Botanical gardens are a special kind of “museum”: they afford unique insights into the world of living plants, and their appearance changes from one day to the next. The Dresden garden, opened in 1893 and arranged for the most part geographically, offers a botanical world tour within a minimum of space. The outdoor gardens and the three glasshouses that can be visited contain about 10,000 plant species from all five continents and from the most diverse climatic zones. Visitors will always find something familiar and something new. Especially worthy of note are the unique collections of summer-flowering annuals and of pelargonium species, and a large number of plants with medicinal or other uses.
Opening times
January and December: daily 10 am to 3.30 pm / February and November: daily 10 am to 4 pm / March and October: daily 10 am to 5 pm / April to September: daily 8 am to 6 pm, greenhouses 10 am to 6 pm Greenhouses open daily from 10 am. Public guided tours every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month
Admission fees
Admission free of charge Donations welcome
Transport connection
Tram nos. 1/2/4/10/12/13 to "Straßburger Platz"
Extras/offers
guided toursspecial exhibitions
Misc. extras
Open in the evening during blossom of queen of the night, DVD on the garden year, Bionics educational trail, brochure on the endangered plants of Saxony in the botanical garden; The tactile garden map near the entrance can make it easier for visually impaired visitors to find their way around.
Handicapped accessible
- handicapped accessible toilet
- limited handicapped accessible
Foreign language offers
Guided tours in foreign languages (English and Polish) by request
Educational offers
Public guided tours on every first and third Sunday of the month, group guided tours (min. 12 persons) for interested persons of all age groups by previous arrangement, botanic school for classes grade 5 and higher, Botanic working group 'Children Guide Children'
