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Botanischer Garten Grugapark

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Virchowstraße 167 a, 45147 Essen, Germany

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Closed now Thursday9AM–10PMFriday9AM–10PMSaturday9AM–10PMSunday9AM–10PMMonday9AM–10PMTuesday9AM–10PMWednesday9AM–10PM

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The Botanischer Garten Grugapark is a municipal botanical garden located in the Grugapark at Virchowstraße 167a, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was established in 1927 for recreation, teaching, and research. Parts of the garden were destroyed in World War II but gradually rebuilt and re-designed for the Essen Bundesgartenschau of 1965. Today its major sections are as follows:

  • Alpinum - mountain plants from the Caucasus, the Carpathians, and the Apennines, including gentians, alpine violets, asters, and pine trees, as well as Taiwania.
  • Asia section - dove tree, Japanese elm, and Asian hydrangeas, maples, and walnut trees.
  • Climbing plants - self-described as Germany's largest collection of climbing plants, including clematis, honeysuckle, climbing hydrangea, wolfberry, and wild vines.
  • Conifers (planted 1927) - self-described as one of Europe's largest collections, including

    • native conifers, araucaria, thuja, ginkgos, sequoia, dawn redwood, and the oldest cryptomeria group in North Rhine-Westphalia.

  • Forest valley - American sweet gums, pin oaks, bald cypresses, and a meadow with wild herbs.
  • Herb garden - medicinal herb garden in a medieval style.
  • Mediterranean orangery (built 1987) - acacias, bay laurels, date palms, fig trees, and lemon and orange trees.
  • Rhododendron valley - 500 rhododendron species and cultivars.
  • Rose garden (planted 1927) - rose cultivars and water lily pond.
  • Sensory garden - primarily roses and herbs.
  • Shrubbery (planted 1964) - several thousand shrubs from Asia, the Americas, and Europe, as well as cowslip, delphinium, Carpathian harebell, heuchera, lupin, red hot pokers, primrose, and giant rhubarb.
  • Westphalian cottage garden (circa 1925) - medicinal and culinary herbs and local vegetables representative of a Westphalian farmer's garden.
  • Wetlands - bald cypress, bamboos, reeds, willows, etc.

    • The garden also includes three greenhouses, built in 1985, for its tropical rainforest collection, succulents, and primeval plants from Australia and tropical South East Asia. Other features of interest include a bonsai garden, a scenic pond (the Magarethensee), and a Ronald McDonald House designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser in 2005.

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    Botanischer Garten Grugapark Wikipedia
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