Park surrounding castle Stubi?ki Golubovec

This landscape park was founded in the beginning of 19 th century inspired by English landscape parks. Because of its preserved core it represents a rare example of garden architecture from the beginning of founding landscape parks in these parts.

In regard to floral content in the park and park's forest we can distinguish three different basic floral components which give it special characteristics and significance. The main part, next to the castle, is a garden distinguished by successfully grown domestic and foreign species of trees. On a spacious meadow, that also belongs to this part, old solitary domestic trees (oak, elm) stand out, as well as picturesque groups of birch and spruce trees. The major part of park's forest is occupied with a beautiful natural forest of durmast oak and hornbeam (lat. Querceto-Carpinetum Croaticum Horv.), which represents characteristic type of plain forests in Croatia . Third integral part in the south part of park's forest is a culture of eastern white pine (lat. Pinus strobus) that grows and naturally rejuvenates very well which gives it forestry significance.

The castle is built as a three part, one floor object with equally formed facades, with characteristics of late baroque classicism. Construction year is unknown, but it is known that a simpler building existed here before year 1788 when Golubovec became the property of Regina Domjani? married Dra?kovi?
(a descendent of this family is a famous Croatian poet Dragutin Domjani?). Other mentioned owners were members of Millakoczy de Szomszedvar family, and for some time half of the castle was owned by notorious Hungarian nobleman Franjo Tahy. Zagreb 's Bishop Maksimilijan pl. Vrhovec (creator of Zagreb 's garden Maksimir), bought the castle form Domjani? family. The Bishop took special care of the garden, and for this purpose he signed a contract with the head gardener for educating young gardeners that will continue with cultivation of the new garden. The only preserved inventory are potassium furnaces from the end of 19 th century, and two of them, which show ghosts protectors of night and day, located in the main hall draw special attention.

Today in the castle we can find a part of Croatian Archive and cultural association "Kajkavijana", and since 2004 Public Institution “Nature Park Medvednica” has opened info-center with permanent display.

Park next to castle Or?i? in Gornja Bistra

Park lies in the foothills of the northern hillside of Medvednica, at the altitude of 230 m, in the valley of ?upljak stream. Park in Gornja Bistra, together with the castle, used to belong to Or?i? family, and later to Carion family, while now it is state property. Hospital for children and youth is located in the castle. Park was founded in the last century. It is partially designed in baroque style, and the outer parts are in free style. Today it is about 100 years old. In it groups of old hornbeam, spruce, birch and oak trees stand out, as well as silver spruces, sweet chestnuts, yews, limes, alders, poplars, and weeping willows.

Park next to castle Junkovi? in Zagreb

Park next to castle Junkovi? in Zagreb is located in Gajnice (Dubravica) at the beginning of Zelena magistrala. In park's plant inventory especially striking is an old Oriental Sycamore (Platanus orientalis) with circumference in chest height 6.50 m and diameter 2.10 m. This sycamore with elliptic trunk is completely healthy. Except the mentioned sycamore in the park one can see: birch, lime, spruce, pine, catalpa and other trees. This park forms an architectural entity with Junkovi? manor and farm buildings, watermill, garden and orchard.