There he planted species from the mountains of Asia, North America and the Caucasus, and by 1908 was growing 93 trees, including 19 apple varieties, 9 pears, 7 plums, 2 rose varieties, many shrubs, and 401 herbaceous species.

In 1928 it was enlarged by two additional purchases of 2,240 m2 and 800 m2, and subsequently began to focus upon the flora of the Ore Mountains, but fell into disuse during World War II.

By the end of the war, of the 1026 plants species recorded in the 1930s, only 33 trees and 158 shrubs could still be identified.

East German state funding was eliminated in 1991, with garden rehabilitation continuing through the 1990s in the reunited Germany.

Collections include high altitude plants such as alders, alpine gentian and grass, bell flowers, carnations, heather, dwarf pines, primroses, rhododendrons, and saxifrage.