Tag Archives: Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam

138 In addition to the butterfly house and three really nice greenhouses representing different biomes, Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam also had a snug, tightly planted outdoor part, with trees and shrubs and flowers. A tiny Giant Sequoia, for example. Only a whisper, though, compared to the ones growing in their natural habitat up in theContinue reading “Amsterdam (ii)”

61 Hortus Botanicus started as an herb garden for doctors and apothecaries in 1638. Today it has a tightly planted, wide selection of trees, a couple of great green houses and, what made me most excited during my visit in 2013, a butterfly house! Here, I managed to capture a Flying Dutchman together with someContinue reading “Amsterdam (i)”