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Botanical College Tour

Did you know that plants secretly have a lot of different relationships with all kinds of different organisms? You can think of plants among themselves, but also of animals and fungi. For this first installment of our Botanical College Tour series, we’re diving into the ground. Together with the audience, we enter into conversation with various fascinating guests and look at what is happening under our feet. And what is the effect of all those secret plant relationships with soil life on us humans? Guests include the makers of the beautiful film Onder het Maaiveld , Dr. masharu – founder of the Museum of Edible Earth – and ecologist Martijn Bezemer (Leiden University).

photo by Olga Ganzha

The Botanical College Tour is an interview program that takes place in the Palm Greenhouse of the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam. Surrounded by ancient palms and cycads, each college welcomes new inspiring scientists, entrepreneurs and makers, each with their own vision of nature and its relationship to humans.

photo by Olga Ganzha

More information: Hortus Botanicus, Botanical College Tour

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

2023
Netherlands
The Hortus consists of an outdoor garden and 5 greenhouses with various climates and collections. The Hortus has been a place for education and research for more than 375 years. This means that the Hortus has been working on questions about the how and why of plants for 375 years. Not as an isolated issue, but in its own scientific, social and spatial context.