Linnéträdgården

This was the first botanical garden in Sweden starting in 1655 and later the home and garden of Carl Linnaeus (swedish nobility name: Carl von Linné.) On the website it says «It is laid out in the French Style and restored following Linnaeus’ and Carl Hårleman’s design from 1745.» The university took the time and effort to restore the gardens according to their original drawn up plans and I think that’s pretty cool!
There are three gardens that are associated with the famed «father of modern botany» in Uppsala today that you can visit. The three gardens include this one, the Upsalla Botanical Garden (near the castle) and the Linnaeus’ Hammarby (his old summer house.) This one, The Linnaeus’ Garden, is the oldest of the three. It has a cover charge for entrance to the garden itself and a walk through of his original home – that has now been converted into a museum and maintained separately by The Swedish Linnaeus Society. I thought it was an enjoyable visit and liked seeing a small piece of history kept up here. It’s not the most exciting museum i’ve ever visited, but If you like history and are in the area it’s a nice little landmark to stop by.
I thought a few of the plants were a bit overgrown and not as well taken care of as they could’ve been in Carl’s time, but it’s understandably not been in professional use for a couple hundered years. ;) The garden was a lot smaller than anticipated, and is really more about the historical preservation of a landmark other than really being wowed by the enormity of it. I also did not take the time to use the audio tour and was a little underwhelmed by the museum in the house itself. It might have been more useful to have actually listened to the descriptions of each exhibit in their entirety. We just did not have the time to spare to do so.
It looks like there are a few events that happen throughout the spring, summer and fall at all three gardens. We were not at any of them, but there was an «Apple Days» event going on at The Linnaeus’ Hammarby estate that had apple picking and juicing on site. I was a little disappointed we went to this older home/​garden to visit instead of planning ahead to go to the the summer house festival – it sounded pretty entertaining! Check the website for events if your planning on a visit so you don’t miss out like we did!
Was this place worth a whole 60 SEK (about $ 7-​$ 8)? I think so! It’s not much money and I certainly wouldn’t mind paying such a small sum towards the university just to take a peek! I’m sure it’s costly to upkeep everything and they brought back to life something that is from 1745! That is pretty enjoyable in itself.