Botanical Garden Frankfurt am Main
In 1763, Dr. Johann Christian Senckenberg (1707-1772) established a foundation from which the Botanical Garden emerged as the first scientific garden in the city. After 150 years of foundation and 100 years of Goethe University, it has been part of the municipal palm garden since 2012. 7 hectares of land are home to 4,000 plant species from Southern Europe, North America, East Asia and the Alps, among others, but the focus is on native plant communities and endangered species from Central Europe. About 500 species of the "Red Lists" and almost half of the German wild plants are present. The "Senckenberg Medicinal Plant Garden" is barrier-free for blind and visually impaired people from the garden entrance onwards. The concept is based on guiding elements, information boards and an app with an audio guide.
Barrier-free information
All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and wheelchair users".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There is no company car park available. Public parking spaces are available in the surrounding area, and the Palmengarten car park is several hundred metres away.
- There are several public transport stops in the area. Information on the accessibility of the stops can be found at https://www.rmv.de/c/de/fahrgastinfos/rmv-fuer-alle-lebenslagen/mobilitaetseingeschraenkte/
- The object is steplessly accessible.
- All evaluated rooms and facilities available to the guests are steplessly accessible.
- Almost all evaluated passageways/doors available to the guests are at least 90 cm wide. Exception: smaller paths are partly 50 cm wide.
- External paths are at least 200 m wide, easy to walk on and drive on and have a maximum longitudinal gradient of up to 5 %.
- There is seating available.
- Guided tours for people with walking impairments and wheelchair users are offered. A reservation in advance is not necessary.
- Mobile or fixed seats are available for people with walking disabilities, which may be used during the guided tour.
- The entire route of the guided tour is steplessly variable for wheelchair users.
- Offered aids:wheelchair, App
- There is a public restroom for people with disabilities that is accessible from both sides (at least 80 cm). There are fold-down grab bars on both the left and right sides of the restroom.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- There is no alarm.
- There is no audio induction loop system.
- There are no guided tours available for people with hearing impairment and deaf people.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with visual impairments and partially accessible for blind people".
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- Assistance dogs are welcome.
- External paths usually have visually contrasting and tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
- The entrance is not visually rich in contrast and not recognizable by a tactile change of floor covering.
- In the area of Senckenberg's drug garden there are visually contrasting und tactilely detectable floor indicators available.
- Furthermore there are no visually contrasting und tactilely detectable floor indicators available.
- The signage is designed in clearly legible and contrasting font.
- Information for orientation can be captured tactilely (e.g. relief or prismatic writing).
- Information for orientation is available in Braille.
- Guided tours for people with visual impairments and blind people are offered. A reservation in advance is necessary.
- Tactilely detectable exhibits are integrated in the guided tour.
- An app for visual impairments / blind people is available.
- Information is available in Braille or prismatic font.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.
- The name of the garden is clearly recognizable from the outside.
- There is no colored or pictorial guidance system available.
- The information on the objects is predominately provided in writing, but not in easy language.
- There are no guided tours available for people with cognitive impairments.
Evaluation report: Download as PDF
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Stadt Frankfurt am Main/ Botanischer Garten
Stadt Frankfurt am Main/ Botanischer Garten
Botanical Garden Frankfurt am Main
(Gisela Moser)