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What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens.

On Saturday 1 March at 10.00 am, the gates will open to the public again. The first spring buds on the Stinzen slope are flowering already!

Gertjan Plets leads the new international project Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations, which examines the colonial heritage of universities.

These projects will receive up to €10,000 to organize a public activity. Wondering what the project teams will do with the money?

Dried plant bundles sold for ritual burning often include plants from distant regions that may be harvested unsustainably to meet the rising demand.

NWO has awarded Utrecht University’s Botanic Gardens a Museum Grant worth 37.000 euros to digitise a portion of their extensive archive of seed lists. This allows researchers to discover previously hidden patterns. 

Every day, the garden team at Utrecht University Botanic Gardens works in dark clothing. What are they suddenly doing indoors , in a white lab coat?

Research unit Quantitative Biodiversity Dynamics is looking for ways to make the best use of data to gain insight into biodiversity and how it changes over time.

The Botanic Gardens have again been nominated as Utrecht's most enjoyable ‘uitje’ by the ANWB.

Eerste geadopteerde bankje geplaatst in Botanische Tuinen