World's Great Botanical Gardens
Living collections of the planet's plants, from Kew to Kyoto. 22 places, mapped and ready to build a trip around.
Plan a trip on Trailwind →Kew Gardens
United KingdomEst. 1759BestJunClimate36–73°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishKew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London founded in 1759 that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Its living collections include some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants.
Singapore Botanic Gardens
SingaporeBestVariesClimate75–86°FCurrencySGDLanguageEnglishThe Singapore Botanic Gardens is a tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Padova botanical garden
ItalyBestVariesClimate32–88°FCurrencyEURLanguageItalianThe Orto Botanico di Padova is a botanical garden in Padua, in the northeastern part of Italy. Founded in June 1545 by the Venetian Republic, it is the world's oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. The garden – operated by the University of Padua and owned by the Italian government – encompasses roughly 22,000 square meters (240,000 sq ft), and is known for its special collections and historical design.
Carlton Gardens
AustraliaBestVariesClimate43–79°FCurrencyAUDLanguageEnglishThe Carlton Gardens is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located on the northeastern edge of the Central Business District in the suburb of Carlton, Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia. The gardens are a popular picnic and barbecue area, and are home to an array of wildlife, including brushtail possums.
Jardin des plantes
FranceBestVariesClimate36–77°FCurrencyEURLanguageFrenchThe Jardin des Plantes, known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from those in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name now, shortened from Jardin Royal des Plantes Médicinales, as the original purpose of the garden in the 17th century was to grow medicinal plants.
Eden Project
United KingdomBestMay–SepClimate39–68°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishThe Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England owned and operated by registered charity the Eden Trust. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit.
Missouri Botanical Garden
United StatesBestVariesClimate27–88°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropist Henry Shaw. Its herbarium, with more than 7.5 million specimens, is the second largest in North America, behind that of the New York Botanical Garden. Its Peter H. Raven Library contains 85% coverage of all literature ever published on systematic botany and plant taxonomy.
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
GermanyBestVariesClimate32–79°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanThe Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum is a botanical garden in the Lichterfelde locality of the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany. Constructed between 1897 and 1910 under the guidance of architect Adolf Engler, it has an area of 42 hectares [ha] and over 20,000 different plant species. The garden is part of the Free University of Berlin and attracts about half a million visitors annually.
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
United StatesEst. 1873BestVariesClimate27–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second oldest zoo in the United States, founded in 1873 and officially opening in 1875. It is located in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It originally began with 64.5 acres (26.1 ha) in the middle of the city, but has spread into the neighboring blocks and several reserves in Cincinnati's outer suburbs. Several historic buildings were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
Real Botanic Garden of Madrid
SpainBestSep–JunClimate34–95°FCurrencyEURLanguageSpanishReal Jardín Botánico de Madrid is an 8 hectares botanical garden in Madrid (Spain). The public entrance is located at Plaza de Murillo, next to the Prado Museum.
Linnaean Garden
SwedenBestMay–JunClimate25–72°FCurrencySEKLanguageSwedishThe Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus Garden is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University, Sweden, and nowadays one of two satellite gardens of the larger University of Uppsala Botanic Garden, the other being the Linnaeus family's former summer home Linnaeus's Hammarby.
King's House on Schachen
GermanyBestJun–SepClimate10–61°FCurrencyEURLanguageGermanThe King's House on Schachen is a small villa (Schlösschen) at Schachen, Wetterstein Formation, about 10 km south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, built by Ludwig II of Bavaria. The house was constructed between 1869 and 1872.
New York Botanical Garden
United StatesEst. 1891BestVariesClimate28–86°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a 250-acre (100 ha) site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, a greenhouse containing several habitats; and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, which contains one of the world's largest collections of botany-related texts. As of 2016, over a million people visit the New York Botanical Garden annually.
Shinjuku Gyoen
JapanBestVariesClimate32–90°FCurrencyJPYLanguageJapaneseShinjuku Gyo-en or Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a large public garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally a residence of the Naitō family in the Edo period, it later became a garden under the management of Japan Imperial Household Agency and is now a national garden under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment.
Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
HungaryBestMar–OctClimate30–84°FCurrencyHUFLanguageHungarianThe Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden is the oldest zoo in Hungary and one of the oldest in the world.
Chelsea Physic Garden
United KingdomBestJunClimate36–73°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishThe Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. This four-acre physic garden, the term here referring to the science of healing, is among the oldest botanical gardens in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Its rock garden is the oldest in Europe devoted to alpine plants and Mediterranean plants.
Bogor Botanical Gardens
IndonesiaBestJun–SepClimate72–90°FCurrencyIDRLanguageIndonesianThe Bogor Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden located in Bogor, Indonesia, 60 km south of central Jakarta. It is currently operated by the National Research and Innovation Agency. The garden is located in the city center and adjoin the presidential palace compound of Istana Bogor. It covers an area of 87 hectares and contains 13,983 different kinds of trees and plants of various origin. The geographic position of Bogor means it rains almost daily, even in the dry season.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
United StatesBestVariesClimate45–91°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishThe Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, known as The Huntington, is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington and Arabella Huntington in San Marino, California, United States. In addition to the library, the institution houses an extensive art collection with a focus on 18th and 19th century European art and 17th to mid-20th century American art.
Batumi Botanical Garden
GeorgiaBestDecClimate36–79°FThe Batumi Botanical Garden is a 108-hectare (270-acre) botanical garden located 9 km north of Batumi, the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Georgia. Situated on the Black Sea coast at the area known as Mtsvane Kontskhi, it is among the largest botanical gardens in the former Soviet Union and a major center for the study and conservation of subtropical flora.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
AustraliaBestVariesClimate46–79°FCurrencyAUDLanguageEnglishThe Royal Botanic Garden is a heritage-listed major 30-hectare (74-acre) botanical garden in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, event venue and public recreation area located at Farm Cove on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
United StatesBestVariesClimate28–84°FCurrencyUSDLanguageEnglishBrooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies 52 acres (21 ha) in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park, and the Brooklyn Museum. Designed by the Olmsted Brothers, BBG holds over 14,000 taxa of plants and has over 800,000 visitors each year. It includes a number of specialty gardens, plant collections, and structures.
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
United KingdomEst. 1670BestApr–SepClimate37–66°FCurrencyGBPLanguageEnglishThe Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland, Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore, each with its own specialist collection. The RBGE's living collection consists of more than 13,302 plant species, whilst the herbarium contains in excess of 3 million preserved specimens.