Botanic guardians

From 2017 - the 'Year of the Botanical Gardens' - the botanical gardens in the Netherlands present themselves as HORTUS Botanic Guardians, guardians and gatekeepers of biodiversity. The gardens protect and maintain many types of plants, including those that are threatened, that are no longer present in the Netherlands, or that are no longer found anywhere in the wild. The knowledge and expertise of the employees in the gardens about these plants is of great importance for the preservation of biodiversity.