The Limbe Botanical and Zoological Gardens (LBZG) are internationally recognised as one of the most active gardens in tropical West and Central Africa. It serves as a natural gateway to the Mount Cameroon region, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.

The Gardens cover 52 hectares and has a distinguished and colourful history dating back to 1892, when it was established by German horticulturalist, Professor Paul Preuss. The Gardens served as an introduction and acclimatisation centre for commercial and medicinal plants. Successful species such as quinine, coffee, rubber, tea, coffee and bananas were used to support the economy of the new German colonies of 'Kamerun' and Togo. Today these crops form the bedrock of Cameroon's agriculture-based economy.

During the 25 years from its establishment to the end of the World War 1, the Garden flourished. It expanded to cover an area of 200 hectares and had well-managed infrastructures including a laboratory, herbarium, narrow gauge railway, trail farms, greenhouses and experimental cocoa drying shed.

LBZG is Cameroon’s cutting edge institution for integrated research on biodiversity, forestry and horticulture and can provide services in a wide range of fields including wildlife, botany, ecology, vegetation mapping and socio-economics.