Hortus Haren is a
botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
in
Haren, Groningen
Haren (; gos, Hoaren) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands located in the direct urban area of the City of Groningen.
Haren is a typical commuting municipality with many wealthy inhabitants. It lies on the northe ...
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Netherlands
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. First created in 1626 by the pharmacist Henricus Munting, it was then situated between Grote Rozenstraat and Grote Kruisstraat in Groningen. Because of space considerations it relocated to Haren in 1967 and became the largest botanical garden in the country.
Gallery
File:Gebouw voorstellende een boot. Locatie, Chinese tuin Het Verborgen Rijk van Ming in de (Hortus Haren Groningen) 02.JPG, Building depicting a boat in the Chinese garden of the ''Hidden Realm of Ming'' pavilion.
File:Brug over waterloop. Locatie, Chinese tuin Het Verborgen Rijk van Ming in de Hortus Haren 01.jpg, Bridge in the Chinese garden.
File:Waterval. Locatie, Chinese tuin Het Verborgen Rijk van Ming in de Hortus Haren 02.jpg, Waterfall in the Chinese garden.
File:Hortus Haren. Voedselarme plas 01.JPG, Lake in the Hortus Haren (''Voedselarme plas'').
Chinese tuin Het Verborgen Rijk van Ming in Hortus Haren 03.jpg, Chinese Garden The Hidden Empire Ming, mosaic pavement courtyard.
File:Hortus Haren. ‘10 jaar Kunst in de Hortus’, 09-10-2020 (d.j.b.) 02.jpg, ‘In The Wind’. Artwork by Jeroen Boersma. Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day, 21 September 2022
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Groningen (city)
Botanical gardens in the Netherlands