The Forstlicher Versuchsgarten Grafrath is an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

in Grafrath,

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. The arboretum is located at Jesenwanger Strasse 11, Grafrath. It is large. It is open without charge on weekdays in the warmer months. It was established in 1881, and since 1995 has been maintained by the ''Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirtschaft'' (LWF). It contains over 200 species of foreign trees and shrubs from the

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, and

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External links

website

Brochure with map

Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Grafrath

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten

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