The New Botanical Garden of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität extends for eight hectares. It offers a comprehensive insight into the fascinating world of plants to academics, students and the public alike. Plants from all climate zones of the world bloom in the open air and the largest greenhouse building open to the public in Schleswig-Holstein. On a walk through a North American wood and past Mediterranean vegetation sections, heath, dunes, an alder fold, and an alpine rock garden the visitor reaches a Chinese coppice. He can stop at information boards along the walk. Cacti and succulents grow; orchids blossom and tropical flowers smell in the greenhouses. Visitors can discover where pepper grows and see how coffee, cacao or tea look like.
The garden, which is structured ecologically and geographically, also regularly offers changing exhibitions.
Every year on the 1st Sunday of June there is an open day. In the summer changing art exhibitions. Detailed information on many plant species.
Arrival by Car
Travel by public busses to the bus stop “Botanischer Garten”, there are also parking facilities for private busses, parking facilities for cars in “Ohlshausenstraße” (then walk along Leibnizstraße up to the end) and at the weekends directly on Leibnizstraße in front of the Institute of Biology
The admission is free except for great exhibitions. There is charge of DM 3,- per person for guided tours with at least 10 persons attending. Tours on many special topics or distinctive sections of the garden. Please call +49 (0)431-880 4276.
The new botanical gardens of Kiel University are eight hectares in size and offer scientists, students, and the public, in equal measure, extensive insights into the fascinating world of plants. Both outdoors and in the greenhouses, plants from all of the Earth’s climates display their beautiful flowers. Extensive information on many groups of plants.
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