Botanical garden

The Botanical Garden, in Copenhagen

The Botanical Garden of Copenhagen is a vast setting of greenery of ten hectares, rich in thirteen thousand plants and a monumental greenhouse. The Copenhagen audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this garden created in 1600 by King Christian IV for medicinal herbs, today dedicated to the promenade as to research, that shelters the vastest collection of plants of Denmark.

History

The Botanical Garden of Copenhagen extends over ten hectares and offers a route through the thirteen thousand plants that it shelters. It possesses a monumental greenhouse exhibiting palm trees, carnivorous plants and species come from the Arctic. It is in 1600 that the Danish king Christian IV created it, eager to lay out a space for medicinal herbs. Open to visitors, it also allows students to come to observe the plants with their teachers, for it is dedicated to research and to the training of pharmacists and doctors. Its twenty-seven greenhouses gather the vastest collection of plants of Denmark, from fir trees to daisies, the national flower. Attached to the Museum of natural history, it offers a promenade of a thousand colours in the heart of the capital, that changes over the seasons and invites to strolling as to scientific discovery.

What to see

Here you stroll in a garden of ten hectares rich in thirteen thousand plants, endowed with a monumental greenhouse with palm trees, carnivorous plants and Arctic species; created in 1600 by Christian IV for medicinal herbs, also dedicated to research, it gathers in its twenty-seven greenhouses the vastest collection of plants of Denmark. The Botanical Garden is a haven of greenery in the heart of Copenhagen. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Botanical Garden lies in the centre of Copenhagen, near Rosenborg Castle, reachable on foot. The access to the park is generally free; the greenhouses and the garden follow hours that vary according to the season. It is best to enquire before coming.

When was the Botanical Garden of Copenhagen created?

It was created in 1600 by the Danish king Christian IV, who wished to lay out a space for medicinal herbs; extended over ten hectares, also dedicated to research and to the training of pharmacists and doctors, it today gathers thirteen thousand plants and, in its twenty-seven greenhouses, the vastest collection of plants of Denmark.

Where is the Botanical Garden in Copenhagen?

In the centre of Copenhagen, near Rosenborg Castle, in Denmark.