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The Weihenstephan Gardens

Discover the living world of the Weihenstephan Gardens with its plant diversity: Trees, shrubs, perennials and annual flowers; A colourful potpourri of useful plants in the change of seasons; The exciting combinations of colours and shapes. All this delights professors, lecturers, students and visitors alike.

Important information for visitors

Opening hours

Viewing Garden, Allotment Garden & Upper Deck Garden
1 April to 31 October, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., also on Sundays and public holidays.
In the summer months from June to August, our gardens are open until 7 pm.

Courtyard Garden & Parterre Garden
Access is possible all year round.

Entrance fees

free of charge

Admission with dogs

Dogs must be kept on a leash in the courtyard garden and the ground floor garden; dogs are not allowed in all other garden areas!

Weather forecast

This page informs about the current Weather in Weihenstephan

Guided tours

All group tours for 2026 of the Trial Garden, the Courtyard Garden and the Allotment Garden are currently fully booked.

Public tours of the Trial Garden are held on the first Sunday of every month. These are free of charge – voluntary donations to support our work are very welcome. No prior booking is required. Meeting point: 10:00 am, Trial Garden entrance.

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The Weihenstephan Gardens of the HSWT

The Weihenstephan Gardens are the teaching and experimental gardens of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences. The design and development of the diverse plantings is carried out according to local ecological, aesthetic and maintenance aspects. They are used both for the education of students and for researching and viewing outdoor ornamental plants, their use and care. The Weihenstephan Gardens are known far beyond the borders of Bavaria and have a long history dating back to the old Benedictine monastery of Weihenstephan. They are considered a tourist magnet and are a favourite recreational area for the citizens of Freising. Today, they are an integral part of research and teaching at the HSWT, but also inspire a wide audience of experts and garden lovers. It is possible to book a guided tour of individual gardens, where expert guides explain the design intentions behind the planting as well as interesting facts about the care and individual plants.

Guided tour Weihenstephaner Berg

From May to October, guided tours are offered for groups up to a maximum of 25 people through the three gardens at Weihenstephaner Berg. For organisational reasons, we recommend that larger groups register for a guided tour. The guided tour lasts about 90 minutes and includes the following:

  • Parterregarten

  • Court Garden with changing flora

  • Oberdieck Garden

The balcony plants

This balcony flower show features popular classics, but also new balcony flowers, some of which are still in the testing phase. Not all species and varieties have already passed their test and are therefore critically observed by the experts. Numerous design examples, both by colour and by the classic division into main, companion and hanging plants, can be seen here. Precise labelling of all the plants used makes it possible for visitors to get to know new plants at any time or to transfer examples to their own balconies. Visitors also get a small insight into the enormous variety of individual species, such as petunias.

Before the balcony season begins, the colourful spring bloomers are in the flower boxes. The previous classic assortment of primroses, violas and bulbous plants is supplemented by early perennials. With their foliage and flowers, these perennials make a varied addition.

Once the bloom of the balcony flowers is over in October, the autumn season with enchanting perennials, grasses and herbs follows. Together with tried and tested varieties of chrysanthemums, cyclamen, summer heather and heather, the balcony boxes will continue to bloom into winter.

Impressions from the balcony flower show area

  • Balkonpflanzen an einem Gitter in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen an einem Gitter
  • Balkonpflanzen vor einer Bretterwand in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen wie Goldmarie und Ringelblumen vor einer Bretterwand
  • Balkonpflanzen auf einem Geländer in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Gelbe Margeritten und Vanilleblumen auf einem Geländer
  • Balkonpflanzen vor einem Gewächshaus in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen vor einem Gewächshaus
  • Balkonpflanzen in einer Reihe von Blumentöpfen in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen in einer Reihe von Blumentöpfen
  • Balkonpflanzen an einer Hausfassade in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen an einer Hausfassade
  • Balkonpflanzen auf Fensterbrettern in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen auf Fensterbrettern
  • Balkonpflanzen an einer Holzfassade in den Weihenstephaner Gärten
    Balkonpflanzen an einer langen Holzfassade

Leisure horticulture: our knowledge for private gardens

The knowledge transfer from applied research in the Weihenstephan Gardens also offers valuable insights for the field of leisure horticulture. We want to make this knowledge available to all interested parties here in a bundled form - supplemented by offers from institutions with which the Centre for Research and Knowledge Transfer cooperates.

Lageplan von Arboretum

Arboretum on Weihenstephan Hill

Trees provide shade, save the climate and give life. The arboretum was planted on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the HSWT. Research is now being carried out to find out which of the 50 different trees can best cope with climate change. Here we introduce the trees and their patrons.

Der Weihenstephaner Streuobst Lehr- und Erlebnispfad

Orchard educational & adventure trail on Weihenstephaner Berg

Orchard meadows are among the most species-rich native habitats and are hotspots of biodiversity with up to 5,000 different animal and plant species. On the occasion of the „Streuobstpakt“ initiated by the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, the University of Applied Sciences has set up this educational and adventure trail with financial support from the Ministry in order to familiarise the general public with the topic of orchards.

  • Orchard educational & adventure trail

Management

Address

University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Weihenstephan Gardens
At the perennial garden 7
85354 Freising

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