Cologne Botanical Garden, Cologne, Germany  Return to the index page

The Cologne Botanical Gardens are located right next to the Cologne Zoo and the aquarium. The garden covers just under 30 acres and are nearly 150 years old.
The entrance is through impressive iron gates toward a palace-like reception building and a pond - complete with fountain. There are also greenhouses, including a tropical house, succulent house and a sub-tropical house.

View of the reception house from near the entrance.

View of the formal gardens from the reception house steps.

Reflecting ponds on the side of the reception house.

An interesting wall and bench.

One of the greenhouses featuring subtropicals.

A poster advertising an exhibition of Australian native plants.

Abelia floribunda

Abelia floribunda flowers.

Flowers of the Agapetes serpens.

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Clerodendrum thomsoniae flowers

Opuntia bergeriana flower

Catalpa leaves in the sunlight.

Passiflora actinia flower

Directional signs at the arboretum. I need to brush up on my German.

Sequoiadendron giganteum, a California native at the gardens.