One of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, it was founded in 1638 by the city to serve as herb garden for doctors and apothecaries.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 23, 2006. Photo taken with Nikon EM film camera.

A Amsterdam 120

No, it's not made of plastic, it's a real plant.

Ruta graveolens - Wijnruit - Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam-001

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 23, 2006. Photo taken with Nikon EM film camera.

A Amsterdam 143

Museumnacht 2014

fotografie: Caique Pantoja Brasil

Hortus botanicus

Jardín Botánico, Veracruz, México.

Busy as a bumblebee

Photo-finds in the Hortus Botanicus of the University of Leiden

Rhinops sphaerocephalus

Sarracenia swaniana - Leiden

Ams

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, 31 January 2009

Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, 31 January 2009

3008 x 2000 pixels.

door Boris van Hoytema

Leiden Observatory, near the Hortus, as seen from de Witte Singel.

Macrozamia moorei - Leiden

Davidia involucrata (SW China)

Museumnacht 2014

fotografie: Caique Pantoja Brasil