Botanical Garden of the University of Duisburg-Essen explained

The Botanischer Garten der Universität Duisburg-Essen (is a botanical garden maintained on the Essen campus of the University of Duisburg-Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It formerly was located at Henri-Dunant-Strasse 65. Now it is located next to the Grugapark area at Kühlshammerweg 30. The garden is maintained for research and educational uses, and is not open to the public.

The garden was established in the early 1980s by Dr. Guido Benno Feige, Professor of Botany. Today, it cultivates approximately 3,500 species in an outdoor area and greenhouses . The garden contains about 170 species of carnivorous plants, one of the largest such collections in Germany, as well as good collections of Euphorbia (300 species), Mediterranean plants (250 species), Haworthia and Aloe (65 species), as well as Aeonium, Conophyllum (40 species), Rhipsalis, and rare plants from Socotra.

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