Outdoor areas

In March and April, when the first flower buds open in the open air of the Botanical Garden, it is already peak bloom in the Alpine House. The small show house, which allows visitors:inside to look in from the outside, is divided in two and consists of a smaller, frost-free section and a larger, completely […]

A hidden, cool-shaded area near the western border of the Botanical Garden is considered an insider’s tip by garden visitors. Traditionally, the area is referred to as the “Arctic” on the garden’s site plans.There is a small pond there that was created in 1914, but had leaked over time. In late summer 2019, the old […]

The rhododendron grove merges to the west into the fern gorge crossed by a small stream, shady and cool in all seasons. Here a mosaic of greens and whimsical leaf shapes fascinates.The stream eventually leads through a Japanese spring garden to the large pond. English Woodland Gardens New creation of a woodland garden in the […]

The delicate but very colorful spring garden, not far from the “hortus conclusus”, literally explodes in spring. Already in late winter, a wide variety of witch hazel shrubs bloom here.Bulbous plants among other early-flowering shrubs, such as highly fragrant snowball varieties, make this area a popular part of the garden, especially in April. Rare wild […]

The large pond ends in the west in a siltation zone, which is adjoined by several bog pools with an abundance of lush aquatic and marsh plants. It is a valuable habitat for dragonflies, fish, amphibians and waterfowl.Various species of waterfowl can be encountered at the large pond, and in the mornings also on the […]

In 2003, the small garden, the “hortus conclusus” – designed by landscape architect Christopher Bradley-Hole from London – which won an award at the Chelsea Flowers Show, came to the garden as a gift from Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, former president of the United Arab Emirates.This modern garden won the gold […]

The insect pavilion was created in 2010/2011 as part of the overarching “Bayern Arche” project, which is about protecting native animals and plants.Information boards inform about the role of bees and butterflies as flower pollinators. The area around the insect pavilion is planted with species that butterflies like to visit. Especially for school classes, the […]

From the rose garden, on the left hand side towards the east, one comes to another small garden of historical design: the useful plant garden. It offers a rich selection of plants that are “used” by people in the broadest sense and can thrive in our climate outside a greenhouse. The formal garden goes back […]

The ecological-genetic department deals with life forms, plant communities, pollination biology, seed dispersal and heredity. The “Teaching Garden”, which shows many functions and morphological formations of plants in a comparative context, also houses a water garden. Water and marsh plants are located there in special sunken basins surrounding two small glass houses. This area is […]

The more than 200 species and varieties of rhododendrons show a magnificent flowering from the beginning of May and are a main attraction of the garden at this time of year. Oaks and pines, dating from the time of the garden’s founding in 1914, create beautiful semi-shaded conditions in the rhododendron grove. Sprinkling provides increased […]

Between the café and the rhododendron grove is the rose garden, where old roses with their incomparable fragrance and modern cultivars with their colorfulness and abundance of flowers give a picture of the diversity of this group of plants. In the neighboring lawns there are rose bushes with single double flowers, where bees can also […]

Directly opposite the entrance to the greenhouses is the ornamental courtyard framed by dry stone walls. Since the garden was founded, this area has been dedicated to ornamental plants. It is the central place where every year – once in spring and later from summer to autumn – the abundance of ornamental plants is presented. […]

In the systematic section the informative teaching aspect is again strongly pronounced: plant species are grouped here into plant families. Here, about 1,600 plant species that can be cultivated outdoors are arranged in a concentric arrangement according to their relationship to families and larger units. In the center are the most primitive flowering plant families, […]

The Munich Alpinum is one of the most species-rich plants in Germany. Over 2,000 species of alpine and Mediterranean plants are presented here in near-natural arrangements. The collection is arranged according to geographical aspects and allows a direct comparison of different mountain floras. The main flowering period is in the months of May and June. […]

A large area to the west of the Schmuckhof is taken up by the arboretum (from the Latin arbor = tree), a collection of woody plants from all over the world. Essentially, groups of trees and shrubs are loosely arranged here in colorful meadows according to their relationship. Woody plants that thrive here come from […]