Welcome to OpdeHaar the open garden of John and Joyce Ramsbotham in Hoevelaken

 OpdeHaar garden is an open garden in the woodland in Hoevelaken, on the border between Gelderland and Utrecht, The Netherlands

This garden is open to the public by appointment

Especially suitable for groups of 8 to 50 people

7 different style gardens in one garden (ca 5 acres)

A unique landscape in the middle of an ancient wooded swamp

Over 4500 different plants, trees and shrubs

Renowned for its woodland and shade tolerant plants

Most plants are labelled

We have a powerpoint presentation  on colour and contrast and shadow plants in our garden with more than 100 photographs. Something for the winter months perhaps.

 We are a member of the Nederlandse Tuinen Stichting and Groei en Bloei Nijkerk

 

Open tuin Open garden OpdeHaar

 

 

Click here for information about a visit to OpdeHaar garden

Contact Op de Haar garden

John and Joyce Ramsbotham

Email: ramsbotham@planet.nl

Telephone: +31 (0) 653753221

Contact form: Click here

View the video’s and TV progammes made about our garden. (Sorry they are in French and Dutch)

Photos of flowers and plants in OpdeHaar garden (All photographs on this site have been taken in our garden)

A small selection of highlights in November

Skimmia japonica
Mandragora officinarum var. autumnalis
Mahonia x media Winter Sun
Liriope muscari Ingwersen
Lindera obtusillobia
Hypholoma fasciciare
Fatsia japonica
Camellia hiemalis x vernalis Yuletide
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Amanita muscaria
Acer cappadocicum Rubrrum
Aceer trifolium
Skimmia japonica Mandragora officinarum var. autumnalis Mahonia x media Winter Sun Liriope muscari Ingwersen Lindera obtusillobia Hypholoma fasciciare Fatsia japonica Camellia hiemalis x vernalis Yuletide Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Amanita muscaria Acer cappadocicum Rubrrum Aceer trifolium
Skimmia japonica

Basic botany

The main focus of this website is naturally on our gardens and the plants in them. However, keeping plants healthy and happy and meeting the criteria for “the right plant in the right place” requires  an understanding of some basic botany and in this context we have written several articles: