Botanischer Garten Grugapark
The Botanischer Garten Grugapark is a municipal botanical garden located in the Grugapark at Virchowstraße 167a, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was established in 1927 for recreation, teaching, and research. Parts of the garden were destroyed in World War II but gradually rebuilt and re-designed for the Essen Bundesgartenschau of 1965. Today its major sections are as follows:
- Alpinum - mountain plants from the Caucasus, the Carpathians, and the Apennines, including gentians, alpine violets, asters, and pine trees, as well as Taiwania.
- Asia section - dove tree, Japanese elm, and Asian hydrangeas, maples, and walnut trees.
- Climbing plants - self-described as Germany's largest collection of climbing plants, including clematis, honeysuckle, climbing hydrangea, wolfberry, and wild vines.
- Conifers - self-described as one of Europe's largest collections, including
- Forest valley - American sweet gums, pin oaks, bald cypresses, and a meadow with wild herbs.
- Herb garden - medicinal herb garden in a medieval style.
- Mediterranean orangery - acacias, bay laurels, date palms, fig trees, and lemon and orange trees.
- Rhododendron valley - 500 rhododendron species and cultivars.
- Rose garden - rose cultivars and water lily pond.
- Sensory garden - primarily roses and herbs.
- Shrubbery - several thousand shrubs from Asia, the Americas, and Europe, as well as cowslip, delphinium, Carpathian harebell, heuchera, lupin, red hot pokers, primrose, and giant rhubarb.
- Westphalian cottage garden - medicinal and culinary herbs and local vegetables representative of a Westphalian farmer's garden.
- Wetlands - bald cypress, bamboos, reeds, willows, etc.