Wild Diversity in the Garden at the Botanical Garden Erlangen: Experience Biodiversity Live

Event: Wild Diversity in the Garden in Botanischer Garten, Loschgestr. 1, 91054 Erlangen on 8. September 2026

Date and Time

8. September 2026 08:00

Location

Erlangen
91 Erlangen, Deutschland

Price

Free

About this Event

Exhibitions & Museums

Mood

Relaxed

Venue Type

Outside

Wild Diversity in the Garden: An Exhibition about the Hidden Life in Greenery

In the Botanical Garden Erlangen, the exhibition Wild Diversity in the Garden opens the view to those living beings that truly bring gardens to life. Between open fields and greenhouses, an artistic experience of nature observation unfolds: fungi, mosses, tiny organisms, insects, and vertebrates appear as a silent but highly complex structure.

A Garden as a Living Ecosystem

The exhibition not only showcases biological diversity but also ecological relationships that are easily overlooked in everyday life. As visitors wander through the panels and examples, they experience a form of artwork contemplation of a unique kind: not in front of canvases, but in front of habitats. Symbioses, connections between plants and animals, and the subtle interactions that can support or threaten biodiversity become visible.

Knowledge That Becomes Immediately Tangible

Particularly impressive is the museum educational approach to the presentation. The exhibition ties into the BioBlitz 2025 and explains how species are documented in botanical gardens. With 15 large-format thematic panels, it conveys ecological contexts, names specific habitats, and offers tips for one's own garden or balcony. Thus, scientific expertise is combined with a vivid, aesthetic experience in open fields.

Between Research, Teaching, and Public Education

The Botanical Garden of FAU uniquely combines research, teaching, education, and recreation. As an extracurricular learning environment, it opens access to natural science education, sustainability, and species diversity. This blend of scientific authority and public communication makes the exhibition equally exciting for families, garden enthusiasts, and culturally interested visitors.

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

Wild Diversity in the Garden is not just an information display, but an intense look at life in the hidden. Those who linger here discover nature as a space of attention, research, and inspiration. A visit is worthwhile for all who wish to not only understand biodiversity but to see it anew through direct experience.

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