Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Around 19,600 species and subspecies are cultivated in the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden, which covers an area of 21.2 hectares. The botanical garden is involved in national and international research projects. It has the task of collecting, examining, cultivating and exhibiting wild and cultivated plants from all over the world according to scientific criteria.

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Past events from this partner

Clownflower, Customa, Shopping Basket, Residuola & Barb-On

the Nature of Things

A photo exhibition by Juli Gudehus
Worldwide, mankind dumps 3.5 million tonnes every day. So Juli Gudehus cut waste. She crunched it, punched it and thus made it blossom.
until 04.10.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Floating Hepatica flowers

Fascination Hepatica

Exhibition of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation
A incredible variety of colors and shapes, botanical species and rich cultures reflect the grace of living gems.
until 05.03.2023

Exhibition, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Beds with mother plants

Hepatica – culture, care and propagation

Presentation by Andreas Händel
Everything worth knowing from 40 years of experience with Hepatica will be conveyed, that they can be enjoyed in the garden for many years!
04.03.2023, 14:00

Literature & knowledge
Botanical Institute of the LMU
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Hepatica x euroasiatica "Mandy JP"

Hepatica – modern hybrids for your garden

Presentation by Jürgen Peters
New for the shady garden! What do you get when you combine colourful and diverse Asian Hepatica with our robust native ones?
04.03.2023, 15:00

Literature & knowledge
Botanical Institute of the LMU
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Spring flowers and a haiku

Spring Flowers and a Haiku

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
After a tour of the Schmuckhof participants describe their impressions in a haiku.
18.03.2023, 14:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Literature & knowledge, Workshop
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Iris Hybrid "Katharine Hodgkin"

Blossom Joy

Drawings by five Munich artists
The visitors will enjoy the vast diversity of nature with its joyous, insightful variations and at the artwork of five creative artists.
until 23.04.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Flowers in the greenhouse and outdoors

Flowers in the Greenhouse and Outdoors

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
Blossoms glow in many bright colors. After a tour the participants experiment and paint with flower colors.
22.04.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Workshop
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Garden as biotope

Biotope Balcony

Marketplace for ideas to promote local biodiversity
Whether backyard or balcony – all of them are valuable microhabitats. The ideas market presents projects for a sustainably flourishing city.
23.04.2023, 10:00

Other, Exhibition, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Active in the garden

10 tips for more Biodiversity in the Garden or in Companys

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Haszprunar
tips for "Jane & Joe Bloggs" for balcony, garden or your company permisses
23.04.2023, 11:00

Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Floating Flower Robes

Floating Flowers

Art installation by Rosina Zimmermann
A poetic space-filling installation
until 21.05.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Mindfulness Walk in the Botanical Garden

Led by pastor Rainer Hepler, discover the Botanical Garden all for yourself.
04.05.2023, 14:00

Garden & Park, Guided tours, Other
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Department of Art Pastoral

Presentation of the pelargonium collection

Fascination pelargoniums. Shapes. Colors. Scents.

Plant exhibition in the historical geranium house
The Nymphenburg Palace Nursery and the Munich-Nymphenburg Botanical Garden show their Pelargonium Plant Collections.
until 14.05.2023

Exhibition, Garden & Park
Geraniumhouse in the Castle Park Nymphenburg
Bavarian Administration of Palaces, Gardens and Lakes

First colors

Poetic images of words will sound in the Botanic Garden

Poetry path of the Free Association of Independent Authors
Imagination and reality, cosmic and philosophic questions, essences about Nature and Nature being threatened
until 30.11.2023

Literature & knowledge, Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Sculptures with fruit stands

Becoming – Blooming – Decaying

Sculptures by Martin Lorenz
"Becoming – Blooming – Decaying" is the title of an installation that Martin Lorenz created especially for the "Flowers Forever" event.
until 03.10.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

miro modo at Victoria House

miro modo

Installation by Evalie Wagner
The miro modo installation plays with perception, casting fleeting reflections of light on glass, water and botany.
until 01.10.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Bizarre twigs support graceful flowers

Passion for Nature

Show 2023 of the State Technical School for Flower Art
In their exhibition 12 ambitious "floral artists" have turned their passion for nature into creative pieces of art and green design.
until 18.05.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Bees and flowers

Bees and Flowers

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
Many different bees live in the botanical garden. Bee plants are shown and seed ribbons are made.
20.05.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Workshop
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Sound Flowers

The concert on the theme of flowers
Artists from the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts interpret pieces devoted exclusively to the theme of flowers.
23.05.2023, 18:00

Concert & Opera
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Konzertgesellschaft München e.V.

The entourage of the brush cup

Vernissage for the exhibition "Flowers and Myths"

Photo exhibition by Sabine Jörg
Photography or old master paintings? The works of Sabine Jörg invite you to puzzle and marvel. Who has ever seen flowers like this?
24.05.2023, 18:00

Exhibition, Party
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

The entourage of the brush cup

Blossoms and Myths

Photo exhibition by Sabine Jörg
Photography or old master paintings? The works of Sabine Jörg invite you to puzzle and marvel. Who has ever seen flowers like this?
until 18.06.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

The scent of iris flower

Iris and Päonia

Fairy tale evening for adults with Claudia Schleich
It sounds like an oriental criminal case: By envy and jealousy, a murder occurs. But what does a beguiling fragrance to do with that?

Literature & knowledge, Garden & Park
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Composition of mass and line

Ikebana

Japanese Floral Art
A Japanese art to create an artistic arrangement from a few flowers and branches that impresses with its clarity.
until 04.06.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Spices

Spice plants and kitchen herbs

Walk of the Nymphenburg Botanical Garden
The participants get to know precious aromatic plants and kitchen herbs with all their senses in the great outdoors.
14.06.2023, 10:00

Guided tours, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Evangelisches Bildungswerk München e.V.

Flowers and their pollinators

Flowers and their Pollinators

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
Flowers attract pollinators in many ways. After the tour, a butterfly is made.
17.06.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Workshop
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

folded paper flowers and paper leaves in and on a desk display case

Origami flowers and children's flower make-up

for the city's 865th birthday
Creative flowers are made from paper, faces are painted in bright colours and much more at this two-day festival.

Children & Youth, Workshop, Exhibition
Infopoint Museen & Schlösser in Bayern
Infopoint Museums & Palaces in Bavaria

The fastfood theater improvises its way through the world of plants in the Botanical Garden

Improvised Caresses

Botanical Encounters
Fastfood theater meets a sensitive flora full of love and tragedy. Improvised scenes full of humor about flora.

Theatre & Dance
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Mallow longhorn bee during flower visit

Natural history of flowers: Beautiful, diverse and sexy

Botanical special exhibition
Blooms and their pollinators – unlocking the secret language of flowering plants.
until 10.09.2023

Exhibition, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Bumblebee pollinating

LET IT BEE

A film by Vanessa Weber von Schmoller
The documentary shows people who are working hard to stop the extinction of the bees and thus of other species.
08.07.2023, 18:00

Film, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Dahlia Whisper

Dahlia Whisper

Reading by Manfred Fock with musical accompaniment
The enchanted sounds of a zither ring out softly in the avenues of Saint Dahlie, and the garden gnome begins to smoke his mimosa herb ...
09.07.2023, 14:00

Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

The nature of things – old masters, young masters

Upcycling workshop with Juli Gudehus
"Rose is a rosy is a rosary is a grocery is a waitrose" Loosely based on Gertrude Stein, new botanical creations arise here.
15.07.2023, 13:00

Workshop
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Painting like Monet

Painting like Monet

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
Magnificent water lilies are shown during a tour. And how does the water lily manage not to get wet and sink?
15.07.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

The painting "Blooming Poppyies" by Olga Wisinger-Florian from the Belvedere in Vienna

Double Feature

at the Kunsthalle and the Botanical Garden
The curators of the exhibitions will guide through "Flowers Forever" and "Natural History of Flowers: Beautiful, Diverse and Sexy".
15.07.2023, 14:00

Guided tours, Exhibition
Kunsthalle München

Peony flower

Hydrangeas, peonies, magnolia trees

Walking tour to the beauties from Asia
Discovered are plant treasures from Japan collected and introduced by the naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold.
19.07.2023, 14:30

Garden & Park, Guided tours
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Evangelisches Bildungswerk München e.V.

Plant health

– and how we can explore it together
The research alliance TRR356 (PlantMicrobe) invites to its first public symposium on plant health at the main building of LMU Munich.
21.07.2023, 14:00

Literature & knowledge, Other
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz Campus
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München – Faculty of Biology/TRR356

The Blue Rose is guarded by a dragon

Kasperl and the Red Knight – or: the Blue Rose

A puppet show by and with Kasperls Spuikastl
The Red Knight has fallen out of favour with his wife. To win back her favour, he needs a blue rose guarded by a dragon.

Children & Youth, Theatre & Dance
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

The princess and her handsome prince

Kasperl and the Wallflower

A puppet show by and with Kasperls Spuikastl
The wicked witch turns the princess into a wallflower to have the prince all to herself. This is where Kasperl's help is needed.

Children & Youth, Theatre & Dance
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Without Titel (1.7.3), 2003, oil on canvas, 140 x 190 cm

B*LOOMING ISSUES

Oil painting by Anette Koch
"There I become a bee myself". With brush and oil paint Anette Koch comes close to the floral motifs and puts small scenes big on the stage.
until 03.09.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Babette and the Darned Knot, puppet theater "Schleichwege"

Babette and the Darned Knot

A story from the life of a jungle snake
Becaus of her forgetfulness, the dangerous jungle snake Babette makes a knot in her tail, which now cannot be untied.

Theatre & Dance, Children & Youth
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Workshop „Poetry Going Public"

Nine poetic voices about becoming and passing away

Reading of the Free Association of Independent Authors
Imagination and reality, cosmic and philosophic questions, essences about Nature and Nature being threatened

Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Spices: fragrant flowers and leaves

Spices: fragrant Flowers and Leaves

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
How do spices and herbs grow, how do they smell and what are they used for?
12.08.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Workshop, Literature & knowledge, Food & Gastronomy
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Poppy in the wheat field

Life without grasses? – Unthinkable!

Wheat, spelt, maize & co.
Grasses made the cultural development of mankind possible - The family of sweet grasses not only from a botanical point of view.
18.08.2023, 17:00

Workshop
Stadtbibliothek Neuhausen
Munich Public Library

Illustration: The Silk String Ensemble in traditional dresses with traditional Chinese instruments.

Sound of nature

A musical journey mit Silk Strings
The ensemble of four Chinese ladies gives an impressive portrait of their traditional music as they make their way through the seasons.

Concert & Opera
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Exhibition in the Green Room

TWO VIEWS on Plants

3D photo exhibition by Sebastian Cramer
Large-scale, stereoscopic plant photographs will be on display.
until 01.11.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Painting like van Gogh

Paint like van Gogh

Family action in cooperation with the MPZ
Sunflowers are masterpieces. After a tour, the structure of a sunflower basket is studied and drawn.
16.09.2023, 15:00

Children & Youth, Guided tours, Workshop, Garden & Park
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Saengerkreis Muenchen – The Harmunichs

Flowers and Music

Choir matinees with the Saengerkreis Muenchen
The Sunday Matinees are a popular musical highlight to the summer schedule.

Concert & Opera
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Cauliflower in full flower

Thanksgiving Exhibition

Seeds for the future
The exhibition gives an insight into the regional treasures of our cultivated plants – with a special focus on old, seed-proof varieties.
until 01.10.2023

Exhibition
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Passion flower blossom

BOTANICS FOR ALL

Special tours on various topics
The subjects of the curators or district managers range from physiological details to gardening tips.
14:30

Guided tours, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg

Flower meadow

Weekend tours

in the botanical garden
The tours will focus on botanical and horticultural themes.

Guided tours, Literature & knowledge
Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg