Kumpula Botanic Garden
Kumpula Botanic Garden
The gates of the garden will again be opened for a new season in May 2020. The garden is open from May to September (2.5.–30.9.). Tickets to the garden can be bought at the café (Kesäkahvila Kumpu, kahvilakumpu@gmail.com tel. +358 400 170 520).
If you are interested in booking facileties or other services for summer 2020 in Kesäkahvila Kumpu you may contact the café via e-mail (kahvilakumpu@gmail.com).
Opening hours
Open from May to September (2.5.–30.9.2020), Tuesday to Sunday at 11 am – 6 pm. 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.
Exceptions in opening hours:
The garden is closed on Mondays and during Midsummer (19–21.6.2020). On Thursday 18.6.2020 (before Midsummer) the garden will be open from 11 am to 3 pm.
Entrance fees
It is free entrance to Kumpula Botanic Garden for all mothers on Motherday (the second Sunday in May) and for everyone on the Finnish Nature Day (last Saturday in August). At other times, please, buy your ticket at the café.
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 €.
Basic fees
| Adults | 7€ |
| Discount groups | 5€ |
| Pensioners | |
| Conscripts, persons undergoing non-military service | |
| The unemployed | |
| Employees of the University of Helsinki | |
| Students | 4€ |
| Children 7–17 years | 4€ |
| Free entrance - free, report at the ticket office | |
| Children under 7 years (except in groups) | |
| Group leaders | |
| Assistants for the disabled | |
| Finnish veterans | |
| Press | |
| With ICOM-card | |
| Biology students of Helsinki University | |
| Kindergarten, primary and secondary school, upper secondary and vocational school teachers | |
| Members of Kasvitieteellisen puutarhan ystävät ry | |
Season card
| Personal season ticket, Kumpula Garden (valid for May-September 2018) |
24 € |
Group fees
| Family ticket (for children and adults) Max 2 adults and 4 children |
18 € |
| Groups of 15 or more adults | 5 €/person |
| Kindergarten and other groups of children: Also school groups; fee is collected from all group members (also under 7 year olds) exept from the group instructors |
3 €/person |
| Guided groups booked in advance Regardless of group size, group leader and children under 7 years have free entrance |
5 €/person |
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.
Shop and customer service
Both the Kumpula Garden and the café are open on Tuesday-Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm during the summer season 1.5.-30.9. 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.
Tickets to the garden can be bought at the café (Kahvila Kumpu, kahvilakumpu@gmail.com tel. +358 400 170 520).
Outside the season (1.10.-1.5.) please contact us by tel. 02941 28855 (Tue.-Thu. 1-3 pm, no telephone duty during weeks 25–31)
Information about guided tours and how to book them is here.
Practical tips
Planning a picnic?
You can also have a picnic on the garden lawn. 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
May Day 1.5.19: the annual Vappushokkelo event.
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.
Accessibility
The botanic garden in Kumpula is accessible for wheelchairs and prams during opening hours. The paths in the garden are paved with grave. The garden has some steep hills, but these can be gotten around as there are less steep rout options available. The cafeteria is also accessible with wheelchairs and prams, but the space is close. In the café you also find an accessible toilet with a babycare table.
The garden is fully accessible during opening hours (Tue–Sun 11 am – 6 pm). 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.