GARDENS 2021 1 GARDENS 2021 BRUSSELS 4 LEUVEN 14 GHENT 16 ANTWERP 20 LIMBURG 23 WEST-FLANDERS 28 2 3 All information is subject to changes due to regulations regarding the international FLOWER TIME BRUSSELS 2021 BRUSSELS BIANNAL FLOWER Coronavirus/COVID-19 CARPET crisis. International top florists add flower power to Brussels City Hall. More than 100,000 flowers, thirty plus floral Every 2 years the Grand Place in artists and thirteen magnificent historical rooms. Please refer to the Brussels gets covered with a flower The creators of the Brussels Flower Carpet and the carpet. Entrance is free, you can contact information of Floraliën once again join forces for Flowertime. A get a panoramic view against payment. the venue for the latest must for every flower or architecture lover! information. Mail: [email protected] MORE INFORMATION Dates and opening hours: www.flowercarpet.brussels.be 12 August 2021, 1 pm-5.30pm; 13-15 August 2021, 8 am-9.30pm. Entrance Fee: 8 euros (free for the group leader and for children up to 10 years old). Ticket sales for the general public will only start in May 2021, but tour companies with groups of 15 people or more can already mail to info@flowercarpet. be to request an option on the time slot they prefer. This option can be canceled free of charge until July 15, 2021 CONTACT Karel Goethals BRUSSELS Brussels Flower Carpet association Tel: +32 (0)485 82 96 52 4 5 www.flowercarpet.be THE ROYAL GREENHOUSES FLORIST GARDENS MEISE BOTANIC GARDEN FLORALIA BRUSSELS (SERRES) IN LAEKEN Meise Botanic Garden, Meise Castle of Grand Bigard (Groot-Bijgaarden) 3 April till 2 May 2021 Brussels Brussels Meise Botanic Garden is one of the largest botanic The park of 14 hectares incorporates nearly all spring It is well recommended to visit the Royal Serres in This domain used to be home to the florists and gardens in the world. It grows a treasure trove of plants from all over the world. Both in the open air bulb varieties. The castles’ gardeners have planted by early spring, usually in the second half of April until gardeners of King Leopold II. Today the site has been hand more than 1 million bulbs. During the four weeks early May, as only then they are open to the general transformed into a demonstration garden and the and in several majestic greenhouses you can discover about 18,000 species. The greenhouse complex in which the exhibition takes place flower lovers will have public. It is a tradition that has been maintained Brussels Centre for Horticultural Art and Technology will the opportunity to discover 500 varieties including 400 since 1965. be located there. with the Victoria greenhouse is one of the most beautiful in Europe and covers around 1 ha. Enjoy tulip varieties. the anemones in spring or the rich colors of autumn. The architect Alphonse Balat designed the complex of Visitors will be able to admire a wide variety of plants INDOOR EXHIBITION greenhouses for King Leopold II. The tropical garden and be introduced to different ecological gardening Every day there’s a new species flowering or setting fruit, from orchids to oaks. Visitors can also enjoy the prestigious indoor is surmounted by a dome. The largest greenhouse techniques. exhibition in the 1000 m2 newly restored greenhouse. is called the winter garden. For some occasions it is About 150 creations reflecting the trends and current used as a reception space for dignitaries. Guided tours and events are also organised on a One day is simply too short to discover everything the Botanic Garden has to offer: a walk through all fashions will be presented in a beautiful indoor garden. regular basis. PRICE biomes of this Earth, a visit to the new wood museum ‘Woodlab’, wandering through the Castle of Boechout The donjon, dated from the 14th century, will be 2.50 EUR per person. Free of charge for under 18s. No MORE INFORMATION accessible to its roof terrace from where you can see prior reservation possible, be prepared for long queues Leefmilieu Brussel where the story of Princess Charlotte of Belgium comes to life, discovering the new Rose garden…You the Atomium and the city of Brussels. Each floor will be in the weekends. Sobieskilaan, 1020 Brussels decorated in different themes. Tel: +32 (0)2 775 75 75 are welcome to enjoy a simple meal, drinks and ice- cream in the Orangerie. The entry price goes entirely to the Queen’s Charities The park is located 10 km from the historic centre of (Hulpfonds van de Koningin / Oeuvres de la Reine), to Mail: [email protected] Brussels, and daily open from 10 am to 06 pm. restoration work and to the purchase of art works for In 2021, a brand new state-of-the-art visitor center the Royal Collection. https://gardens.brussels/nl/groene-ruimten/ will open, offering all necessary facilities. Next to the visitor center, a newly created welcome garden is the Adults: 14 EUR per person de-tuinen-van-de-bloemist tastemaker for everything there is to discover in the Groups & senior: 12 EUR per person Children (6-14 year): 5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT EUR per person tram: 3, 7 and 19, De Wand tram stop bus: 53 (STIB/ MIVB), Botanic garden. 230, 231, 232 (De Lijn), Koninklijke Serres / Serres Royales Mail: [email protected] bus stop Meise is located approximately 12km/7.5m from Brussels city centre. www.floralia-brussels.be Opening hours vary, please check website. MORE INFORMATION www.monarchie.be Open daily from 9:30. Closing hours vary depending on the season. Tickets can be purchased online. 6 7 www.plantentuinmeise.be/en/agenda GAASBEEK (CASTLE)/ PARK AND MUSEUM GARDEN The Museum Garden is closed and will reopen in May 2021 Gaasbeek Castle lies at the heart of an extensive park (49 hectare) that was laid out in the seventeenth century already. It has impressive avenues in a star-shaped path structure. It probably has the tallest beech trees in Belgium!! Be aware: Gaasbeek Castle has closed its doors until 2023 for a major restoration campaign. The ambition is to keep the castle and its museum alive and dynamic. In addition, the castle must become even more accessible to a large, international audience. MUSEUM GARDEN The park and Museum garden stay open The garden is made up of six different during the restoration of the castle an sections: are more than worth a visit. • An Italian style terrace garden with OPENING HOURS an orangery garden. From 1 May to 30 September: daily from 10 am to 6 pm. • A kitchen garden, divided into four From 1 October to 31 October, squares, with a greenhouse, cold daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. frames and beds for flowers and herbs. In the middle is a cloister with The garden is closed every Monday, except low standard pyramid-shaped pear for public holidays. trees, flat-lying garlands and rose columns. TICKETS SONIAN FOREST Standard rate: € 5 • Berry and nut-gardens, with a cross- Reduced price: € 4 for students/ European Youth Card up to 26 years, 60+, The Sonian Forest—that’s 4,400 hectares (10,920 shaped arbour with an abundance of people with disabilities, visitors Botanical acres) of top European nature, the destination of espaliered fruit and flowers. Garden Meise. several million visitors each year. It is also a vast and Free: under 18 years of age, escorts of enchanting forest on the edge of Brussels. • An orchard with a regional collection of half standard plum trees. persons with disabilities, National Trust Guided tour (1h-1h30’): € 60 MORE INFORMATION Mail: [email protected] • An orchard with full standard fruit trees, typical of Pajottenland fruit Reservations: farming circa 1900, with a traditional museumtuin.i-reserve.net/ www.sonianforest.be/see-and-experience/walking/ fruit shed. • An orchard with low standard trees showing how cultivation practices www.natuurenbos.be/museumgarden have evolved over time from around 1950 to the present. In 2012, the Museum Garden was 8 awarded the EGHN (European Garden 9 Heritage Network). TERVUREN PARK AND ARBORETUM VAN BUUREN MUSEUM & GARDENS Tervuren Ukkel TERVUREN PARK The garden, which Jules Buyssens designed, shows Tervuren park, also called Warande Park, covers 205 a great unity of style with the Art Deco house. Alice ha and was once the hunting ground of the Dukes of commissioned René Pechère 45 years later to design Brabant. the new gardens to complement the villa. It is one of the gateways to the Sonian Forest. A walk Now, the garden can be divided into the “picturesque ROSE GARDEN OF COLOMA CASTLE between majestic oak and beech trees, past elegant garden”, the “Labyrinth” and the “Garden of the Heart”. HALLERBOS French gardens, ponds and flower beds, is a breath of The “Picturesque garden” is an “ordinary” garden, with fresh air after a day in busy Brussels. a geometrically constructed rose garden, reminiscent Sint- Pieters- Leeuw of the straightforwardness of Art Deco. The whole Halle Blue Bells: Mid April - Beginning of May In front of the park there is a French garden featuring forms a green shrine in the heart of Brussels, which Located 10 km from Brussels and 15km from the Castle ponds, flower beds and statues, which extends to a can be visited all year round. of Groot Bijgaarden you can find the Internationally Hallerbos – ‘The Blue Forest’ – is the most important series of ponds that receive water from the rivulet renowned rose gardens with approximately 3,000 an most extensive forest area between Zenne and the Voer. Combine your walk with a visit to the MORE INFORMATION varieties of roses and 30,000 rose bushes.