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[Science News] – Fractions, labels and investigative work: Giorgio Jan's hidden hand in the herbarium
The Van Heurck herbarium (AWH), kept at Meise Botanic Garden, contains thousands of specimens with labels bearing very little information. However, intensive research can, in some cases, reveal the identity of the collector and/or the location and date of collection of the plants...
New wellness programme at Meise Botanic Garden: recharge your batteries in tune with the seasons
Why not treat yourself to regular breaks to slow down, breathe and reconnect with nature? The Botanic Garden offers a programme combining a series of workshops and a poetic observation experience inspired by the 72 Asian micro-seasons...
[Science News] – From the Middle East to Belgium: the discovery of Medicago peregrina, a plant of unknown origin
Researchers from Meise Botanic Garden have made a remarkable botanical discovery — a story with unexpected twists, recently published in the international scientific journal Plant Ecology and Evolution...
[Science News] – Meise Botanic Garden publishes Science Collections Strategy 2026–2035
Meise Botanic Garden has published its Science Collections Strategy 2026–2035, setting out an ambitious plan to maintain and enhance its science collections over the next decade...
[Science News] – Traces of a Disappeared Botanical Garden in the Meise Herbarium
Within the rich collections of the Van Heurck Herbarium, Meise Botanic Garden preserves hundreds of plant specimens originating from living collections of botanical gardens...
