Rating: 8,1/10 (5402 votes) Berlin Botanical Garden – botanical garden in Berlin, one of the largest and the oldest botanical gardens in the world. This research, educational, auxiliary, cultural and educational complex is based on a collection of about 22 thousand plants, occupying an area of 43 hectares. The collection of plants is divided into parts, the main one is located in Dahlem, in the south-west of Berlin. The main buildings of the botanical garden were built in 1897-1910. under the leadership of Adolf Heinrich Gustav Engler. A prominent botanist, Engler was buried in the botanical garden at his own request. Originally, the scientific and research complex was erected here in order to house exotic plants, brought by scientists from various expeditions. Today the Berlin Botanical Garden is part of the Free University of Berlin, including the Botanical Museum with a huge herbarium and a fundamental scientific library. In addition to the buildings set aside for scientific research departments of the botanical garden, there are a number of greenhouses. Greenhouses and greenhouses cover an area of 6,000 sq. m. but also in open areas, open field plants are grown, planted according to their geographical origin. The arboretum, located here, covers an area of 14 hectares. The greenhouses that make up the botanical siege are very diverse. Among them, for example, the cactus pavilion, the Victoria Amazonian greenhouse, a collection of orchids and insectivorous plants. The Botanical Garden is decorated with numerous sculptures, among which is the `` Young Girl '' Fritz Klimsch, The Sower, The Girl with the Oleander Branch, The Flutist and others. We also recommend reading Molecule Man in Germany, Berlin resort Topic: Berlin Botanical Garden in Germany, Berlin health resort. |