dit seizoen in de hortus
In de Hortus worden doorlopend activiteiten georganiseerd. Bekijk hier het actuele programma.
Alle activiteiten
word vriend van de hortus
Als lid van de Vereniging van Vrienden van de Amsterdamse Hortus steun je de Hortus en kun je bovendien voor €47,50 per jaar ieder seizoen de tuin bezoeken.
word vriend van de hortus
🌸 BREAKING NEWS: Speciaal voor de bloei van de Victoria openen we vanavond, dinsdag 22 september, de Hortus van 20:00 tot 22:00 uur. 🌿
De Victoria waterlelie is namelijk op haar mooist in de avond. Terwijl de bloem langzaam opengaat, verspreidt ze een heerlijke geur die doet denken aan ananas. 🍍
Wil je dit bijzondere moment zelf meemaken? Kom vanavond langs en bewonder de bloei!
Ook de Oranjerie en het terras zijn van 20:00 tot 22:00 uur geopend.
Goed om te weten: de tuin sluit eerst om 17:00 uur en opent vervolgens opnieuw om 20:00 uur.
Rondleiders staan bij beide Victorias klaar - zowel bij de Victoria in de buitenvijver als bij die in de tropische kas - om je alles te vertellen over deze bijzondere plant. 🌿
Tot vanavond! 👋
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🌸 BREAKING NEWS: the Victoria is blooming tonight!
Especially for the Victoria bloom, Hortus will be open again tonight, Tuesday 22 September, from 20:00–22:00. 🌿
The Victoria water lily is at its most spectacular in the evening. As the flower slowly opens, it releases a wonderful fragrance reminiscent of pineapple. 🍍
Want to experience this magical moment for yourself? Come and see the Victoria bloom tonight!
The Orangery and terrace will also be open from 20:00–22:00.
Good to know: the garden will close briefly at 17:00 and reopen at 20:00.
Our guides will be waiting by both Victorias — the one in the outdoor pond and the one in the Tropical Greenhouse — ready to tell you all about this extraordinary plant. 🌿
See you tonight! 👋
One of our autumn favourites: the 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗿𝘆 (𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘢) 🍂💛
In just a few weeks, its leaves will turn the most beautiful shades of golden yellow, bringing that unmistakable autumn glow to the garden. We’re already looking forward to watching the green canopy slowly transform into a sea of gold. ✨
💀Would you eat a fruit that looked like this?
These strange blue-green pods belong to a shrub called 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻`𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 (𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘪), native to parts of China and the Himalayas. The fruits hang in clusters from the branches, turning an otherwise ordinary shrub into something rather eerie... The fruit however is edible when ripe and has a mildly sweet taste.
September in the Kitchen Garden = harvest season! 🥕🌿🍅
There’s something to eat around every corner: vegetables, herbs, fruits, edible flowers and plenty of plants you might not expect to find on your plate.
👀How many can you recognise?
Yes, that enormous, knobbly thing hanging from the tree is a fruit. Breadfruit (𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴) can grow surprisingly large, with mature fruits weighing several kilograms. The tree is native to the Pacific and belongs to the same family as figs and mulberries, the Moraceae.
🍞When cooked, the starchy flesh has a texture and flavour that can resemble freshly baked bread.
🌸Possibly the cutest flowers in the entire Hortus right now🥹. Knopies (buttons), waterblasies (water blisters) or dumplings: this is Conophytum, a genus of succulent plants native to southern Namibia and the western and southern Cape Provinces of South Africa. They are now flowering in our nursery greenhouse and we think they`re IRRESISTBLE.
🤔In their natural habitat in tropical South America, Victoria flowers have a surprisingly elaborate way of getting pollinated.
When the flower opens in the evening, it can become much warmer than the surrounding air. This is called thermogenesis: the flower actually produces heat through its own respiration. But why bother? One reason is to attract its pollinators. The warmth also acts as a kind of energy-saving reward for the beetles that spend the night inside: when the white flower opens in the evening, it attracts beetles of the genus Cyclocephala with its colour, scent and warmth. Once they crawl inside, the flower closes around them - making sure they do their pollination job!
The first-night flower additionally produces a strong, fruity scent that has been described as smelling like pineapple or butterscotch. Together with the white colour and the heat, this scent helps advertise the flower to its beetle pollinators. 🌸🪲
A little throwback to one of our favourite seasons. 🍂
We`re already looking forward to mornings like these - with our beautiful Palm House glowing through the trees.💛
