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Low German for ‘plants and flowers’, Planten un Blomen is the botanical park in the centre of Hamburg and a popular destination for locals and tourists alike in this city of millions on the Alster. In 1821, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, the park's founder and director, planted the first tree in Hamburg's former city ramparts: a plane tree. It still stands today as a landmark at the Dammtor entrance, between the Congress Center and the Tropical Greenhouse.
After the IGA (International Horticultural Exhibition) in 1973, the areas “Planten un Blomen”, “Alter Botanischer Garten” (Old Botanical Garden), “Kleine Wallanlagen” and “Große Wallanlagen” were collectively named the “Wallringpark”, and in 1986 the entire park was given the name “Planten un Blomen”.
Admission is free, which makes the park very popular with visitors – quite apart from the many events held here. Before 1986, visitors still had to pay to enter. By abolishing the admission fee, Hamburg's Senate fulfilled an election promise after the Old Botanical Garden at the former Botanical Institute and the Kleine and Große Wallanlagen on the Wallring had been turned into a public park. Especially in the warmer months, there are open-air children's theatre performances, music for young and old and, on summer evenings, the ever-popular water light shows.
The Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte (Museum of Hamburg History) is at the south-eastern end of Planten un Blomen, so you can easily combine a museum visit with a stroll through the park.
The parts of the park formerly known as the Wallanlagen and the Old Botanical Garden belong to the Neustadt district, whereas the north-western part of Planten un Blomen belongs to St. Pauli.
To the south, the park borders the Hamburg Messe exhibition grounds: an arcade walkway leads from there through the park to the CCH (Congress Center Hamburg) with its hotel tower and to Dammtor station. In the west of the 47-hectare park, you can admire the Heinrich-Hertz TV tower.
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Covering around 5,000 m², the rose garden has been an important part of Planten un Blomen since 1993. In summer, around 300 varieties of rose fill the park with their scent for visitors strolling through this classically laid-out section on fine days. Here you can admire historic roses, shrub roses, climbing roses and wild roses as well as hybrid teas. Summer flowers, various small shrubs and perennials complete the picture, along with rose arches and seating areas. At the centre of the rose garden, a pavilion provides information about roses and their care. In the warmer months, there are also classical music performances every day.
The Hamburg Police Orchestra, among others, gives regular free concerts in the tiered music pavilion above the park lake.
For families, the varied playgrounds are definitely among the highlights of Planten un Blomen – especially the large Bullerberge playground near the St. Petersburger Straße entrance and the large Wallanlagen playground.
At the heart of the park, a complex of tropical greenhouses awaits visitors.
Other attractions: an alpine garden, a Japanese tea garden, an ice rink and roller skating rink, a mini golf course, the Mediterranean terraces, a pottery workshop with trampoline, and ice cream at the kiosk.
