Karlsruhe Botanical Garden — Attraction in Karlsruhe

Very disappointing. As you walk in and to the left there are strips of garden which seem to ring the property. Instead of tall, luxurious plants full of rich green foliage, they have planted little plants which are lost among the dirt. These strips of garden need to be filled in with bold plants. In the garden which runs along the side of the greenhouse, they have weeds planted; including one which my parents had hidden in their lawn and which hurts like hades when you step on it. I didn't find many of the outside plants to be at all exotic. I paid the 3 Euros and went into the greenhouse. There were some unique plants which I had never seen; however, even the cactus was resplendent with a variety of which I had a small one from the garden show as a child. Many of the plants in the greenhouse are species which I have seen in people's outside gardens in the U.S. and in Germany. The 3 large greenhouse rooms are large, yet there were really no botanical surprises. Outside was mediocre run of the mill gardening with which I was far from impressed. My photos...

This is an absolutely stunningly beautiful public park. It has an indoor conservatory as well but, even just a free outdoor area is well worth a visit. It's located in more or less the center of the city, so it's easy to get to from anywhere and there's lots of restaurants and shops in convenient walking distance from it. There is also a spectacular museum nearby.

I would recommend bringing a water bottle for your walk though, there aren't really public water fountains in European cities. You can buy plastic water bottles lots of places nearby but there are very expensive and so much garbage. Keep the garden cleaned by bringing your own and not...

One of my very favourite spots in Karlsruhe. It's a nice and calm place but nevertheless interactive because you can have a picknick there, gaze at the plants and flowers, have a drink or snack at the restaurant or simply sit on one of the many benches to relax and enjoy the environment. The pictures speak for themselves :)

Addition: I visited the indoor area part of the botanical garden for the first time today, and it's really nice. There is a small entrance fee and the area consists of 3 big halls. I loved the huge cacti and climbing plants...