Economic Plants

Here you find plants that have changed the world!

There are plants that are grown to provide food for both humans and animals. Others have fibers that make thread, textile, yarn and paper, or that are used for dyeing to give blue, red and yellow. Together with the Spice and Medicinal garden, the Economic plant garden shows how important plants are to our existence.

Among the plants grown here you will find the most common kitchen plants, cereal grains and economically important crops from temperate countries. You can see what they look like before they land on the vegetable counters and supermarket shelves, and before they are woven and sewn to clothing.

You can also explore more unusual cultivars of vegetables and useful plants. Exotic vegetables, old cultivars of kitchen plants and completely new cultivars grow side by side.

Please note that it is not allowed for visitors to pick vegetables or other plants in the Botanical Garden.