Gardens

The duke’s “English Garden”: The Exotic Garden makes an impression with its extraordinary tree population. It comes from the time of the first park, constructed by Duke Carl Eugen and Franziska von Hohenheim. Together with the Landscape Garden, the Exotic Garden makes up the so-called Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg, a collection of horticulturally and botanically interesting trees. With the Kleingehölzgarten, the bush terrace at the Spielhaus building, and the rhododendron area at the Römisches Wirtshaus, there are more than 2,400 different kinds of deciduous and coniferous trees, varieties, and forms from over 80 plant families and 270 species.

Buildings from ducal times: The “Historical Path” leads you to all the important stations in the Hohenheim Gardens, for example the Spielhaus building (with museum) or the Römisches Wirtshaus.

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Quality of life in an architecturally designed landscape: The Landscape Garden, kept close to its natural state, is the youngest part of the Hohenheim Gardens. Exposed views and surprising paths in the newly created natural space offers a chance for relaxation and experiencing nature in addition to aiding in the teaching of the University students. In the Landscape Garden, visitors can follow and marvel at the development of a relatively young garden. The trees planted there can be found in the Landesarboretum’s wood database and the Hohenheim Gardens’ information system.

Together with the Landscape Garden, the Exotic Garden makes up the so-called Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg, a collection of horticulturally and botanically interesting trees.

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Coco, banana, and everybody else: The new greenhouse with the space of 600 square meters will house more than 1,800 plant species in six different climate areas. The focus of the collection are plants of the African tropics and subtropics, carnivorous plants, cacti, and a variety of tropical crops. Furthermore also orchids, ferns, bromeliads, and water plants. A very important part is also the begonia collection, which has been maintained for over 70 years and includes around 200 species and varieties and a breathtaking diversity of petals and blossoms.

The greenhouse is open for visitors every Sunday from 1 - 4 p.m. Entrance fee: 4 Euros, reduced: 2 Euro

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