Arboretum in Písek, Cultural monument and arboretum in Václavské Předměstí, Czech Republic

The Arboretum in Písek is a botanical garden in Václavské Předměstí that displays native and foreign plant species across organized garden areas. The site features different plant sections with information panels explaining the species and their natural environments.

The first plantings on the site date to 1913, when professor František Salač laid out a forestry botanical park beside the new school building; the arboretum itself was created in 1923, when paths were built behind the nursery and woody plants set out. Major reconstructions followed in 1968–1974 and in the 1990s, when 240 of 740 specimens were removed under a plan by Jaroslav Machovec. In 2008 the Ministry of Culture declared it a cultural monument.

A memorial stone at the arboretum entrance was placed in 1985 by the Association of Graduates and Friends of the Písek Forestry Schools for the school's centenary; the spot occasionally serves as a place of remembrance. In the central part, under the Slavonian oaks, ceremonial assemblies open and close the school year.

The arboretum forms the inner grounds of the forestry school on Lesnická 55 in Václavské Předměstí. Since 2018 the old broken asphalt paths have been replaced by gravel ones. A digital inventory in ArcGIS Online, usable through the ArcGIS FieldMaps mobile app, serves visitors as a guide to the trees.

The planting is arranged by ecological requirements rather than taxonomy, showing examples of softwood and hardwood floodplain forest, downy oak groves and mountain spruce stands. A digital inventory created by graduate Jiří Vištejn in ArcGIS Online identified 934 specimens in 289 taxa across the whole school grounds, and its mobile version serves visitors as a guide.