Den Botaniek

The Botanic Garden of Antwerp, which also carries the name Den Botaniek (also sometimes locally called Den Botanieken Hof or Kruidtuin), is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare.

The Garden in its present form was laid out by dokter Claude-Louis Sommé and supported the lessons in external pathology at the école de médecine, an education in medicine.

The gardeners home in the park dates back to 1870 and the entrance gate, designed by Pierre Bruno Bourla to 1826.

The garden is managed by the City Council of Antwerp since 1926.

The garden is open daily, the Conservatory remains closed on Sundays.