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The Botanical garden

Grønne naturomgivelser

What is a Botanical Garden?

A botanical garden is not like a regular garden or park - in fact, it is a living museum exhibition. The plants growing in our botanical garden are in reality a part of our scientific collections, along with the mounted animals, the rocks and minerals, and the pressed plants inside the museum.

Each plant in the botanical garden has a known origin - we know where it was collected, when it arrived at the museum, and how it ended up here. Some plants are collected by workers at the museum. However, many of our plants are grown from seeds we have received from botanical gardens around the world.

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Living collections

About the collections

flowers and plants on flowerbeds

Welcome to the Garden Explorer!

You can now explore the plants in our botanical garden using an interactive map! Garden Explorer has been launched on our website and allows you to discover the living collection, whether you are at home or visiting the garden.

Please note that the interactive map is still under development. We are continuously working to add plants and related information. As a result, you may notice that some plants are missing, that certain details are incomplete, or that minor errors occur.

Thank you for your patience as our digital garden continues to grow!

 

Explore here!

Presset og tørket blomst

Herbarium

About the collections

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Ljosland Alpine Garden

About the collections in the alpine garden