diff --git a/cmd/gardener-operator/app/app.go b/cmd/gardener-operator/app/app.go
index bb385999ffe..8db1bb48050 100644
--- a/cmd/gardener-operator/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/gardener-operator/app/app.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/operator/apis/config"
 	operatorclient "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/operator/client"
 	"github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/operator/controller"
+	"github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/operator/metrics"
 	"github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/operator/webhook"
 )
 
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger, cfg *config.OperatorConfiguration
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed adding webhook handlers to manager: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	log.Info("Adding custom metrics to manager")
+	if err := metrics.AddToManager(ctx, mgr); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed adding metrics to manager: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	log.Info("Adding controllers to manager")
 	if err := controller.AddToManager(ctx, mgr, cfg); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed adding controllers to manager: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/metrics/garden.go b/pkg/operator/metrics/garden.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd9c727edcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/metrics/garden.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+
+	gardencorev1beta1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis/core/v1beta1"
+	operatorv1alpha1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1"
+)
+
+const gardenSubsystem = "garden"
+
+type gardenCollector struct {
+	runtimeClient client.Reader
+	log           logr.Logger
+
+	condition          *prometheus.Desc
+	operationSucceeded *prometheus.Desc
+}
+
+func newGardenCollector(k8sClient client.Reader, log logr.Logger) *gardenCollector {
+	c := &gardenCollector{
+		runtimeClient: k8sClient,
+		log:           log,
+	}
+	c.setMetricDefinitions()
+	return c
+}
+
+func (c *gardenCollector) setMetricDefinitions() {
+	c.condition = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(metricPrefix, gardenSubsystem, "condition"),
+		"Condition state of the Garden.",
+		[]string{
+			"name",
+			"condition",
+			"status",
+		},
+		nil,
+	)
+	c.operationSucceeded = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(metricPrefix, gardenSubsystem, "operation_succeeded"),
+		"Returns 1 if the last operation state is Succeeded.",
+		[]string{
+			"name",
+		},
+		nil,
+	)
+}
+
+func (c *gardenCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	ch <- c.condition
+	ch <- c.operationSucceeded
+}
+
+func (c *gardenCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	gardenList := &operatorv1alpha1.GardenList{}
+	if err := c.runtimeClient.List(ctx, gardenList); err != nil {
+		c.log.Error(err, "Failed to list gardens")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, garden := range gardenList.Items {
+		c.collectConditionMetric(ch, &garden)
+		c.collectOperationMetric(ch, &garden)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c gardenCollector) collectConditionMetric(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, garden *operatorv1alpha1.Garden) {
+	for _, condition := range garden.Status.Conditions {
+		if condition.Type == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, status := range []gardencorev1beta1.ConditionStatus{
+			gardencorev1beta1.ConditionFalse,
+			gardencorev1beta1.ConditionTrue,
+			gardencorev1beta1.ConditionProgressing,
+			gardencorev1beta1.ConditionUnknown,
+		} {
+			val := float64(0)
+			if condition.Status == status {
+				val = 1
+			}
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+				c.condition,
+				prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				val,
+				[]string{
+					garden.Name,
+					string(condition.Type),
+					string(status),
+				}...,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *gardenCollector) collectOperationMetric(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, garden *operatorv1alpha1.Garden) {
+	if garden.Status.LastOperation == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	val := float64(0)
+	if garden.Status.LastOperation.State == gardencorev1beta1.LastOperationStateSucceeded {
+		val = 1
+	}
+	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
+		c.operationSucceeded,
+		prometheus.GaugeValue,
+		val,
+		[]string{
+			garden.Name,
+		}...,
+	)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/metrics/garden_test.go b/pkg/operator/metrics/garden_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db591f14357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/metrics/garden_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/testutil"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
+
+	gardencorev1beta1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis/core/v1beta1"
+	operatorv1alpha1 "github.com/gardener/gardener/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Garden metrics", func() {
+	var (
+		ctx       context.Context
+		k8sClient client.Client
+
+		c      prometheus.Collector
+		garden *operatorv1alpha1.Garden
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		testScheme := runtime.NewScheme()
+		Expect(operatorv1alpha1.AddToScheme(testScheme)).To(Succeed())
+		k8sClient = fake.NewClientBuilder().
+			WithScheme(testScheme).
+			WithStatusSubresource(&operatorv1alpha1.Garden{}).
+			Build()
+
+		c = newGardenCollector(k8sClient, logr.Discard())
+
+		garden = &operatorv1alpha1.Garden{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "foo",
+			},
+		}
+		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, garden)).To(Succeed())
+
+		garden.Status = operatorv1alpha1.GardenStatus{
+			LastOperation: &gardencorev1beta1.LastOperation{
+				State: gardencorev1beta1.LastOperationStateSucceeded,
+			},
+			Conditions: []gardencorev1beta1.Condition{
+				{Type: operatorv1alpha1.RuntimeComponentsHealthy, Status: gardencorev1beta1.ConditionTrue},
+				{Type: operatorv1alpha1.VirtualComponentsHealthy, Status: gardencorev1beta1.ConditionFalse},
+			},
+		}
+		Expect(k8sClient.Status().Update(ctx, garden)).To(Succeed())
+
+	})
+
+	It("should collect condition metrics", func() {
+		expected := strings.NewReader(`# HELP gardener_operator_garden_condition Condition state of the Garden.
+# TYPE gardener_operator_garden_condition gauge
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="RuntimeComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="False"} 0
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="RuntimeComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="Progressing"} 0
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="RuntimeComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="True"} 1
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="RuntimeComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="Unknown"} 0
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="VirtualComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="False"} 1
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="VirtualComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="Progressing"} 0
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="VirtualComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="True"} 0
+gardener_operator_garden_condition{condition="VirtualComponentsHealthy",name="foo",status="Unknown"} 0
+`)
+
+		Expect(
+			testutil.CollectAndCompare(c, expected, "gardener_operator_garden_condition"),
+		).To(Succeed())
+	})
+
+	It("should collect operation succeeded metrics", func() {
+		expected := strings.NewReader(`# HELP gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded Returns 1 if the last operation state is Succeeded.
+# TYPE gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded gauge
+gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded{name="foo"} 1
+`)
+
+		Expect(
+			testutil.CollectAndCompare(c, expected, "gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded"),
+		).To(Succeed())
+	})
+
+	It("should collect the metric for not succeeded gardens", func() {
+		garden.Status.LastOperation.State = gardencorev1beta1.LastOperationStateError
+		Expect(k8sClient.Status().Update(ctx, garden)).To(Succeed())
+
+		expected := strings.NewReader(`# HELP gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded Returns 1 if the last operation state is Succeeded.
+# TYPE gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded gauge
+gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded{name="foo"} 0
+`)
+
+		Expect(
+			testutil.CollectAndCompare(c, expected, "gardener_operator_garden_operation_succeeded"),
+		).To(Succeed())
+	})
+})
diff --git a/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..196c25b224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
+	runtimemetrics "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics"
+)
+
+const (
+	metricPrefix = "gardener_operator"
+)
+
+type runnable struct {
+	gardenCollector *gardenCollector
+}
+
+// AddToManager adds the custom metrics collectors to the metrics registry. This is done "inside" a `manager.Runnable`,
+// because that guarantees that the cache informers are synced, before the metrics are added / scraped for the first
+// time.
+func AddToManager(_ context.Context, mgr manager.Manager) error {
+	k8sClient := mgr.GetClient()
+	return mgr.Add(&runnable{
+		gardenCollector: newGardenCollector(k8sClient, mgr.GetLogger().WithName("operator-metrics")),
+	})
+}
+
+func (r *runnable) Start(_ context.Context) error {
+	runtimemetrics.Registry.MustRegister(r.gardenCollector)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics_suite_test.go b/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics_suite_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d03963d547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/operator/metrics/metrics_suite_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and Gardener contributors
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package metrics_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+)
+
+func TestMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
+	RunSpecs(t, "Operator Metrics Suite")
+}
diff --git a/skaffold-operator.yaml b/skaffold-operator.yaml
index aa89c049017..f9ce10ab345 100644
--- a/skaffold-operator.yaml
+++ b/skaffold-operator.yaml
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ build:
             - pkg/operator/controller/garden/garden
             - pkg/operator/controller/garden/reference
             - pkg/operator/features
+            - pkg/operator/metrics
             - pkg/operator/webhook
             - pkg/operator/webhook/defaulting
             - pkg/operator/webhook/validation