We have placed birthday flags by the plants with a milestone birthday in the Botanical Garden and the Palm House. You can go flag hunting yourself and see if you can find all 40 flags.
This year marks 150th anniversary of the Botanical Gardens opening in 1874. For several years leading up to the opening, a lot of plants were found, purchased and cultivated to create exactly the garden that was desired. It is therefore not only the garden's 150th birthday – it is also the plants'.
Today, the Botanical Garden has a plant collection of 15,000 plants, a small part of which has been there since 1874. Back then all the plants and trees were newly planted, so it was a botanical garden with low vegetation, which over the years has grown into the wonderful mix of large trees, shrubs and open areas with flowers we know today. It takes time to become a large tree, so we continue to plant new ones, so that the garden will look as beautiful and impressive in 150 years.
