Botanical Garden, Bonn — Attraction in Bonn

Stunning green oasis in the middle of bustling city! One of the most beautiful botanical gardens!

I do love botanical gardens and this one in Bonn is one of the best ones I have visited! The beauty starts with an entrance where the pond is located displaying stunningly colorful water lilies and the backside of the mineralogy museum (it was under scaffolding during our visit). In front of the glasshouse entrance many Australian and African trees are situated sitting in large pots, some I have never seen before like Banksia serrata.

Several greenhouses with different flora are to be visited (rainforest, monsoon, desert house and many others) but one of them is an absolut hidden gem - The victoria glasshouse hiding the giant water lily unfolding its mighty leaves around the pond. It is almost unbelievable to see such a huge plant. Here you can also see Amorphophallus titanum - the plant that smells like rotting corpses when blooming.

Right behind the glasshouses the carnivorous garden can be found - another impressive element of the gardens not to be missed. The reason why I loved it so much was how the plants were displayed - in large concrete pots combined with heather plants, rocks and wood - it looked like a miniature garden, very picturesque.

The outside part of the gardens were very well maintained and it was possible to walk not only on the main paths, but in between flower beds as well. Fountains and lakes were great additions to already perfect gardens and it was beautiful to see animals such as birds and ducks enjoying the gardens as well. I also appreciated the samples of cones and seeds that were attached to trees, so visitors could have an idea of what they look like from up close. The entrance fee was 3 euro however we didn’t pay anything even though we visited on Sunday, when, based on the website, you have to pay to get in.

Tea house located on the west part of the garden seems like a lovely place to chill in the afternoon, unfortunately we didn’t have time to visit. Apparently great guided tours are available, unfortunately only in German language. Located in walkable distance from the train station and city center. 3 major highlight for me:

Seeing the gigantic Victoria water lilies in the glasshouse Admiring the amazing Australian plant called Banksia serrata Seeing the carnivorous gardens in concrete pots

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Bonn botanical garden is located right behind Poppelsdorf Castle, one of the two castles in Bonn. The other castle is Bonn University's main building in which students study humanities.

As most botanical gardens I visited this one also covers most continents and climate zones. The palm house is spectacular with it different climate zones. One even has a constant misty room in which it slightly drizzles water from the ceiling to keep the humidity way up.

One highlight is definitely the titan arum which only blossoms every couple years and smell really bad but is beautiful to look at!

What’s really awesome is that there is no cover or fee to enter the garden. If you feel like getting out of the city go grab some food at the tibetan food truck next door, enjoy your food in the stunning and quiet garden and take a stroll through the garden afterwards.

The highlight, though, was when a gardener approached us with a bucket of freshly picked huge bananas from their very own banana trees. They were delicious—nothing like what you but in a...

This is an INCREDIBLE botanical garden. First of all I have to say that the garden is free of charge to all visitors! It offers an astonishing pallette of different trees, bushes, shrubs and flowers which are all labelled and can be inspected up close since walking on the grass is allowed. Aside from the plethora of plants outside, there are also several greenhouses with different zones like sub-tropical, tropical and arid. There is even an extra little part with different types of carnivorous plants. Beside the main botanical garden there is also a small separate garden wherein plants which are used by humans are grown. There are different citrus and nut trees, berries, fruits and other edibles as well as different grain types and other interesting plants. Whether you are an avid plant lover, botanist or someone who likes to spend time among many different plants then make sure to have a visit to the botanical garden, you...