Chemnitz Botanical Garden
The garden was founded in 1898 on a 1-hectare site, and extended in 1933 with an additional 1.75 hectares of orchards. It was badly damaged during World War II, and reconstructed during the 1950s. Today's garden was organized in 1996, with new greenhouses built in 1998 and 2002.
The garden has been replanted in Central European habitats, including heath, dune, steppe, moors, and ponds, as well as 20 different forest communities. It also contains collections of crop plants from around the world, medicinal and aromatic plants, and annual and perennial flowers. The garden's greenhouses contain about 800 species, including cacti and succulents, carnivorous plants, pineapples, banana, coffee, manioc, vanilla, orange, rattan, taro, and sisal.
