The city of Zaprešić is located within the Zagreb County. The city occupies 251.8 km2 with the accompanying municipalities. Even several decades ago, most of the area was marked by an extremely rural way of life, elements of which are still visible in most of the local villages. Industrialization and housing construction encouraged immigration and growth of the city. There are several pre-school and primary schools in the whole area. Some of these institutions have a garden that is included in the educational program for the purpose of developing positive psycho-physical characteristics in students and helps to acquire new knowledge and skills. The objectives of this paper are to determine whether there are any gardens near pre-school and elementary schools in the area of Zaprešić, to evaluate the size of gardens, to draw up inventory and to describe the elements of the garden and to identify plant taxa by categories (one- and two-year flower species, perennials and geophytes, shrubs, trees and climbers ); evaluate the garden's decor and their compliance with the tradition and the space they are in. The research covers 10 gardens of educational institutions divided into 2 groups: TYPE 1 - preschool garden and TYPE 2 - school garden. The research was conducted over a period between May 2017 and September 2017. The average surface area of TYPE 1 was 5 592,69 m2, and in TYPE 2 17334,18 m2.By inventorying plant species, more species were observed in TYPE 2 gardens. In both types of gardens, mainly dominated decorative plants by shrubs and trees. Based on the research, it is interesting to notice that educational gardens do not have the characteristics of traditional gardens. With the influence of urbanization, gardens have taken on a modern and contemporary form, which is also seen in shaping and selecting plant species.