Botanical Garden

A warm welcome!

This page gives you an overview of all our areas. Our garden plan and our greenhouse plan are good orientation aids – available to download directly.

Header: Max Winkler
One special feature is our Tree Finder. It shows the locations and information about our trees in the field.


Africa and Madagascar House

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Entering the last of the three large halls (Hall C), one is reminded at first sight of the plants in [...]

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Alpine House

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In March and April, when the first flower buds open in the open air of the Botanical Garden, it is a [...]

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Alpinum

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The Munich Alpinum is one of the most species-rich plants in Germany. Over 2,000 species of alpine a [...]

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Arboretum

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A large area to the west of the Schmuckhof is taken up by the arboretum (from the Latin arbor = tree [...]

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Arctic

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A hidden, cool-shaded area near the western border of the Botanical Garden is considered an insider& [...]

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Tree fern house

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Stepping into the tree fern house (house 10) is like stepping into a magical forest. Originating fro [...]

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Bromeliad and Araceae House

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Bromeliad and Araceae House (House 8): The northeasternmost of the six side houses leading away from [...]

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Cycad House

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In House 9 of Cycads, you enter the part of the greenhouse complex that has been least altered in it [...]

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Fern Gorge

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The rhododendron grove merges to the west into the fern gorge crossed by a small stream, shady and c [...]

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Spring Garden

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The delicate but very colorful spring garden, not far from the “hortus conclusus”, liter [...]

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Large pond, marsh and siltation zone

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The large pond ends in the west in a siltation zone, which is adjoined by several bog pools with an [...]

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Large Cactus House

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The tour of the display houses begins in the Large Cactus House (Hall A). Gneiss and sand recreate a [...]

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Hortus Conclusus

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In 2003, the small garden, the “hortus conclusus” – designed by landscape architec [...]

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Insect Pavilion

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The insect pavilion was created in 2010/2011 as part of the overarching “Bayern Arche” p [...]

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Temperature House

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In the last, north-facing side house (Kalthaus/Temperature house, house 11), you can enjoy flowering [...]

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Useful plants

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From the rose garden, on the left hand side towards the east, one comes to another small garden of h [...]

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Ecological-genetic department

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The ecological-genetic department deals with life forms, plant communities, pollination biology, see [...]

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Orchid House

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In the Orchid House (House 1), the first show house on the south side, is dedicated to the orchid fa [...]

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Palm House

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Palm trees were considered the epitome of the tropics at the time of the garden’s founding in [...]

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Tropical crop house

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In the Tropical House of Crops (House 2), visitors can see tropical useful and aromatic plants as we [...]

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Tropical swamp and aquatic plant House

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The last side house, branching south from the Palm House, is the Tropical Swamp and Aquatic Plant Sh [...]

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Victoria House

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In the Victoria House (House 3), a wide variety of green climbing plants, pitcher plants and creeper [...]

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Grove of rhododendrons

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The more than 200 species and varieties of rhododendrons show a magnificent flowering from the begin [...]

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Rose Garden

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Between the café and the rhododendron grove is the rose garden, where old roses with their incompar [...]

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Schmuckhof

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Directly opposite the entrance to the greenhouses is the ornamental courtyard framed by dry stone wa [...]

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Systematic department

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In the systematic section the informative teaching aspect is again strongly pronounced: plant specie [...]

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Tree Finder

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One special feature is our “Tree Finder” – an interactive map that allows you to g [...]

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