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Of Good Henry and Alb Lentils - Start of the Season in the Teaching and Learning Garden Witzenhausen

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

The vegetable gardener and agricultural engineer Cathrin Merx, University of Kassel, will lead you along the typical vegetable crops of individual epochs in the tour, as if on a time line. You will discover useful plants that have found their way to Central Europe from the Neolithic Age, through the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages, and into modern times, and some of which disappeared from here again. The focus is on diversity: we cultivate proven home garden varieties of well-known vegetable species as well as forgotten species or newly bred tomato varieties for organic gardening. There are also species to discover that may yet find their way into our gardens and cooking pots, such as tiger nut, sweet potato, or tuberous zest.
In addition to vegetables, there are also herbs, cereals, fruit trees and energy crops to see, as well as an area buffet that illustrates how much arable land is consumed to make a burger.

New: three audio tours all about agriculture!
Three audio guides can be accessed with the free Hearonymus app:
1. Plant Breeding - From Wild Plant to Crop,
2. Bioeconomy - The Role of Plants and
3. Innovations - How Can We Make Tomorrow's Agriculture Sustainable?

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

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