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+49 38379 20246

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Chausseeberg 1, 17429 Mellenthin‎, Germany

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Open today · 9AM–10PMMonday9AM–10PMTuesday9AM–10PMWednesday9AM–10PMThursday9AM–10PMFriday9AM–10PMSaturday9AM–10PMSunday9AM–10PMSuggest an edit

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The Usedom Botanical Gardens, Mellenthin (German: Usedoms Botanischer Garten Mellenthin) (60,000 m²) is a private botanical garden located at Chausseeberg 1, Mellenthin, Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was constructed between 2006-2008 and opened on May 1, 2009. It contains about 50,000 plants representing approximately 1,000 taxa that are winter-hardy on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Plants are arranged by botanical classification in 14 garden areas, with labels in Latin, German, and Polish:

  • Green Garden - a conifer collection with evergreen ground cover, as well as about 8000 tulips, azalea, ground cover roses, and Erica tetralix.
  • Early Flower Gardens - late spring and early summer perennials, hyacinths, chestnut trees, and a hedge of Spiraea x vanhouttei.
  • Rose Garden - more than 100 rose varieties.
  • Late Flower Garden - herbaceous plants flowering in late summer and autumn.
  • Garden on a Slope - three fieldstone terraces displaying both early- and late-blooming perennials, with over 150 Clematis and more than 250 Phlox subulata.
  • Lawn - a large pond and creeks, seating and picnic facilities, edged with Syringa vulgaris, Carpinus betulus, and Fagus sylvatica purpurea.
  • Woods - natural forest with walking paths.
  • Kitchen Garden - fruit trees and bushes including apple (Malus), pear (Pyrus), cherry (Prunus cerasus), and peach (Prunus persica), as well as a small vineyard with a variety of grapes (Vitis) and hedges of Lonicera xylosteum and Humulus lupulus.
  • Heather Garden - Calluna vulgaris and Erica carnea, as well as 7000 tulips, with hedges of Hippophae rhamnoides and Taxus baccata.
  • Herb Garden - about 20 types of culinary herbs.
  • Rhododendron garden - More than 700 rhododendrons, with hydrangea and hibiscus.
  • Ziersträuchergarten - Bird garden.
  • Ponds and water gardens
  • Rock garden

    • References

    Usedom Botanical Gardens, Mellenthin Wikipedia
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