Discover the Hortus Botanicus
For the public and research
The TU Delft Hortus Botanicus is a public-oriented garden as well as a research garden. Together with the university gardens of Leiden and Utrecht, the Delft Hortus participates in the scientific botanical network of the Netherlands. Delft particularly specialises in applied technological education and also in technological plant research.
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The Hortus Botanicus of the Technical University Delft was created in 1917 as ‘Cultural Garden for Technologically Useful Plants’. The Hortus was created to fulfill the need to cultivate plants for research and education for the technical applications of plants from all climate zones. Even now, after nearly a hundred years, and after new directions have been pursued, the Hortus is an institution of importance for scientific research and education.
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An increasingly important function of the Hortus Botanicus consists of receiving and educating the general public. For schools, societies, and other interested groups and individuals there are expositions, and guided tours and lessons offered. Nursery men, scientists, and others interested can profit from the expertise of the garden staff. For the nature loving public the garden is accessible in all seasons.
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The Hortus Botanicus is part of the Botanic Gardens Conservation International and in that capacity contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity as it was formulated at the UN conference with regard to Environment and Development in 1992, and was later augmented at the ‘Global Strategy for Plant Conservation’, with regard to threatened species of plants in the collection as well as to education and information about this subject.
