WHAT'S ON
Charity "FRIENDS OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN" founded
Visitors who love and cherish the Botanic Garden can now support our work by joining our newly founded charity "Friends of the Botanic Garden of the Ruhr-University Bochum e.V." (short "BOGa Friends").
The board of the newly created "BOGa Friends" (from left to right): Julia Steffen (staff Botanic Garden, Secretary), Dr. Andreas Eickhoff (notary of Aulinger & Partner), Prof. Dr. Joachim Esser (eye specialist, Chair), Abraham van Veen (Director of LSI, Vice-Chair), Gerhard Möller (former RUB chancellor, elected member of the extended board), Dr. Franziska Roosen (independent editor, elected member of the extended board), Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen (Chair Molecular & Cellular Botany, member of the board as Director of the Botanic Garden). Klaus Haarmann (financial auditor), was elected Treasurer in absentia and is therefore not shown in the photo above.
On May 11 2023, 41 passionate friends of the Botanic Garden of the Ruhr University gathered to found the new charity "Friends of the Botanic Garden of the Ruhr-University Bochum". Fans and enthusiasts of the Botanic Garden are cordially invited to join the "Friends of the Botanic Garden".
"The newly founded charity, briefly called "BOGa Friends" will provide vital support for the Botanic Garden in the future," says the garden's director, Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen. This is also confirmed by the five honorary board members (see photo), who explained their personal connections with the Botanic Garden at the founding evening and already mentioned projects the new charity will focus on.
BECOME A MEMBER!
For an annual membership fee of only 40 euros (20 euros for young adults, senior citizens and severely disabled people) you can become a Friend of the Botanic Garden!
Send us an Email!
By-laws & Membership Fees to download [in German]:
By-laws (PDF)
Membership Fees (PDF)
GUIDED TOURS 2023
[in German]
Would you like to register for one of these tours?
Then please send an email to
BoGa-Führungen
You can also download our schedule of guided tours as a pdf:
Führungsprogramm 2023 (PDF).
GUIDED TOURS THROUGH THE CHINESE GARDEN
NEW EXHIBITION
A new and unique exhibition entitlted "Botanical Jewellery from the Amazon" is now on show in the Foyer of the Botanic Garden.
If you love the Botanic Garden...
it is now very easy to support us with a donation. We have set up a donations box outside the Tropical Conservatory right next to the display case. Many thanks to all our friends!
P.S.: Donations are exclusively used to improve the visitor experience in the Botanic Garden. Projects like the restoration of the boardwalk across the Tertiary Pond, the refubishment of the bog or the new corten steel flower beds below the pavilion would be difficult if not impossible without your donations.
EXHIBITION: NEW SAVAGES [NEUE WILDE]
EXHIBITION "NEUE WILDE" - Click here for more information
POSTAL ADDRESS
Ruhr-University Bochum
Botanic Garden
Universitätsstraße 150
D-44801 Bochum
GERMANY
ADDRESS FOR SATNAVS
"Universitätsstraße 160" or
GPS-COORDINATES 51.444761, 7.269031
CONTACT
phone: +49 (0)234 32 22005
E-Mail
OPENING TIMES
Summer
April 01 - October 31
Outdoor: Mon-Sun 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Glasshouses: Mon-Sun 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Winter
November 01 - March 31
Outdoor: Mon-Sun 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Glasshouses: Mon-Sun 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Closed on December 24 and 31 as well as during storms and icy conditions
- Admission free
- No bicycles, e-scooters and drones
- Dogs are allowed outdoors but only on the lead
