Good Henry and Alb lentils - start of the season in the Witzenhausen teaching and learning garden

The garden invites you to the first public guided tour of the season on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 3:30 pm. Discover medicinal and culinary herbs, Kasseler Strünkchen, broad beans and perpetual cabbage. You will learn how Good Henry got his name and how the lentil found its way back from oblivion to the Swabian Alb.

The vegetable gardener and agricultural engineer Cathrin Merx from the University of Kassel will guide you along the typical vegetable crops of different eras as if on a timeline. You will discover useful plants that found their way to Central Europe from the Neolithic Age through the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages to modern times, and some of which disappeared from here again. The focus is on diversity: we cultivate tried and tested home garden varieties of well-known vegetables as well as forgotten species or newly bred tomato varieties for organic gardening. There are also species to discover that could still find their way into our gardens and cooking pots, such as tiger nut, sweet potato or tuberous cistus.
In addition to vegetables, there are also herbs, cereals, fruit trees and energy plants on display, as well as an area buffet that illustrates the amount of arable land required for a burger.

New: three audio tours about agriculture!
Three audio guides can be accessed using the free Hearonymus app:
1. Plant breeding - From wild plants to crops,
2. Bioeconomy - The role of plants and
3. Innovations - How can we make the agriculture of tomorrow sustainable?

This allows individual visitors to explore the garden without a guided tour.

Opening times: from May to September; free admission
for individual visitors: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sundays and public holidays 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Public guided tour: every Saturday 3:30 pm, duration 1 hour, €3.50/person
Group tours on request at 05542-981231 or tropengewaechshaus[at]uni-kassel[dot]de