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Address:
Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 44, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Opening Hours:
Garden gates
Summer (1.4.-30.9.): Mon-Fri 7-20, Sat-Sun 9-20
Winter (1.10.-31.3.): Mon-Fri 7-17, Sat-Sun 9-17
Greenhouses
Summer (1.4.-30.9.): Tue-Sun 10-17, Mon closed
Winter (1.10.-31.3.): Tue-Sun 10-15, Mon closed
Contact:
hortus-botanicus@helsinki.fi
Phone: +358 9 191 50041
Fax: +358 9 191 50033
Links:
Botanic Garden
University of Helsinki
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Description:
The Botanical Garden of the University of Helsinki was established in 1678 in the City of Turku (Åbo), the then capital of Finland, by professor Elias Tillandz. After the burndown of the City in 1827 the garden was moved to Kaisaniemi in the centre of Helsinki in 1829. The most valuable plants from the outdoors and greenhouse were transported by horse wagons to Kaisaniemi, which also got numerous donations of plants from the Universities of St. Petersburg and Dorpat.
The planning of a new garden in the Kumpula Campus area was launched in 1986 and the practical work started two years later. The Botanical Garden will be operating both in Kaisaniemi and in Kumpula.
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