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 March

Corylopsis Willmottiae
Pushminia scilloides and Narcissus jonquillia Baby Moon
Rhododendron lutescens
Rhododendron Isola Bella
Pieris japonica Boltmans Pink
Narcissus Dutch Master
Magnolia Leda
Chinodoxia gigantea
Camellia japonica Dr Tinsley
Camellia japonica Alba Simplex
Acer palmatum Sode Nishiki
Corylopsis Willmottiae Pushminia scilloides and Narcissus jonquillia Baby Moon Rhododendron lutescens Rhododendron Isola Bella Pieris japonica Boltmans Pink Narcissus Dutch Master Magnolia Leda Chinodoxia gigantea Camellia japonica Dr Tinsley Camellia japonica Alba Simplex Acer palmatum Sode Nishiki
Corylopsis Willmottiae

 

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: