Botanischer Garten Duisburg-Hamborn
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The Botanischer Garten Duisburg-Hamborn, also known as the Botanischer Garten Duisburg or the Botanischer Garten Hamborn, is a municipal botanical garden
and aquarium
located at Fürst-Pückler-Straße 18, Duisburg
, North Rhine-Westphalia
, Germany
. It is open daily, and should not be confused with the Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg
, another botanical garden in Duisburg.
The garden hosts about 1,000 species
outdoors and in greenhouse
s. Major features of the garden include a landscape park, rhododendron
s, fuchsia
and primula
collections, aromatic and medicinal plants, and fern
s. The garden has also a lily pond
, tropical greenhouse, subtroptical greenhouse, and greenhouse containing about 800 cact
and succulents, as well as an aquarium
.
According to local newspaper WAZ in march 2010 it had been on a list of comunitiy facilities together with public baths, that would be closed subsequently, since funding was no longer lawfull as of Art. 81 in German Haushaltsrecht. The mayor council of Duisburg decided against this plans - though without having found a proper way of funding that would and could find approval by superior Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf, which controls the citys funds.
Botanical garden
A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
and aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
located at Fürst-Pückler-Straße 18, Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
, North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is open daily, and should not be confused with the Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg
Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg
The Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg is a botanical garden located at Schweizer Straße 24, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The garden was established in 1890 and primarily cultivates native plants, but also includes exotic flora such as Araucaria, Ginkgo biloba, Sequoiadendron...
, another botanical garden in Duisburg.
The garden hosts about 1,000 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
outdoors and in greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
s. Major features of the garden include a landscape park, rhododendron
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
s, fuchsia
Fuchsia
Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in 1703 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier...
and primula
Primula
Primula is a genus of 400–500 species of low-growing herbs in the family Primulaceae. They include primrose, auricula, cowslip and oxlip. Many species are grown for their ornamental flowers...
collections, aromatic and medicinal plants, and fern
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s. The garden has also a lily pond
Lily Pond
Lily Pond is a lake of Shelburne District, in Nova Scotia, Canada....
, tropical greenhouse, subtroptical greenhouse, and greenhouse containing about 800 cact
Cactus
A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. Their distinctive appearance is a result of adaptations to conserve water in dry and/or hot environments. In most species, the stem has evolved to become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have evolved into spines...
and succulents, as well as an aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
.
According to local newspaper WAZ in march 2010 it had been on a list of comunitiy facilities together with public baths, that would be closed subsequently, since funding was no longer lawfull as of Art. 81 in German Haushaltsrecht. The mayor council of Duisburg decided against this plans - though without having found a proper way of funding that would and could find approval by superior Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf, which controls the citys funds.