Collections
The collections of the Bergius Botanic Garden consist mainly of living material - the plants in the garden and in the conservatories. Additionally, the collections include objects, portraits, and so on, some of it left by the Bergius Brothers back in the 18th century.
The living collections in the garden and in the Edvard Anderson conservatory are accessible to the public all the year round; the Victoria House only during summertime. The remaining collections are available on this web site.
The work on the historic collections presented on these pages was made possible by financial support from Statens kulturråd/Accessprojektet.
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The living collections
The most important and extensive collections of the Bergius Botanic Garden are the living collections - that is, the plants in the garden and in the conservatories. Thousands of species are displayed in an area of some 8 hectares. The major sections are the herb garden, the botanic park with its various flower beds, the plantations of fruits and berries, the Edvard Anderson Conservatory with plants from the Mediterranean climate and the tropics, and the Victoria House with tropical and aquatic plants. For further information about the living collections, see About the Garden and Our Conservatories on the main menu.
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Herbaria
The Bergius Herbarium and the Garden Herbarium are both important sources of knowledge about plants. The Bergius Herbarium is an extensive collection from the 18th century left by the founder of the Bergius Botanic Garden, P.J. Bergius, containing sheets from many well known botanists and plant gatherers, such as Linnaeus and his disciples, the director of the East Indian Company, Michael Grubb, Olof Swartz, and others. The Garden Herbarium, consisting of about 45,000 sheets, is used as a reference herbarium by those working in the garden. The Bergius Herbarium is being digitalized, and on this web site you may, for example, examine sheets that once belonged to Linnaeus. Read more... 
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The Bergius Library
The Bergius book collection is a distinguished 18th century library with literature mostly about botany, natural science,
history, travels and geography. The Bergius Library, mainly built up by Bengt Bergius, is now at the library of
Stockholm University.
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Objects
The collection of objects mostly consists of the household goods of the Bergius Brothers at Bergielund. It includes
furniture, works of art and curios, together with a unique insect and spider collection from the 18th century by
the well known zoologist Clerck. The garden also has an interesting collection of portraits of botanical writers,
known as the Iconoteque. Created around the turn of the 19th century, it is still being replenished today.
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