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[Science News] - Meise Botanic Garden contributes to impressive reference work on lichenicolous fungi
Following the publication in 2022 of the first volume of a reference work on these fungi, titled Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi, Basidiomycota, the second volume, dedicated to Hyphomycetes, is now available...
Little Via bird perched in Botanic Garden Meise
Artist Marjolein Cannoodt's little Via bird stops in the Thuja grove, the group of trees of life, near the Castle Pond.
[Science News] - The C. Smith Collection in the Herbarium Van Heurck: Thanks to the Mutineers of the Bounty
Dive into the fascinating story of Christopher Smith, a little-known botanist whose fate was tied to the famous mutiny on the Bounty, and discover the botanical treasures he collected in the far corners of Asia, now carefully preserved in the Henri Van Heurck collection at Meise Botanic Garden...
[Science News] - An important step: three quarters of endangered native plants are preserved in Meise Botanic Garden's seed bank
Meise Botanic Garden has recently reached a significant milestone in the conservation of Belgium's native flora...
[Science News] - From Bouchout to Disentis: ten years of commitment to sharing knowledge about biodiversity
From Bouchout to Disentis, discover ten years of progress towards open access to knowledge about biodiversity...
Meise Botanic Garden welcomes 250 000th visitor
The lucky winner, Lieselotte Janssens from Edegem, received a certificate, a gift box containing a selection of exclusive products from the garden's boutique and a guest card giving her free access to the botanic garden for a year. She was welcomed personally by Steven Dessein, General Administrator of the Botanic Garden.