Coming events
New Year’s Closure 2019
23-12-19
23-12-19 till 05-01-20 The Hortus botanicus Haren will be closed from Monday, 23 December, 2019 up to and including Sunday, 5 January, 2020. Monday, 6 January starting at 11 am…
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Workshop “Painting”
24-11-19
24-11-19 Workshop “Impressionist landscape painting” to be given by Josien Choy on Sunday, 24 November, 2019 Start: 2 pm Location: The Hundred Flowers Pavilion in the Chinese Garden of the…
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Scavenger Hunt
19-10-19
19-10-19 until 01-12-19 New for children: Scavenger Hunt “The Fall is Not Allowed In.” Age: 5 – 9/10 years. Availability: Saturday 19 Oct. – Sunday 1 Dec. 2019. The owl…
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Paintings of M. Bossinga
02-10-19
02-10-19 till 01-12-19 Cosiskunst presents the paintings Monique Bossinga in the entrance hall of the Hortus.
Photography Exhibit
01-03-19
01-03-19 till 01-02-20 The Hortus photo competition is still going! The Hortus Board has promised to award a cake or two entry tickets to the Hortus to the person who…
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Previous events
Guided Tour: Mushrooms
20-10-19
20-10-19 On Sunday, 20 October, 2019 there will be a mushroom tour in the Hortus. A mushroom expert accompanies you to this unique world where you may meet the parrot…
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Apple Festival in the Biotoop
20-10-19
On Sunday, 20 October, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. it’s Apple Festival in the Biotoop! The Hortus Haren will participate with a booth, and we hope to see you…
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Open day for students
19-10-19
19-10-19 Students of the RUG and the Hanze University get free admission SATURDAY 19th of October 2019 on presentation of a valid student card! Other visitors are also welcome but…
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Hortus Closed 13 October
13-10-19
On Sunday, 13 October the Hortus will be closed for the entire day because of the 4 Mile of Groningen. The Saturday before the 4 Mile the Hortus is open…
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Workshop Josien Choy
22-09-19
22-09-19 Following on the success of last year’s workshop, Josien Choy will again offer a watercolor painting workshop. The workshop will be held on two Sundays, 25 August and 22…
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Chinees Festival
21-09-19
On Saturday 21 September 2019 the Groningen Confucius Institute will be organising a Chinese festival in the scenic Chinese Garden of the Hortus Botanicus Haren. During the day live acts…
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Honey Straining
15-09-19
15-09-19 On Sunday, September 15, you can once again observe how honey is strained at the reception of the Hortus. We will begin about 11.00 am and go on till…
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Workshop Josien Choy
25-08-19
25-08-19 Following on the success of last year’s workshop, Josien Choy will again offer a watercolor painting workshop. The workshop will be held on two Sundays, 25 August and 22…
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Scavenger Hunt
08-08-19
Last year Ella was is Hortus Wonderland, and she wants to go to there again. Luuk wants to go, too, but how will they get there? Luckily, in the Hortus…
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Exposition Eunice Mollema
05-08-19
05-08-19 till 27-09-19 From August 5th till September 27th Eunice Mollema will exhibit her paintings in the entrance hall of the Thousand Things Pavilion in the Chinese Garden of the…
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Discovery walks for children
17-07-19
The guided tour “Flowers, butterflies and bees” on June 16 was a great success. There were many participants and many sightings, including the mining bee and the cinnabar moth. There…
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Beekeeping: Open Days
13-07-19
13-07-19 & 14-07-19 In the weekend of June 13 and 14 2009 the Hortus Haren will take part the National Beekeeping Open Days . The Buzzing of Bees and the Smell…
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Workshop Painting
23-06-19
23-06-19 and 28-07-19 Following on the success of last year’s workshop, Josien Choy will again offer a watercolor painting workshop. The workshop will be held on two Sundays, 23 June…
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Guided tour
16-06-19
On Sunday 16 June at 1:30 pm a guided tour will be given with the theme “Flowers, Butterflies, and Bees”. In addition to honeybees, different sorts of wild bees will…
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Scavenger Hunt
08-06-19
Ella and Luuk and the Trees 8 June till 21 July New for children! Ella and Luuk love to come to the Hortus as often as they can. In this…
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Extracting honey
01-06-19
01. June 2019 Next Saturday, 01 June, our bee-keepers will again extract honey made by our own Hortus bees. Would you like to see that being done? Then come and…
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Exhibition Yana Poppe
01-06-19
: 01-06-2019 till 04-08-2019. Yana Poppe usually paints Japanese cityscapes in vivid colors. Inspired by the Chinese Garden in the Hortus Haren, this exhibit contains new paintings in addition to…
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Geopark Week Guided Tours
27-05-19
27-05-19 till 10-06-19 Geopark Week Guided Tours featuring the Ice Age and the Hondsrug! May 27 till June 10 is the Geopark week, and the Hondsrug and the Unesco Global…
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Geopark Week 2019
27-05-19
27-05-19 till 11-06-19 Two weeks packed with activities Each year UNESCO Global Geoparks organizes a global Geopark week. Naturally, the Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark is a participant in this, together…
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Sculpture Exposition 10XSOLO
19-05-19
19-05-19 till 22-09-19 For the ninth year in a row The Hortus Botanicus Haren is organizing a sculpture exhibition: 10XSOLO. The participating artists are: Stephen Beale, Sonja van Beuzekom, Gjalt…
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Guided Tour ‘Go Wild’
12-05-19
12-05-19 On Sunday 12 May at 13:30 pm a guided tour “Wild plants and gardens” will be held in the Hortus. Both the Laarmantuin, begun in the 1930s, and the…
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Plants market 2019
14-04-19
Plants Market has become a household name for connoisseurs. On sunday 14 april 2019 is the annual plants market in the Hortus botanicus Haren. A large number of northern growers…
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Guided Tour
07-04-19
07-04-19 On Sunday the 7th of April we are excited to once again offer a guided tour of introduced and escaped non-native plants (stinsen plants) and other spring bloomers. Questions…
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Pruning Workshop
06-04-19
06-04-19 On the 6th of April we will meet at 9:00 am in the Hortus Café, where coffee and tea will be available. The workshop will take place in the…
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Exhibition Liesbeth Kok
30-03-19
30-03-19—30-05-19 From 30 March until 30 May Liesbeth Kok will show her paintings in the Thousand Things Pavilion (Duizend Dingen Paviljoen) in the Chinese Garden of the Hortus. Initially, Kok…
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Exhibition Wil Mulder
30-03-19
30-03-19—30-04-19 From 30 March till 30 April the paintings of Wil Mulder will be on show in the entrance hall of the Hortus. His paintings feature real-life events and subjects…
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Guided Tour
10-03-19
10-03-19 On Sunday the 10th of March we are excited to once again offer a guided tour of introduced and escaped non-native plants (stinsen plants) and other spring bloomers. Questions…
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Tai Chi lesson
09-03-19
On Sauturday 1 March Tai Chi lessons will be offered in the Chinese Garden of the Hortus. To sign up for a free trial lesson (regular admission to the Hortus…
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Exposition: Marion Glasbeek
02-03-19
02-03-19 t/m 28-03-19 From the 2nd until the 28th of March Marion Glasbeek will exhibit her paintings in the entrance of the Hortus. The paintings share a common theme, and…
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Theme tour
20-02-19
‘Experience the spring’ Nice spring holiday tip, in which children are taken into account more than usual! Wednesday, February 20, 2019, starts at 1:30 pm from the entrance building. No…
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