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BOTANICAL OBSESSION – The greenhouse that stings

Past
A small round cactus with red and white spines sits in a pot filled with gravel and stones.
© Kanal Architecture
© Kanal Architecture

This event ran on 07.06.2026. But wait, there's always more at Kanal! Check out the calendar.

This small, unassuming city garden harbours a little corner of the desert, in an urban setting!

As part of
garden tales
Date
14:00 — 18:00
Type
Tour Landscape architecture
Location

Outside event, Outside

Rates

Free

Languages
EN FR NL
Location
Rue Souveraine 99 – 1050 Ixelles
Naturalist and researcher at Meise Botanic Gardens, Denis Diagre- Vanderpelen, has been fascinated since his earliest childhood by Cactuses and succulents, in their many forms and varieties. His passion for the beauty of these plants, their astonishing flowers and incredible creative strategies for survival in the most arid environments is a family affair. The appearance, in the right conditions, of a single fragile bloom against tough, waxy, prickly flesh can bring you to your knees!

Dates

  • Two dried allium flower heads stand among green bushes and plants in a sunlit garden with pink flowers visible in the background.
    © Kanal Architecture
  • A close-up of a blooming cactus flower with pale pink and yellow petals in a potting tray with gravel.
    © Kanal Architecture
  • Close-up of a cactus with a large pale pink flower in bloom and a reddish-brown bud surrounded by long, thin spines.
    © Kanal Architecture

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