The park can be considered a unique success due to its natural location, skillful design and the richness of its woody species.
Today, the most important outdoor cultural events in Ida-Virumaa take place in Toila Oru Park.
The park's value lies in its diverse, structured landscapes, where the height difference is more than 40 metres. A significant part of this is the skillful design of the park, which began with the designs of the landscape architect Georg Kuphaldt in Riga at the end of the 19th century, when the castle was completed.
270 listed woody species grow on an extensive area of 105 hectares, making the park the most species-rich in all of Estonia. Most of the trees in the park are native. Exotic species are mostly of European origin, but there are also Far Eastern and American species (50 each).
From 1897 to 1899, the Petersburg businessman Grigori Eliseyev had the Oru Palace built in Toila. The gigantic building with 57 rooms stood in a spacious park with native and exotic tree species. The luxurious construction cost five million rubles. In 1935, major Estonian industrialists acquired the property and gave it to the Estonian President Konstantin Päts as a summer residence. It was completely destroyed in 1941 during the Second World War; only the park and the terrace remain.
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