Alpengarten Pforzheim

Pforzheim, Germany, Germany

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The Alpengarten Pforzheim is a commercial nursery with a botanical garden specializing in alpine plants, located at Auf dem Berg 6, 75181 Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The garden contains over 100,000 plants from all mountain areas of the world, making it a remarkable collection of global mountain flora. Its main flowering period runs from late April to mid-June when the Alpine roses and rhododendrons bloom spectacularly. The garden was originally established in 1927 by the Carl family as a rock garden (Steingartenanlage) that offered everything imaginable in mountain flora and attracted crowds for decades, with bus parking often insufficient in the Würmtal valley.

Unfortunately, the Alpengarten was closed as a display garden in 2006 and parts were developed, but the nursery continues operation in its third generation, and visitors can now enjoy a beer garden and Café/Bistro "Flora" surrounded by lush vegetation on parts of the former garden. The site is open on weekdays during warmer months with an admission fee charged, and the Café Flora operates Sundays and holidays from 11:30 to 18:30, with seasonal closure from mid-October until March.