The Linnaeus Garden and Museum - Sweden

Uppsala University's first Botanical Garden (1655 - 1798) lies behind a green fence in central Uppsala.   The garden is a reconstruction of Linnaeus' Botanical Garden as it was in the mid 1700s.
Linnaeus observed nature's seasonal changes among the dazzling flowerbeds, formal hedges, marshes and ponds.
He made scientific observations and taught students here.  Each section of the garden had a purpose.
Each plant was carefully chosen educational grounds. You are closest to his scientific
achievements in his garden, where more than 1,000 species are cultivated in accordance with his sexual system.
Linnaeus' family furniture and household items are preserved in the Linnaeus museum, the house
that was his professorial residence. The feeling of stepping straight into the 1700s is palpable.
Linnaeus sat in his room here, writing his scientific works and reading letters from friends and
colleagues who sent him plants and seeds from all corners of the globe.  His library gave him a view
of the garden and its plants.

Tel:   +46 (0)18 4712838

E:   bikning@botan.uu.se

W:  www.botan.uu.se