The Botanic Gardens are closed as of 1 December 2025 until 1 March 2026. Employees of Utrecht University, UMC Utrecht and USP partners keep free entrance to the Gardens.
What happens when you set out some pots filled only with soil? It may sound like a strange experiment, but that's exactly what children in grades 6, 7 and 8 are investigating in Project Aanwaaiers.
The Botanic Gardens of Utrecht University are set to receive a new greenhouse complex. The current greenhouses are outdated and no longer meet the requirements of modern research and education.
Deep in the lush green heart of Costa Rica, researchers are tackling a major question: how can we restore biodiversity and measure whether our efforts are actually working? “This is way more than just a scientific study.”
At the heart of Utrecht Science Park (USP), the new Arboretum is taking shape. Most of the work to realise the park will take place between 19 May and 1 September 2025. The Botanic Gardens will remain accessible.
What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens.
Gertjan Plets leads the new international project Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations, which examines the colonial heritage of universities.
