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Berlin Botanical Garden

Berlin Botanical Garden is a 43-hectare complex with around 22,000 plant species, located in the districts of Lichterfelde and Dahlem. Visitors can explore the Große Tropenhaus, the world's largest greenhouse at 25 metres tall, home to giant bamboo up to 25 metres high and a tropical climate. Other greenhouses display orchids, carnivorous plants, cacti, giant Victoria amazonica water lilies and a Welwitschia around twenty years old. Outdoors, the 14-hectare arboretum and the 13-hectare geographical gardens arrange plants by origin and botanical affinity. The site includes a botanical museum with the Herbarium Berolinense (more than 3.5 million specimens), a specialist library, a medicinal garden shaped like a human body, a Garden of Fragrance and Touch with Braille labels, and a small cemetery with the graves of Adolf Engler and Georg Schweinfurth. The garden is open every day and charges an admission fee.

Things to do at Berlin Botanical Garden: 30 missions

• Explore the Glass Cactus PavilionExplore this glasshouse dedicated to cacti within Berlin Botanic Garden.
• View the Tropical and Subtropical FernsA section of the garden dedicated to tropical and subtropical ferns.
• Visit the Great Tropical GlasshouseThe Great Tropical Glasshouse reopened in September 2009 after extensive renovations.
• Explore the Plants of Australia and New ZealandExplore the Plants of Australia and New Zealand at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• Visit the Italian GardenExplore this garden, surrounded by the geographical gardens and facing the exhibition glasshouses.
• Visit the Botanical MuseumVisit the garden's Botanical Museum.
• Explore the Cacti and Other Succulent Plants of the AmericasExplore the Cacti and Other Succulent Plants of the Americas at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• Discover the cemeteryDiscover the small cemetery located to the left of the glasshouse complex.
• Walk beside the Oak PondWalk beside this pond, formed by extending an old moraine pit.
• Explore the Succulent Plants of AfricaExplore the Succulent Plants of Africa at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• View the Plants of the Humid TropicsA section of the garden dedicated to plants of the humid tropics.
• Explore the Carnivorous Plants and Plants of the Southern HemisphereExplore the Carnivorous Plants and Plants of the Southern Hemisphere at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• Explore the Plants of South AfricaExplore the Plants of South Africa at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• Explore the medicinal enclosureSee this human-body-shaped layout where plants are arranged according to their healing properties.
• View the bromeliadsView the bromeliads at Berlin Botanic Garden.
• Discover the HerbariumDiscover the Herbarium, a large collection of dried plant specimens from around the world.
• Visit the specialist plant libraryVisit the garden's specialist plant library.
• Walk through the ArboretumWalk through the 14-hectare Arboretum that is part of the garden.
• Explore the systematic sectionWalk through this north-western section, where plants are arranged according to their botanical relationships.
• See the Orchids and Pitcher PlantsA section of the garden dedicated to orchids and pitcher plants.
• Explore the Victoria House and Marsh Plant HouseExplore the Victoria House and the Marsh Plant House at Berlin Botanical Garden.
• Walk through the colonial gardenA garden created to study plants useful for cultivation in Germany's colonies.
• Explore the Great Pavilion of the Great Tropical GreenhouseExplore the Great Pavilion of the Great Tropical Greenhouse and its many tropical plants.
• Walk through the Elector's GardenA relatively recent addition located in the north courtyard of the greenhouse complex.
• Explore the Große TropenhausExplore the Große Tropenhaus, the largest greenhouse in the world.
• See the Camellias and AzaleasSee the Camellias and Azaleas at Berlin Botanical Garden.
• Explore the Mediterranean and Canary Islands PlantsExplore the collection of Mediterranean and Canary Islands plants at Berlin Botanical Garden.
• Walk through the Fragrance and Touch GardenA garden designed to improve accessibility for blind and visually impaired visitors.
• See the Tropical Useful PlantsA section of the garden dedicated to tropical useful plants.
• Walk through the geographic gardensWalk through the large geographic gardens section of Berlin Botanical Garden.

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Source: bgbm.org