Our work
Research
The gardens provide plant material (seeds, plants and plant parts) that is needed for research projects at various departments. Researchers can also grow their own research material, both outdoors and in a research glasshouse.
It is not just botanists who use the gardens – earwig catching, studies of hoverflies, and psychology research also occurs here.
Students in the Linnaean Gardens
About a thousand students from both Uppsala University and the Swedish Agricultural University visit The Botanical Garden each year as part of their courses. The students may be learning about botany, pharmacology, historically significant plants or ecology, with a view to becoming natural scientists, apothecaries, agronomists, foresters or landscape architects. The garden is also much frequented by schools and preschools.
Of course, you do not need to be studying to visit The Botanical Garden. Why not sunbathe, play boule, revise, or just sit under a tree and enjoy the view, scents, and sounds?
Organisation
The Botanical Garden, The Linnaeus Garden and Linnaeus’ Hammarby form The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala as a subdepartment of the Music and Museums division of Uppsala University. It is managed by the University with a financial contribution from Uppsala Municipality.
The Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala have an advisory steering group with representatives from Uppsala University and Uppsala Municipality.
Uppsala University: music and museums
Uppsala University’s administrative section Music and Museums contains, in addition to the Linnaean Gardens of Uppsala, the Museum of Evolution, Gustavianum, The Royal Academic Orchestra, Uppsala University Jazz Orchestra, and many choirs.
Historical buildings
The Barouque Garden and Linneanum with the Orangery became listed historical buildings in 1935 and are managed by the National Property Board.