About Good Henry and Alb lentils. Guided tour through the Witzenhausen teaching and learning garden

On May 11, 2024, the season starts in the teaching and learning garden of the University of Kassel/Witzenhausen with a public guided tour
Discover medicinal and culinary herbs, Kasseler Strünkchen, broad beans and perpetual cabbage. You will learn how Good Henry got his name and how the lentil found its way back from oblivion to the Swabian Alb. The vegetable gardener and agricultural engineer Cathrin Merx from the University of Kassel will guide you through the typical vegetable crops of different eras. You will discover useful plants that found their way to Central Europe from the Neolithic Age through the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages to modern times. The focus is on diversity: we cultivate tried and tested home garden varieties of well-known vegetables as well as forgotten species or newly bred tomato varieties for organic gardening. There are also species to discover that could still find their way into our gardens and cooking pots, such as tiger nut, sweet potato or tuberous cistus.
In addition to vegetables, we also cultivate herbs, cereals, fruit trees and energy plants as well as an area buffet that illustrates the consumption of arable land for a burger.

Opening hours for individual visitors: from May 11 to September 28; Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sundays and public holidays 2.00 - 4.00 pm,  Admission free
Public guided tour: every Saturday 3.30 pm, duration: 1 hour, €3.50/person, without registration, meeting point in the teaching and learning garden at the tropical greenhouse, An der Fährgasse, Witzenhausen
Group tours on request on 05542-98 1231 or tropengewaechshaus[at]uni-kassel[dot]de