Welcome to the Botanical Garden of TU Dresden

The Botanical Garden is situated not far from the historic city center, next to the large park “Grosser Garten” and the building “Die Gläserne Manufaktur” of Volkswagen. About 10,000 plant species from all climates and different regions of the world are cultivated here within an area of 3.25 acres.

The layout of the garden follows mainly plant geographical regions. This applies to the three greenhouses (with flora of tropical and subtropical regions) and to large parts of the open area, called the Geographical Section.

In front of the Tropical Conservatory, visitors encounter witnesses of a bygone time: fossil tree stumps and a collection of living plants  whose closest relatives were involved in the formation of brown coal during the Tertiary Period in Central Europe.

The Morphological Department presents herbal adaptations to different environmental factors. Adjacent to it visitors find a collection of medicinal and aromatic plants.

The Systematical Section is concerned with relationships between plant species.  In addition to woody plants and perennials, during summer a comprehensive collection of about 800 species of annual plants is shown there.