of the former Tauralaukis manor park.

Kulautuva Pinewoods are the landscape of a climatic resort founded in 1933 on the right bank of the Nemunas: sandy, hilly pinewood wellness routes of 2.6-6 km, healing pine air, a mineral-water pavilion, and the memory of an interwar resort in the Kaunas region.

Labanoras Forest is one of Lithuania's largest lake-rich forest landscapes, protected within Labanoras Regional Park, where pinewoods, lakes, wetlands, rare birds, and wooden-village culture meet.

Lakštingalų slėnis is a spacious woodland recreation area in a bend of the Akmena River, inside Pagramantis Regional Park, in Alijošiškės village about 12 km northwest of Tauragė. Often described as the park's calling card, it has a small pond with an island, a playground, shelters, and a small outdoor stage. The circular Akmena nature trail begins here, with two suspension bridges and stairs up to an outcrop above the river.

Likėnai Park and Smardonė Spring in the Biržai region offer a close look at northern Lithuania's karst landscape: a sulphur-scented spring, sinkhole basin, park, and the history of a therapeutic resort area.

Marijampolė Poetry Park is a 4.36 ha green space in the city centre at the confluence of the Šešupė and Jevonis. Before the war the land belonged to the Marian Fathers, park works began in 1984, the name came from a 1986 Poezijos pavasaris event, and the 2012 reconstruction opened the river view, added fountains, lighting, and an amphitheatre.

The old hollow trees of Labanoras are not one registered tree but a mature-forest theme: old trunks, hollows, and habitats in Lithuania's largest lake-rich forest massif, protected by the 55,317 ha Labanoras Regional Park with named protected pines as natural heritage objects.

The old trees of Punia Forest are not one tree but an old-growth forest experience: five protected oaks up to 31.5 m high, mature stands, a botanical-zoological reserve, and a strict reserve inside a Nemunas loop.

Palanga Botanical Park is one of Lithuania's most beautiful and best-preserved manor parks, created by Count Feliksas Tiškevičius at the end of the nineteenth century to a design by the French landscape architect Édouard André. Its 100 ha include the Neo-Renaissance palace with the Amber Museum, the rose garden, and Birutė Hill.

Paplatelė Educational Trail is an approximately 2.3 km forest route on the eastern side of Lake Plateliai in Žemaitija National Park, leading through glacial hilly relief about 13,000 years old, past Sultekis Pond and wooden sculptures.

Plateliai Manor Park in Žemaitija National Park is a 6.2 ha mixed landscape park begun in the nineteenth century, with winding alleys, two ponds, and three natural monuments: Plateliai Linden, Plateliai Elm, and Raganos Ash, the thickest ash in Lithuania.

Raudonė Castle Park is a 25 ha mixed-plan park, laid out in the 16th-18th centuries around the red-brick castle on the Nemunas slope, with ponds, alleys, a mill, protected trees, a trail, and a 33.5 m tower view.

Sapieha Park in Antakalnis is one of Lithuania's oldest and clearest regular-plan Baroque parks. Created by the late-seventeenth-century Sapieha residence together with the palace and monastery, it has recently been opened and maintained as a public Vilnius city park. It is important to distinguish the park from the neighbouring Sapieha Palace.

Šaukliai Boulder Field in Salantai Regional Park is one of Lithuania's largest boulder fields, about 79 ha with more than 300,000 cubic metres of glacial stones, and the country's largest juniper scrub. The 2.2 km trail, about 850 m raised metal boardwalk plus 1.2 km ground path, crosses a tundra-like landscape.

Šimonys Forest is a 13,500 ha Aukštaitija forest massif in Anykščiai and Kupiškis districts, combining pinewoods, 15 lakes, wetlands, three reserves, capercaillie leks, and the 1944-1953 partisan history of the Algimantas and Vytautas districts.

Tervydžiai Dendrological Park in Rokiškis District is a private tree collection of about 5 ha with roughly 300 woody plant species and cultivars, many rare in Lithuania. It was created over decades by former partisan and beekeeper Kazys Jakubonis. Today it is a state-protected natural heritage object shown to visitors free of charge by his son Linas.

VDU Botanical Garden in Kaunas is Lithuania's oldest and largest university botanical garden. Founded in 1923, the 62.5 ha garden in the former Aukstoji Freda manor park preserves about 14,700 plant species, cultivars, and forms, along with a conservatory, rose gardens, dahlias, medicinal plant displays, and historic ponds.

Vijūnėlė Park is the most popular recreation park in Druskininkai, surrounding Lake Druskonis and the nearby artificial Vijūnėlė Pond. It is best known in spring, when hundreds of thousands of daffodils bloom and a Japanese cherry, or sakura, alley planted in memory of Bronislovas Lubys opens along the path. A roughly 4.5 km cycling and walking route, sandy beach, fountain, and children's areas make the park a favourite resort rest place.

Vilnius University Botanical Garden in Kairėnai is the largest botanical garden in Lithuania, covering about 191 ha on the former Kairėnai manor lands in eastern Vilnius. It grows more than 10,000 plant species and varieties, while its roots go back to the Vilnius University botanical garden founded in 1781, the oldest in the country.

Vingis Park is the largest park in Vilnius, located in a bend of the Neris. It holds the Song Celebration stage, hosts major events, and carries a long history from the Zakretas estate to Sąjūdis rallies. Today it is a favourite place for walking, sport, and rest.