Landscape and ecological monitoring of Kutaisi Botanical Garden -Medea

The origin of the vegetation of Georgia is as rich and unique as the history of the Georgian nation. Georgia is one of the countries rich in flora, its vegetation has a history of more than 300 million years, and today about 4,100 species of higher plants have bee n recorded.
Kutaisi Botanical Garden - Medea is a living museum with the diversity and age of plant species; due to the peculiarities of landscape planning, it is considered one of the important objects of park construction. The garden's decorative plant collections, floristic corners are a source of aesthetic impact and, together with the visual effect, create the ecological environment of the city.
The purpose of our research is landscape and ecological monitoring of the Kutaisi Botanical Garden; Investigation of the phytosanitary condition of rare and endangered species of woody plants of the Colchian floristic composition, determination of the causes of damage to existing plants, assessment of the degree of damage; visual diagnosis was carried out, as well as collection of damaged samples, their mycological and entomological analysis. The pathological-morphological characterization and ecological characteristics of some harmful organisms are presented.