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Rektor og museumsdirektør planter gulbjørk
The Museum Garden is 125 years old this year (10.10.2023)
The Museum Garden is 125 years old and the University Museum celebrated this on 11 June. Principal Margareth Hagen and museum director Kari Loe Hjelle planted a Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch) on the occasion of the anniversary.
An interview on the Borgund Kaupang Project's origins and progress (04.10.2023)
Zoom meeting
Organise an event at Day Zero 2024 (28.09.2023)
We now welcome applications to host an event as part of Day Zero at the SDG Conference Bergen, 7 February 2024.
Brann i flere engangsgriller i en haug
No single-use barbecues at bathing sites (19.06.2023)
After several cases of fires started from disposable grills at the Grønevika and Sandholna bathing areas, Bergen municipality has now imposed a ban on the use of single-use grills. A communal grill has been set up which is available to all.
Alexandre Jan explains in the facility
Hydrozoan Society Workshop hosted for the first time in the Nordic countries (22.05.2023)
The international workshop that occurs every three years attracted over 50 participants who gathered in Bergen to share the latest advances in the field. Michael Sars Centre aquarist Alexandre Jan was an Invited Speaker and also gave a tour of the Centre's state-of-the-art facilities.
Hands on table
Call for CMI-UiB Collaboration Funding 2023 (27.04.2023)
Chr. Michelsen Institute and the University of Bergen have a long-standing agreement to strengthen development-related research in Bergen. We now invite applications for collaboration between our two institutions for 2023-2024. Deadline 7 June, 2023.
stolpejegerne Elisabeth og Linn på tur i Arboretet
This year's "stolpejakt" is ready (25.04.2023)
Now this year's "stolpejakt" is well under way. We hope that the hunt will be for information and not just for posts.
Bilde av nyutdannede gartnere og lærere
New guides are ready for tours (31.03.2023)
The Arboretum and Bergen Botanical Garden have long wanted to have more guides to give tours of the collections at Milde.
Påskelyllingene inntar Blondehushagen
Easter in the Arboretum and Botanical Garden (31.03.2023)
Easter is just around the corner and it's time to decorate both outside and inside.
Årringen 2020-2021
Årringen 2020-2021 (03.01.2023)
The yearbook came out at the beginning of December, including a major article on forests and the history behind the many non-native conifers found in the Arboretum.
Barduner for det gamle treet, bores i stein
Securing the dying oak at the Rosarium (03.01.2023)
In an arboretum, all trees are important, both the living and the dying. We have secured one of the oak trees above the Rosarium that is dying back.
Hemlokkskog
Hemlock are falling (28.10.2022)
Felling of large western hemlock trees is under way, and this means a big change in the forest scene in the Arboretum. We hope the public understands that this is an absolutely necessary measure.
Området der helikopteret flyr
Warning: Helicopter activity in the Arboretum 27th October (26.10.2022)
On Thursday 27th October between 9 am and 3 pm there will be a helicopter moving timber over part of the Arboretum. Please keep out of the area during this period.
Hippophae
Seed collection in Trøndelag (30.09.2022)
As a scientific garden, it is important that we collect seeds in nature. With wild-collected seed, we know for sure where the plant originated. We collect seeds both for our own use and for the national seed bank.
Museum party at the WCM2022
World Congress of Malacology 2022 (01.09.2022)
The Museum at the World Congress of Malacology
Soppsankere med kurv på veg mot bordet der soppkontrollen venter
Edible mushrooms checking during working hours (19.08.2022)
The mushroom season is underway. Although there are good edible mushrooms in the forest, there are unfortunately also plenty of poisonous mushrooms, which is why our mushroom experts invite you to a mushroom control during working hours.
Møbler med insektboliger i
Research on insect-friendly outdoor furniture (21.07.2022)
Bergen Botanical Garden has received garden furniture with integrated insect hotels in order to research the insect diversity in such furniture.
Familie på tur i Rosariet
The Rosary is at its best now (21.07.2022)
Try a tour of the Rosarium

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