Innsbruck University Botanic Garden, University botanical garden in Hötting, Innsbruck, Austria.

Innsbruck University Botanic Garden covers 2 hectares on the slope of the Nordkette in Hötting, with the Arboretum at its centre and the Alpinum covering over 2000 m². The Alpinum is arranged geographically and geologically, with four ponds linked by streams. Six greenhouses stand along the northern edge, including a cactus house with about 650 species and an Alpinhaus whose foundation lies one metre below ground.

Founded in 1793 on the site of the dissolved Jesuit college, the garden suffered during the university's closure from 1809 to 1826. Anton Kerner von Marilaun built its first glasshouse from 1860 and created the world's first alpine plant collection with over 800 species. Director Emil Heinricher, in charge from 1889 to 1928, arranged the garden by biological groups after its move to Hötting, where the new institute opened in October 1913.

The garden belongs to the Institute of Botany of the University of Innsbruck and serves as its teaching and research site. The Alpine garden at the Patscherkofel, begun in 1929 and opened in 1935, shows natural high-mountain plant communities. The fragrance and touch garden, opened in 1999, was the first of its kind in Austria, with beds 85 cm high along a wheelchair-friendly loop and labels in Braille.

The garden is open every day with no admission charge; the greenhouses open on Thursday afternoons for a fee. The grounds lie on the slope of the Nordkette in Hötting, at Sternwartestraße 15, and the paths climb between sections, so allow time and wear sturdy shoes. The fragrance and touch garden has a wheelchair-suitable loop with beds raised to 85 cm.

The Duft- und Tastgarten opened in 1999 as Austria's first garden designed for smell and touch, laid out along a wheelchair-friendly loop with beds raised to 85 cm. Its labels are also written in Braille, and the planting is chosen so that blind and visually impaired visitors can identify species by scent and by hand.