Forest Botanical Garden Eberswalde

Eberswalde, Germany, Germany

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The Forstbotanischer Garten Eberswalde (Forest Botanical Garden Eberswalde) is an 8-hectare forest botanical garden and arboretum located at Am Zainhammer 5 on the southern outskirts of Eberswalde, Brandenburg, Germany, near the Schwärzetal landscape conservation area and the Eberswalde zoo.

Founded in 1830 by F. W. L. Pfeil with the Royal Prussian Higher Forestry Teaching Institute, it is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe and was originally established as an instructional garden to teach students about native and foreign woody plants in a practical way. Today, the garden belongs to the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde) and serves primarily as a teaching facility for forestry students while also conducting research and preserving endangered natural areas.

It houses over 1,200 native and exotic tree and shrub species from around the world, with major collections especially from North America and East Asia, including a Salicetum with 230 types of willow trees, along with perennial flower beds, an alpine garden, African and East Asian gardens, a systematic garden, herb garden, root laboratory, trial garden, and medicinal, aromatic, and poisonous plant displays.