Hortus Botanical Gardens
At the start of the Plantage Middenlaan you will find the Hortus, the secret garden of Amsterdam. The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world. The garden and greenhouses house more than 4.000 species.
Everyone who walks through the gate for the first time and ‘discovers’ the Hortus, will be amazed: ponds with exotic water lilies, heated greenhouses with palm trees and butterflies, rustling bamboo and flowering trees. The Orangery is located in the middle of this living museum and has one of the most beautiful terraces in Amsterdam. The Hortus is an oasis of green exuberance in the middle of the Netherlands’s noisiest city. Some residents of Amsterdam might not like the Hortus being included on this website. After all, it may get busy in their garden of Eden.
The Hortus was primarily a medical herb garden for doctors and pharmacists. In the course of the 17th and 18th Century, ships from the Dutch East-India company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie – VOC) delivered growing numbers of exotic ornamental plants to the Hortus. Some of these can still be admired in the Hortus today, including the 300-year-old Eastern Cape cycad in the Palm House.
Details and opening hours
Amsterdam
+ 31 (0) 20 625 90 21 of + 31 (0) 20 625 84 11 (Information service)
www.dehortus.nl
Sat, Sun and public holidays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
During the months December and January Monday through Saturday closed at 4 pm and on Sunday 10.00 am - 7.30 pm
The Hortus is open daily until 7.00 pm during the months of July and August
The Hortus is closed on January 1st, September 30th and December 25th
Adults: €7.50
65+, City pass, CJP: € 3.50
City pass child: € 1,-