The Ada Hofman botanic aquatic garden

Opening times:

15th of March until the 1st of November

Tuesday to Sunday inclusive from 10.00 am to 17.00 pm.

Also open on Monday during public holidays.

Entrance:

Adults: € 8,50.
Children 0-4 jaar: free
Children 4-12 jaar: € 4,25.
Annual Season Ticket: € 20,- p.p.

Photography, filming or videoing for commercial purposes is not permitted.
Dogs not allowed

There is a coffee corner.

Two wheelchairs are available for visitors.

The botanic aquatic garden:

Approximately 30 gardens containing 50 ponds, including prefabricated versions and ponds constructed with liners, have been laid out around 3 large natural ponds.

Together they in turn form one large garden.

Ada Hofman has succeeded in assembling in her garden one of the largest collections of plants, shrubs and trees to be seen in Holland, totalling approximately 3000 different species.

The names of the plants are listed in the catalogue.

Many animals have been put out in the ponds and also in the garden, such as grass snakes, frogs, blind worms, various types of fish, salamanders and lizards.

The green frog population is the largest in the Netherlands.

Birds are also enthusiastic visitors to the garden and the kingfisher is a regular guest. In the summer we have the butterflies, last year no less than 22 different species diurnal butterfly.

Another unique feature is the roof garden complete with pond. A 600 - square - metre garden has been laid out at a height of 3 metres on the roof of Ada Hofman's private house. 

From the roof garden visitors have a splendid view out over the aquatic garden and the private pond constructed in 1994.

In the private pond, which is not open to visitors, are two bronze statutes representing Ada Hofman being helped out of the water by her husband after planting water lilies.

These statues were made by the sculptor Marcus Ravenswaay of Hoogblokland.

Ada Hofman has set out to provide information on everything do with ornamental ponds. A particular specialty of hers is keeping pond water clear by biological means, in other words without using chemicals or filters.

The 50 or so ponds in her garden, varying in size from 420 to 500.000 litres, demonstrate that her approach is the right one.

An informative film made by Ada Hofman is screened at regular intervals in the film theatre.

This film provides comprehensive information on everything to do with ponds: keeping pond water clear, plants, animals, etc.

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Vijvertuin Ada Hofman Westeindigerdijk 3 7778 HG Loozen  tel 00-31-(0)-524-562448 e-mail vijvertuin@adahofman.nl

KvK: 08205749 - BTW: NL101007607B01