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CACTUS AND SUCCULENT COLLECTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLICThis list is the result of cooperative work by members of the cacti_etc mailing list. It is still in phase of ongoing development. The aim of the page is to compile a worldwide list of collections of cacti and succulents which are accesible to the public. It does not include areas of natural cactus and succulent habitat which have been designated as nature reserves. A few of the organisations included do have such natural habitat as well as a collection.We would be very pleased to receive additional information to add to this pages. Corrections to existing entries, collections which should be added to the list and maybe even some which you consider do not merit inclusion. We need the name and address of the collection and if possible information on contacting them, opening hours, charges (if any) and some idea of the nature of the collection. A URL if available would also be valuable. Please mail this information to Tony Mace. Collections in:
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They have there the oldest recorded caudiciform succulent from Africa which was imported during the reign of Empress Maria Theresia (ca 1760) which is still in good health.
Address: Roseggerstr. 10, A-4020 Linz
Telephone: +43 (0) 732/7070-1880
Opening Hours: 8.00am - 5.00pm (Greenhouses)
Mail Manfred Schmucker manfred_schmucker@aii.co.at for
further information
Additionally, Barbados has a fairly active Cactus & Succulent society;
any cacti and succulent enthusiast planning a visit to Little England should write to:
Mrs Jacqueline Hutchinson, 23 South Ridge, Christ Church, Barbados, W.I.
After several fires and other disasters, the existing gardens were built in 1909. There are now three greenhouses, with the first, the palm house, being built in 1909. They now encompass over 16,000 square feet.
Grreenhouse No.1 (shared by cacti and tropicals) is titled the arid house, and is home to a large display of unusual cacti and succulents. These include huge collections of agave, opuntia, haworthia and aloe.
Allan Gardens is located on the south side of Carlton Street between Jarvis and Sherbourne in metropolitan Toronto. It is open 9-4 Monday to Friday and 10-5 Saturday and Sunday.
You can call the city of Toronto department of parks and recreation information line at 416-392-1111
Visitor adress : Menzinger Straße 65, D-80638 Munich
Telephone: = (+49) 89 178 61 - 310 (administration), (+49) 89 178 61 - 350 (entrance)
Opening hours : Nov., Dec., Jan.: 9:00 - 16:30 ( 4:30 pm)
Feb., March, Oct.: 9:00 - 17:00 (5:00pm)
April and September: 9:00 - 18:00 (6:00pm)
May to August: 9:00 - 19:00 (7:00pm)
Greenhouses to be closed half an hour earlier; greenhouses also closed from 11:45 to 13:00 (1:00pm)
Charges : adults: 4 DM (Deutsch Marks)
Children younger than 15 yrs: 2 DM
Groups of 20 persons and more: 2 DM per person
Children younger than 12 yrs free
For handicaped people: access to all main parts of the garden ensured
Comment: Very enjoyable, big collection of plants from all over the world.
Special collections of cacti & succulents from the new world (with some very large plants),
succulents from the old world (also some of the larger plants), bromeliads, alpines, carnivores, orchids, bamboo, palms, ferns.
Address: Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum
Tel: 0234 - 32 - 23098
Fax: 0234 - 32 - 14423
E-mail: (Office) Karin.Holtgreve@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Responsible for succulent plants: Ulrich Katz, KaktusKatz@aol.com
Opening times
Outdoors (daily):
Apr - Sep 9.00am - 6.00pm
Oct - Mar 9.00am - 4.00pm
Desert house:
Apr - Sep mondays - wednsdays 0.30pm - 2.00pm, fridays 0.00pm - 1.00pm, saturdays, sundays and holidays 10.00am - 12.00am and 2.00pm - 5.00pm
Okt - Mar mondays - wednsdays 0.30pm - 2.00pm, fridays 0.00pm - 1.00pm, saturdays, sundays and holidays 10.00am - 12.00am and 2.00pm - 3.45pm
Tropical House, Savanna House, Greenhouses and Information Centre (daily):
Apr - September 9.00am - 12.00am and 1.00pm - 5.00pm
October - March 9.00am - 12.00am and 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Chinese Garden (daily):
April - September 9.00am - 6.00pm
October - March 9.00am - 4.00pm
Charges: Free
Sehr grosser Freibereich mit einheimischen und exotischen Pflanzen, auch mit Kakteen und Sukkulenten
Grosses Gewächshaus mit tropischen (Feuchtluft) Pflanzen, auch epiphytischen Kakteen.
Grosses Gewächshaus mit Kakteen und Sukkulenten, darunter auch viele ältere Exemplare.
Charges: Free
Comments: Nominal entry fee and plants for sale
The garden is situated in the heart of the city Panchkula, Satellite town of Chandigarh City was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Haryana on 18/05/92 . Dr. J.S. Sarkaria the eminent cactus Grower was the chief architect of this garden. He provided honorary technical advice and donated his large collection of Cacti and Succulent plants. The objective behind developing the garden was preservation and conservation of endangered species of cacti and succulents and to create Tourist attraction. Covering an area of 7 Acres it is considered as Asia's largest outdoor landscaped cacti and Succulents Garden with over 2500 species of Cacti & succulents! The garden has comprehensive collection of Indian succulents, the largest in the world, some of them extremely rare and have already been declared as endangered species, which includes complete collection of Genus Caralluma of Indian origin. The garden has three green houses. The cacti and succulents also have medical values. Indian succulents are being used in Ayurveda and Unani medicines for centuries. It draws not only tourists but botanists.
Open mondays to saturday 9.00am to 17.00pm. Entance free.
This is the garden of Mr William Glover, denoted as semi-public since the Nevis government has asked the owners of several private gardens on the island (the other two are palm and orchid collections) to allow and welcome island visitors into their gardens.
You have come to ane of the most beautiful botanical gardens in Europe. Having created the foundation "Jardin Botanico Marimurtra" (Sea and Myrtle) shortly beforehis death, the German Karl Faust (1874-1954) generously bequeathed his gardens and his considerable fortune to secure its future.
The foundation is devoted to reaearch and for the intemational study of botany. It also seeks to provide the many visitors from all over the world with an insight into the beauty and variety of nature. We ask you to exercise care during your visit so that subsequent visitors can enjoy the beauty of the plants and gardens.
We hope that you will leave Marimurtra enriched by what you have seen.
We think you might be interested in the circumstances which led to the establishment of this botanical garden. The folowing text is an extract from an article by Mr. Jose Francisco Ballester, agricultural technical engeneer-INSA, published in the magazine Iberflora in November 1975 which may hel you to explore this garden.The botanical garden Pinya de Rosa is located on the Costa Brava between Blanes and Lloret de Mar.
In this garden, the natural scenary is enhanced by the art of the landscape artist and a Harmonious collection of rare forms and colours of mature specimens of cacti and succulents. The idea originated in the mind of the present owner Don Fernando Riviere de Caralt, Civil Engineer, who bought the property in January 1945 and started to develop the garden in the following months.
Work proceeded as the various collections were laid out systematically in large rock enclosed beds. Opuntias and Platiopuntias filled 27 beds, Cylindropuntias and Austrocylindropuntias 12 beds, Agavaceae 32 beds and Aloes 11 beds, etc.
Additional plants came mainly from their natural habitats but also from other botanical gardens and private collections all over the world.
The systematic manner in which the collections of Aloes and Agavaceae are arranged represents the personal work of Dr. Riviere and has been highly acknowledged in the specialised scientific circles as a mainstay in the classification of these species.
American specialists regard the Opuntia collection as the most important in the world, it contains 600 species of 18 genera.
There are also collections of Agavaceae, Aloes, Yuccas and Mesembryanthemaceae which are considered to be amongst the best in Europe. The genera Conophytum and Lithops are particularly well represented.
The entire collection contains more than 7000 species excluding the local flora.
Flowering at Pinya de Rosa estends all through the year. Most of the Aloes flower during winter but it is between February and October that the flowers of cacti and other succulents reach their glory. There is the short splendour of Trichocereus, Selenicereus, Nyctocereus, Hylocereus and others, with flowers sometimes more than 35 centimetres long with outer petals from white to pink and chestnut changing to yellow and cream. These open only at sundown and can only be admired in full bloom in the darkness of the night.
In the part of the garden reserved for cacti, the plants are arranged according to their growth forms: columnar, candelabre or globose shapes are grouped together, some of them in hundreds of specimens.
In the cactus section you will find a great number of species, all duly classified, including Cereus, Trichocereus, Espostoa, Cephalocereus, Neobuxbaumia, Pilocereus, Oreocereus, Helianthocereus, Cleistocactus, Rooksbya, Pachycereus, Floresia, Roseocereus, Machaecereus, Trixanthocereus, Azureocereus, Morawetzia, Isolatocereus, Echinocereus, Seticereus, Lemaireocereus, Haageocereus, Eulychnia, Pereskia, Hertrichocereus, Marshallocereus, Polaskia, Astrophytum, Acanthocereus, Corryocactus, Mitrocereus, Monvillea, Borzicactus and many others. Other succulents also adapt themselves perfectly to Pinya de Rosa. Amongst these can be found many Aizoaceae with creeping branches which form a carpet of flowers.
Among these succulents and other plants growing between the cacti are Agave, Aloe, Delosperma, Crassula, Ruschia, Trichodiadema, Pedilanthus, Lampranthus, Euphorbia, Prenia, Leipoldtia, Cephalophyllum, Carpobrotus, Yucca, Nolina, Beschorneria, Furcraea, Aeonium, Kleinia, Senecio, Rochea, Dracaena, Hechtia, Puya, Haworthia, Gasteria, Dasylirium and many others. From the family Mesembryanthemaceae 131 genera with 780 species may be seen.
Comments: This collection founded in 1931 is the documentation center of the I.O.S.
The collection has 8,500 species from 45 different plant families housed in 1,200 square meters
of greenhouse and 300 square meters of heatable frames.
Förderverein der Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich
Telephone: +44 (0)131 552 7171
Opening Hours: Opens daily at 10am and closes at 4pm November to February, 6pm in March, 7pm from April to September and 6pm in October.
Bus tours are available to see Bergerocactus emoryi in native habitat on the other side of the island.
More information: Catalina Island Conservancy:
P.O. box 2739 Avalon, California. 90704
Tel: 310: 510-2595
Plant collections on the 127-acre grounds are arranged primarily by geographic origins. These include the Australian, African, Mediterranean, Southwestern, South American, and Asiatic/North American sections.
The geographic areas contain notable taxonomic collections such as Acacia, Aloe, Cassia, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Magnolia, Melaleuca, Senna, Tabebuia, and cycads.
Other collections and exhibits include the Tropical Forest, Rose and Herb gardens, Palm and Bamboo section, Water-conservation garden, Kallam perennial garden, Aquatic gardens, native Engelmann oak grove, and the volunteers' Garden for All Seasons.
Other attractions are the Manfred Meyburg waterfall and Begonia and Tropical Greenhouses. The grounds include several historical structures. Native Gabrieleno Indian structures called wickiups reflect the heritage of the original occupants of the land. Scotsman Hugo Reid acquired the 13,319 acres of Rancho Santa Anita from the Mexican government in 1839 and a year later built a house on the site of today's Arboretum. His three-room adobe home has been reconstructed on its original foundation. The elaborate Queen Anne cottage and matching Coach Barn were constructed on the grounds in the 1880's by the colorful and eccentric E.J. "Lucky Baldwin". Both Victorian structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A Santa Fe train depot dating back to 1890 was moved to the Arboretum grounds.
It is open for public tours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on most Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Various plant societies sponsor shows and sales throughout the year, but mainly in spring and fall. The Arboretum holds a big plant sale one weekend in May every year.
The main attraction here for most people is the animals, which are desert animals from all over the world. These particular individuals cannot be released into the wild because of injury or upbringing. The park also features extensive plantings from deserts all over the world, with the major emphasis on desert areas of the U.S. and adjacent Mexico.
The plants are usually labeled. There is also a nursery with a good variety of plants for sale.
Located at the northern extreme of the Chihuahuan Desert by the Rio Grande, and opened in December of 1996. Included are a diversity of plantings and exhibits. There are extensive outdoor naturalistic plantings emphasizing plants of the higher deserts and mountains of southwestern North America, especially of the Chihuahuan Desert region. We have two conservatory buildings, one which houses a collection of plants from the warmer North American Deserts, and occasional changing exhibits of plants from other arid regions. The second Conservatory building houses a Mediterranean style planting, with Mediterranean plants being another emphasis of the garden. The plantings both indoors and out include a large number of cacti, other succulents, and similar plants.
The website features hundreds of photos of succulents, information on growing them in the landscape, and online tour reservations.
TBG hours are 8:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. Admission for non-members is $4 for adults and $3 for seniors (62 and over). TBG members and children under 12 are free.
Cactus and Succulent Garden: This garden, named for Rodney G. Engard, TBG's first director, includes cacti from Arizona, other southwestern states, Mexico, and South America. New and old world succulents are also featured. Peak bloom is in April and May. Cacti and succulents are well marked.
Tucson Botanical Gardens, located in the Sonoran Desert, also includes areas of native desert vegetation, a xeriscape demonstration garden, wildflower garden, and Native American crops garden.
Large outdoor cactus gardens. Contains one of the best Trichocereus collections, many very large. Greenhouse open by appointment only. Contains many cacti rare in cultivation.
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