The Botanical Garden turns 150 years old
150 years ago, the Botanical Garden moved to its current location on Copenhagen's old fortification system. We would like to celebrate this with you, so throughout the summer, you can participate in special anniversary tours as well as beer and wine tastings in the garden.
In September, we will host a grand anniversary event dedicated to botany, where you can meet the people who work every day to preserve Denmark's largest collection of living plants. During the school summer holidays, we invite children to free activities where they can get their hands dirty and their eyes opened to nature.
See how we are celebrating the Botanical Garden's anniversary in the calendar below.
Celebrate the anniversary with us
The roots of the Botanical Garden go far back...
The Botanical Garden has roots over 400 years back to 'Hortus Medicus' - a small garden with medicinal plants on Skidenstræde (now Krystalgade) founded by Christian the Fourth in the year 1600. Since then the garden has moved several times and has been located both at Amaliegade and behind Charlottenborg Castle at Nyhavn.
In the 1870s, the Botanic Garden was moved again, this time to the area on the disused ramparts around Copenhagen. Here there was plenty of space for the growing plant collection, and in 1874 the public could visit the Botanical Garden on Østervold for the first time – where the garden is still located today.
Following inspiration from the Crystal Palace in London, brewer J. C. Jacobsen built the Palm House before the opening, which today stands as an iconic eye-catcher in the heart of the green oasis.
