Last updated on 06/24/2026
With its many parks and gardens, Berlin is a green city, but many Berliners want to do more than just stroll, they want to get their hands dirty. These ten addresses show where you can indulge your green thumb. At the Royal Garden Academy in Dahlem, garden designer Gabriella Pape passes on her knowledge in courses, and in the farm gardens in Volkspark Pankow, whole families make the pilgrimage to their vegetable beds. At the neighbourhood garden at Moritzplatz in Kreuzberg, everyone is welcome to dig, while the Allmende Kontor on Tempelhofer Feld gardens where planes once flew. The himmelbeet in Wedding is one of the younger non-profit projects. Where do you want to try out your green thumb?
Yulia Veksler
For this list, I explored Berlin's green side and looked for places where you can garden and learn for yourself, from the Royal Garden Academy in Dahlem to the neighbourhood garden at Moritzplatz and the Allmende Kontor on Tempelhofer Feld. I paid attention to the variety of offerings, whether course, community project or nursery. Here are my tips for hobby gardeners.
In Dahlem, not far from the Botanical Garden, the Königliche Gartenakademie (Royal Garden Academy) is much more than just a plant shop: Here, historic greenhouses meet an English garden school where hobby gardeners and professionals alike can develop their plant knowledge and design sense.
More than just vegetables grow in the Botanical People's Park Blankenfelde-Pankow: The farm gardens in Volkspark Pankow combine community gardening with ecological learning on a historic garden site from 1909. Those who lease a plot here get sustainable cultivation, fresh harvest, and a piece of green deceleration in Berlin's northeast.
In Potsdam-Bornim, not far from Sanssouci Palace, lies the cradle of the modern perennial garden: Foerster Stauden combines over 115 years of breeding history with an unparalleled assortment. Anyone looking to buy hardy perennials, grasses, and ferns directly from the producer won't find a closer source anywhere else in Germany.
On the former Prinzessinnengarten site at Moritzplatz in Kreuzberg, a non-commercial, self-organized neighborhood and inclusion garden has been created. Those who garden here do so according to the principles of permaculture - collaboratively, democratically, and open to all.
Since 1720, the extensive grounds of Späth'sche Nurseries in Berlin-Treptow have stood for vibrant garden culture on historic soil. As Germany's oldest tree nursery, it combines one of Berlin's largest plant markets with garden seminars, show gardens, and a guesthouse under trees that you won't soon forget.
Where planes once took off, vegetables now grow: The Allmende Kontor on Tempelhofer Freiheit in Neukölln is Berlin's best-known community garden, an intercultural meeting place, and a green learning space all at once. Spread over 5,000 square meters, it shows how urban gardening truly works in a major city.
Berlin's first intercultural community garden has been located in Köpenick since 2003, directly on the Wuhle hiking trail in Dammvorstadt. On approximately 4,000 square meters, people from over 20 nations garden together, grow vegetables and fruits, and demonstrate that community gardens in Berlin can do more than just produce greenery.
High above the rooftops of Neukölln, on the parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden, thrives the KlunkerGarten: probably Berlin's highest urban gardening project, run by volunteers, organically cultivated, and with panoramic views over the entire city.
In Wedding, near Humboldthain, more than just vegetables grow on 1,400 square meters: himmelbeet is Berlin's most renowned intercultural community garden, where neighbors sow, harvest, and celebrate together. Old varieties, fresh ideas, and a garden café with stone oven pizza make this place the heart of the neighborhood.
Those in Berlin without a garden who still want to garden can find an opportunity right on their doorstep: the tree pit. Berliners in districts like Mitte, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, or Treptow-Köpenick are transforming the small strips of earth around street trees into blooming miniature gardens - making a tangible contribution to more greenery in the neighborhood.
