Events archive

After our succesful first edition of the Children’s Festival, we are holding the second edition this year on semptember 3rd. For more information and tickets, please visit the website of…
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The Beelden Expo returns this year on may 15th. Once again ten (10) wonderful and different artists have agreed to showcase their work in our gardens. It lasts until september…
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The Hortus Duo consists of Robert Jan van der Feen (flute) and Jan Jakob Mooij (hobo). Together with Saskia de Boer they hold a concert with music from the east…
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At the Chinese garden. Abstract art.

4-09-21 The Kids Festival Haren is a cheerful and surprising festival full of magic and adventure! Get ready for a day of fun and enjoy the theater, music, and much,…
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The annual sculpture exhibition in the Hortus starts on 16 May. Around 80 works by 10 artists will be on display throughout the Hortus.    

Check https://vanderwerff.exto.nl/ for more info about the artist and her work.

Based on his fascination for the variability of public space, theater maker Sijas de Groot wanted to create a performance in the city center of Groningen. Due to the measures…
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19-07-20 Demonstration of chainsaw art by the artist Jeroen Boersma on Sunday, 19 July from 11.00 am till 15.30 pm.

17-07-20 – 06-09-20 In this scavenger hunt, Alice—the Alice from the famous book “Alice in Wonderland”—visits Flower Wonderland. And just like in the book, she grows larger and smaller and…
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The workshop on June 14 is already full. An additional workshop is planned on June 28. See below. Come and paint in the Chinese garden! Artist Josien Choy takes you…
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14-06-20 till 11-10-20 The yearly Hortus sculpture exhibition “10 Years of Art in de Hortus”, will be held from 14 June 2020 till 11 Oktober 2020. On Sunday, 7 June, 2020, Jeroen…
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13-06-20 A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry inspired by nature. We will use the gardens of the Hortus as our inspiration. Time: Saturday morning, 13 June, 2020, 10…
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05-06-20 The Chinese Garden of the Hortus needs to be renovated and that’s going to cost € 15.000 euro! Because the Chinese Garden is one of my favorite places in…
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01-06-20 until 11-10-20 The Chinese garden is 25 years old! Especially for this occasion, Agnes Spruit exhibits a ten-meter dragon of the exhibition “Qi and the Dragon” in the Hundred…
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30-05-20 till 30-07-20 The photography exposition “Animal Kingdom” by ‘Jeanet Groenewoud will be held from 2 May till 19 June in the entrance hall if the Hortus and in the…
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10-05-20 Birding walk led by Harry Westerhuis as part of National Birding week on Sunday, 10 May, start 10:30 am.  

19-04-20 (Canceled event) On Sunday, 19 April, 2020, the Annual Plant Market will once again be held in the Hortus Botanicus Haren-Groningen. Plant lovers mark your calendars for this well-known…
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13-04-20 (Canceled event) A guided tour of naturalized plants introduced to the Netherlands starting in the Middle Ages will be held on Easter Monday, 13 April, 2020, starting at 1:30…
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29-03-20 Sunday, March 29, 2020, during the Open Day Start: 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Duration of each workshop, approximately 2 hours. Location: Teahouse in the Chinese Garden Duration: approximately…
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01-03-20 till 28-05-20 Watercolors painted by Ineke van den Berg will be exhibited in the entrance hall of the Hortus.

16-02-20 Sunday, 16 February a free guided tour will be held featuring mosses and lichens. We will meet at 1:30 pm at the reception. A magnifying glass is recommended (see…
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16-02-2020 Hortus Podium presents Jazz Trio “Tales of Paris” on Sunday, 16 February at 2 pm. Follow this link for more information Jazz trio Tales of Paris Tales of Paris Inspired by…
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“Bor in the Wintry Hortus Forest” 01-02-20 till 02-03-20 New scavenger hunt for children: Bor in the wintry Hortus forest. The scavenger hunt is designed for children aged 5 to…
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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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02-12-19 till 03-02-20 Painter Willie van der Vorst (Cosis) is currently showing her work in the entrance hall of the Hortus. Willie has developed her own style. The often mandala-like…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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02-10-19 till 01-12-19 Cosiskunst presents the paintings Monique Bossinga in the entrance hall of the Hortus.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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Wednesday Februari 13, Grand Café De Plantage is closed all day!

Exhibition in the entrance hall of the Hortus from 15 January to 27 February. Laura Esselaar (1995) has been working at Cosis Kunst in the Hortus since November 2017. Laura…
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The Hortus is closed from the 24th of December until the 4th January 2019. From the 5th of January you will once again be more than welcome for a wonderful New Year’s…
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04-12-18 to 15-01-19 Ruud Stoter (1947) is one of the oldest artists at Hortus Kunst with his 71 years. He has not been working for the art department for very…
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20-10-18 – 01-11-19 About Cell Memory, Thank You Plant The video installation Cell Memory, Thank You Plant of Wineke Gartz in the Chinese Flower Pavilion of the Ming Garden, Hortus…
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Greetje Spakman (1939) is a versatile painter. Since 20 years she makes paintings with oil paint, acrylic paint and watercolor and draws them with pastel chalk. Her favorite subjects are…
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05-04-20 String ensemble Amarant will hold a concert in the Hortus on Sunday, April 5, 2020, starting at 3 pm. The theme of the concert is “the 17th century versus…
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