Palmengarten Frankfurt

Plants. Life. Culture
for 150 years
Old stands of trees and plants from all over the world; meadows and water; wilderness and knowledge; art and culture – the Palmengarten is a place without equal.
The garden covers 19 hectares and houses around 13,000 plant species in its outdoor areas and under the roofs of many, often historic, display houses. Exhibitions, topical guided tours, and musical events make the Palmengarten a major attraction at all seasons. And this not only includes human visitors: If you stroll past the garden’s meadows and flower beds on a sunny summer day, you will encounter numerous insects, including many species that are now rare. These, along with their importance for the ecosystem, are the subject of the Flower and Butterfly House, which is slated for opening in the summer of our anniversary year 2021. Here, visitors will be able to experience a butterfly’s life cycle, from the egg to the caterpillar and from pupa to the adult butterfly, and an adjacent exhibition, entitled “Dusted off,” provides information about the insects’ life and relevance. The visitors will also encounter our current guiding theme – flower ecology – in the exhibition, as well as in many other areas within the Palmengarten and the Botanical Garden, which became part of the Palmengarten in 2012.