Events

    • Sharing Days: Garden yoga - 5 pm

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      Want to end your working day on a good note? Then come to the yoga class at the Botanical Gardens.

    • Sharing Days: How do you look at a horse?

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      How does a vet see if a horse is lame? And how good are we actually at it? Using an eye tracker, we try to visualise this and train the new generation of vets even better! Try it yourself during the workshop.

    • Sharing Days: Garden yoga - 6 pm

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      Want to end your working day on a good note? Then come to the yoga class at the Botanical Gardens at 6 pm.

    • Sharing Days: Smart Plants walk Botanic Gardens

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      Plants are firmly rooted in one place and may seem to have few options to respond to their surroundings. Are they simply at the mercy of fate? Walk with us through the Botanic Gardens to find out!

    • Sharing Days: Climbing workshop starts at 6.30 pm

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      Do yo want to climb the highest rock climbing wall in the middle of the Netherlands? Under the guidance of an experienced instructor, you will learn the basics of climbing and securing, while enjoying the fresh air.

    • Sharing Days: Tour Rock Garden

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      The Rock Garden: its highest point, atop Fort Hoofddijk, is some 12 metres above the fort's moat. In terms of species diversity and surface area, it is one of the largest rock gardens in Europe. Marloes Adamse will tell you all the ins and outs about the history of this part of the garden, which special species can be seen and, of course, we will walk past everything that is flowering at that moment.

    • Sharing Days: Tour Discovery Garden

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      The Discovery Garden appeals to all your senses: there are plants to smell, see, feel, taste and even hear. Ivo van Capel is garden manager of this educational garden section and therefore knows exactly what to see and what is flowering now.

    • Sharing Days: Tour Evolution Garden

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      In the new Evolution Garden, you will experience the evolution of the plant kingdom as if you had stepped into a green time machine. Garden associate Connor Smith will give a guided tour of this brand new garden section. How did primordial plants evolve into the plants of today? Together, you will take a walk through the key moments in plant evolution.

    • Sharing Days: Talk by Martin Smit about historical seed archives

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      For many years, botanical gardens around the world have shared what seeds they own so that they can exchange them among themselves. Martin Smit is curator and researcher and tonight he will tell all about collection management at the Gardens and about this special historical research.

    • Sharing Days: Online alumni talk “What if Trump wins?” by UU professor James Kennedy

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      Nobody can know for sure, but at the time of writing bookmakers are favoring Donald Trump to win the presidency in 2024. James Kennedy will talk about the radical course Trump might take in respect to migration, the civil service, law and order, abortion, NATO, China and trade. And will take a good look at what, or who, can block him from achieving his agenda.
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