Botanischer Garten Potsdam, Potsdam

The Botanischer Garten Potsdam (8.5 hectares total, of which 5 hectares are public), also known as the Botanischer Garten der Universität Potsdam, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Potsdam. The garden was established in 1950 on two adjacent plots of land: part of Sanssouci Park and Paradise Garden (about 2.5 hectares). After WWII, Sanssouci Park was controlled by the Red Army and briefly formed a branch of the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences. In 1950 today's garden was created at the northern edge of Sanssouci with the Maulbeerallee dividing the garden into two distinct areas. To the north is Paradise Garden, now a teaching and display garden, and to the south is the institute building, greenhouses, and outdoor space. The garden's ten greenhouses (approximately 3,000 m² total area) contain about 4,600 tropical and subtropical species in a palm house, epiphyte house, orchid house, fern house, etc.