Ogród Profesorski UJ

The Ogród Profesorski hides behind a high stone wall on Jagiellonska Street, marked by an iron gate that usually stays locked to the public. Within these walls grows a dense, quiet orchard of fruit trees and ancient shrubs tucked between the medieval walls of the Collegium Maius. Professors once used this private space to grow vegetables and herbs for their kitchens. In the late nineteenth century, botanist Józef Rostafiński gathered seeds here to preserve rare plant species during the city's rapid expansion.