KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI ARBORETUM IN LUSŁAWICE – A SYNERGY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND EXCEPTIONAL VALUES OF NATURAL DIVERSITY

Abstract

Penderecki's Arboretum in Lusławice is an example of the creative and unique work of an outstanding composer, visionary and lover of trees. Based on the historic park was created, a new, outstanding work, a collection combining a huge number of taxa into elements of garden composition, based on significant achievements of garden art of classical culture. The high natural and cultural values seamlessly blend with the historical park and the surroundings of the Lusławice Manor. The property is a rare example today of creative development of the historic layout with new elements, without simultaneous destruction of the existing values, but rather their protection and flourishing, creating new values on a regional, national and, because of the creator himself, global scale.