What's in a Prague street name

U Společenské zahrady was built in 1925.

In either 1843 or 1845 (depending on your source), the Česká společnost pro zvelebování zahradnictví, or the Czech Society for the Improvement of Horticulture, was founded on Bredovského (now known as https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/18/prague-1-day-127-politickych-veznu-political-prisoners/).

In 1845, it moved south to Na Slupi (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/21/prague-2-day-88-na-slupi/), where it housed exhibitions in its multiple greenhouses until 1894, when the Society sold the premises to make way for a Charles University campus.

They then set up a společenská zahrada – a society garden – here in Krč.

From 1923, the gardens hosted the Dívčí zahradnická škola (Girls’ Horticultural School), which had a two-year study programme. The Director was Dr. Anna Berkovcová, one of Czechoslovakia’s first female university students.

Despite its name, the school also taught foreign languages, economics, hygiene, and much else.

It’s not instantly clear when the school and garden closed; we do know that the school was renamed as Vazačsko – aranžérská škola (something like ‘The School of Binding and Arranging’) in 1969, and there’s a Facebook group (sadly only with two members) for those who attended from 1970 to 1972.

I’ve also seen a comment on one page from somebody who said they graduated in 1975 and remembered the place fondly.

In 2001, archaeologists discovered 1,400 buried objects, including two prehistoric rondels (circular ditch structures) on the premises: https://www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/krcsky-rondel.