Even if you want to learn something, this is the right place: The Botanical Garden offers numerous guided tours and events and informs about botanical and ecological issues.
The garden was created as a teaching and research center, first greenhouses were built in 1804. However, to compensate for financial difficulties, plants had to be sold again and again. In the turmoil of the occupation of Westphalia by French troops and the consequences of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the concept was changed: It should mostly native plants are bred.