The city’s botanical gardens invite the public to explore their 28-hectare expanse, free of charge, all year long. Visitors can partake in informative guided tours to deepen their understanding of the botanical world, or engage in workshops and activities thoughtfully designed for children.
Join an ornithologist for a guided walk through the botanical garden to uncover the secrets of the ivy, a plant cherished by birds and insects but often misunderstood.
In French. Kids ages 6 and up.
Join our traditional plant market to stock up on seedlings, inspiration, and advice. A wide selection of locally grown fruits and vegetables, aromatic plants, citrus trees, and shrubs will be available. Experienced gardeners will be on hand to guide your selections and share organic gardening tips. Kids can enjoy a potting workshop to explore the joys of gardening, and Amarante will offer sustainable, locally-sourced refreshments.
Get to know these mysterious plants is a children’s workshop held on Wednesday afternoons as part of the Ateliers verts at the Botanical Garden of Geneva. Participants will discover carnivorous plants and their humid habitats while exploring the world of botany in a playful and educational manner. Various activities such as thematic investigations, sensory discoveries, and botanical explorations are offered, led by mediators, gardeners, and scientists, with support from volunteers from the University of Seniors in Geneva (Uni3).
Get to know these mysterious plants
Are you afraid of carnivorous plants? Get to know them and discover how much they appreciate wetlands and the various midges that live there too.
As part of the Geneva Botanic Garden’s Green Workshops, on Wednesday afternoons.
Children are invited to share our passion for the world of plants and botany, in a fun and educational way. Thematic investigations, sensory discoveries, botanical explorations and many other activities are on the program. The Botanic Garden’s living collections are the setting for these workshops, run by our mediators, gardeners and scientists, in collaboration with volunteers from Uni3, Geneva’s senior citizens’ university.
In French.
Harvesting and Cooking Plants of All Colors invites children to hunt for edible plants and prepare a delicious snack. Part of the Geneva Botanical Garden’s Ateliers verts, this event combines thematic investigations, sensory discoveries, and botanical explorations. Activities are guided by facilitators, gardeners, scientists, and volunteers from Uni3, the University for Seniors in Geneva. Every Wednesday afternoon, these workshops offer a fun and educational way to explore the world of plants.
This tour through the medicinal garden beds offers a journey through time to explore the origins and development of edible plants. You’ll discover how foraging, a risky and empirical practice of our ancestors, gradually led to the selection and transformation of plants into what forms our modern diet. The tour delves into the essence of vegetables, examining the various edible parts of plants, while highlighting the criteria for selection and human experimentation throughout history.
In French.
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