Kumpula Botanic Garden

The garden is open during summertime. Tickets to the garden can be bought at the café (Kesäkahvila Kumpu, kahvilakumpu@gmail.com tel. +358 400 170 520). A visit to the geological collections at the Kumpula manor is included in the garden's entrance fee. The opening hours for the geological collections. 

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Opening hours

Both the Kumpula Garden and the café are open on Tuesday-Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm during the summer season. However, people are allowed to exit the garden through a rotating gate until 8 pm, but wheelchairs and prams cannot be taken through the rotating gate.

During the summer seasons the garden is closed on Mondays and during Midsummer.

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Entrance fees

Please, buy your ticket at the cafe. Accepted methods of payment are cash, bank/credit cards (Visa, Visa Electron and MasterCard), Smartum vouchers (5-euro-Exercise and Culture Voucher, Lunch Voucher) and Smartum card, Edenred's Culture Voucher (Virike) and Lunch Voucher (Lounari) and Edenred card. Groups may also pay their entrance fees by invoice. N.B.! Invoices can only be sent to Finnish postal addresses. The invoice is filled in when arriving to the garden. For billing please take with you the necessary billing information (including business ID for registered organizations and businesses). Billing fee is 8 €.

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Accepted methods of payment are

• Cash, bank/credit cards (Visa, Visa Electron and MasterCard)
• Smartum 5-euro-Liikunta- ja Kulttuuriseteli ”culture voucher”, Smartum Visa
• Groups may also pay their entrance fees by invoice. N.B.! Invoices can only be sent to Finnish postal addresses. The invoice is filled in when arriving to the café. For billing please take with you the necessary billing information (including business ID for registered organizations and businesses). Billing fee is 8 €.

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How to get there

The Kumpula Botanical garden is located near the Kumpula campus. The entrance is on Jyrängöntie 2. The entrance on Kumpulantaival at the western side of the garden is closed (please see the map below). Driving instructions can be found later at this page.

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Public transport

Buses which travel through Hämeentie (70- and 700- series) stop at the Kumpula campus. The distance from the bus stops to the main entrance on Jyrängötie is approximately 500 meters.

Buses which travel through Mäkelänkatu  (some of the 60- and 600- series) stop at the Pyöräilystadion stop. The distance from there to the entrance on Jyrängöntie is approximately 1000 meters.

Trams 6 and 8 stop at Hämeentie. The distance between the stop and the garden is approximately 500 meters.

Bicycles

There is a bicycle stand outside the gate at Jyrängöntie 2.

Parking space

The garden has 8 (4 h) parking spaces for cars and one buss park space, reserved for visitors to the garden in front of the garden entrance (Jyrängöntie 2). You may also look for parking space at the Kumpula campus (Pietari Kalm, Ernst Lindelöf, Gustaf Hällström and Väinö Auer streets). You can get to the garden from the campus via the sand road (closed with a barrier) beside the red brick particle acceleration laboratory. Some parking space is also located under the Hämeentie bridge. Parking for busses is located in front of the main entrance (Jyrängöntie 2).

Driving instructions to the Kumpula garden

Coming from the centre:

• Turn right from Hämeentie to Haukilahdenkatu (there’s a sign). The intersection is the first one after the Sturenkatu intersection and right at the St. Paul’s church.
• Take the first left (there’s a sign)
• Drive to the end of the road (there’s also a sign)
• Drive over the small bridge
• Turn left below the Hämeentie bridge
• Past the skating park, the road first takes a small turn to the right over an old railway (the rails have already been removed, but the signs are still in place) and then to the left, uphill towards the garden’s main gate.

Coming from north:

• Over the bridge that comes after the Arabianranta intersection
• Take the first right after the bridge (the sign is a bit obstructed by vegetation)
• The road goes under the Hämeentie bridge
• Take the first left
• Over the small bridge (there’s a sign)
• Turn left below the Hämeentie bridge (you’ll go under Hämeentie twice)
• Past the skating park, the road first takes a small turn to the right over an old railway (the rails have already been removed, but the signs are still in place) and then to the left, uphill towards the garden’s main gate.

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Shop and customer service

Tickets to the garden can be bought at the café (Kahvila Kumpu, kahvilakumpu@gmail.com tel. +358 400 170 520).

If you are interested in booking facilities or other services for summer 2021 in Kesäkahvila Kumpu you may contact the café via e-mail (kahvilakumpu@gmail.com). 

Outside the season (1.10.-1.5.) please contact us by tel. 02941 28855 (Mon, Tue. and Thu. 1-3 pm, no telephone duty during weeks 25–31).

Information about guided tours and how to book them is here.

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Practical tips

Map

Download a map,

Planning a picnic?

You can also have a picnic on the garden lawn. Open fires and grilling are forbidden. Be careful of the plantings. You must clean up after yourselves. 

Taking pictures and filming

You may take pictures for your own use. If you intend to publish any pictures, you must mention the location. Taking pictures for commercial use must be discussed beforehand.

Events

Geological collections: the opening hours for the geological collections can be viewed here.

Forbidden

Touching the plant collections and taking parts of plants home is forbidden. Some of the plants in the collections are poisonous and some cause irritation.

Riding a bicycle, jogging, walking a dog (excluding guide dogs), swimming,  and being drunk in the garden is not allowed. Open fires are forbidden.

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Accessibility

• The botanic garden in Kumpula is accessible for wheelchairs and prams during its opening hours (Tue–Sun 11 am – 6 pm). After 6 pm (until 8 pm), the exit is through a rotating gate. Wheelchairs and prams cannot be taken through the rotating gate.
• The paths in the garden are paved with grave. The garden has some steep hills, but you can avoid them by choosing gently sloping routes. Reserve enough time for your visit.
• The café is accessible with wheelchair and pram, but somewhat cramped in places. The café also has an accessible toilet with a babycare table.
• Personal assistants have free entry to the garden.
• Guide dogs and service dogs are welcome at the garden. 
• The garden does not have accessible parking spaces. The closest parking places are outside the gate (Jyrängöntie 2).

For more information on accessibility, please, call the café (tel. 0400 170 520) – we are happy to help!