Starting Saturday, July 6, 2024,to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Gardens, we will be holding the "Mobile Botanical Garden GOOD NATURE STATION × Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Gardens" at the museum.

This project will feature content that can be enjoyed using all five senses within the museum, including a gallery exhibition of rare plants carefully selected from the plant specimens in the Osaka Prefectural Botanical Gardens, and Shop where visitors can learn about the world of carnivorous plants with explanations from Osaka Prefectural Botanical Gardens staff.

Additionally, an African baobab tree will be on display for a limited time in the courtyard on the 4th floor.
You will have the opportunity to have a special look at precious plants that are usually cultivated in the greenhouses of the Osaka Prefectural Botanical Gardens and are not available to the public.

Experience a deeper understanding of plant diversity, endangered plants, and other initiatives using all five senses in the downtown area at Kyoto and Shijo Kawaramachi.

【overview】
Name: Special exhibition "Mobile Botanical Garden GOOD NATURE STATION × Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden"
Period: July 6th (Sat) to September 1st (Sun)
Location: GOOD NATURE STATION

■Special Exhibition "TRAVELING BOTANICAL GARDEN"

Under the themes of "LEARN," "SEE," "PHYSICAL," and "REAL," this exhibition will feature booths where visitors can enjoy using all five senses, including the world's largest "flower" Shokudai giant konjak specimen, which is over 2 meters long, and an exhibit of plant specimens that can be touched and smelled.
In addition, an African Baobab tree cultivated at the Prefectural Botanical Garden will be on display in the 4th floor courtyard. Please visit Kyoto downtown and Shijo Kawaramachi to enjoy the traveling botanical garden.

[Event Summary]
Period: July 6th (Sat) to September 1st (Sun) 10am-8pm
Location: 4th floor "GALLERY" *Baobab tree exhibit is in the 4th floor "Courtyard"

■ Shop Exploring the microscopic world of carnivorous plants with botanical garden staff!

While listening to explanations from the staff of the Prefectural Botanical Gardens, you can observe the microscopic world of carnivorous plants using a microscope, deepening your knowledge of plants. Why not try looking at carnivorous plants as if you were an insect?
Participants will also receive a free coffee voucher to be used at the restaurant Hyssop on the 4th floor.

[Shop Overview]
Shop name: See the microscopic world of carnivorous plants with botanical garden staff!
Dates: July 7th (Sun) and July 14th (Sun) 15:00-15:45
Location: 3rd floor "STUDIO"
Target: 4th grade elementary school students and above to 3rd grade junior high school students (parents allowed to observe)
Capacity: 20 people each (first come, first served)
Fee: 500 yen (pre-approved at time of application)
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■ ShopMaking a botanical sachetwith the scent of sandalwood

A Shop held by Byaku, a Kyoto-based botanical room fragrance brand.
Based on sandalwood, which is characterized by its warming fragrance, a former chef has created four scents - "Harmony, Respect, Silence, and Quietness" - and combining them with "homemade botanicals" to create "original scent sachets."

[Shop Overview]
Shop name: Making botanical sachets with the scent of sandalwood
Date and time: July 20th (Sat) 11:00-12:00, 15:00-16:00
Location: 4th floor "Shop Table"
Eligible ages: 10 years and older (each participant may accompany one child aged 9 or younger)
Capacity: 8 people each (first come, first served)
Fee: 5,500 yen (pre-approved at time of application)
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A booth will be set up where you can experience Byaku's activities with all five senses
Byaku, a brand of sandalwood fragrance that fills the air, will be attempting a crowdfunding campaign this July with the theme, "We want to create a place where people can enjoy the wonderful combination of Kyoto culture x sandalwood incense and return to their natural surroundings."

In the "SUB GALLERY" next to the "GALLERY" on the 4th floor, a booth where you can experience Byaku's efforts with all five senses will be set up to coincide with the mobile botanical garden's opening period.
Here, we will introduce Byaku room fragrance pairings that can be enjoyed by combining scents, and display samples of botanical BENTO, which is made using specialized techniques and used in the Shop.

In the greenhouse of Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden, a 20-year-old sandalwood tree with a peculiar growth habit is quietly growing. Why not go and look for this sandalwood tree, which is rare in Japan?

■About Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Gardens

Japan's oldest public botanical garden, opened in 1924. It cultivates and displays approximately 12,000 species and 120,000 plants on a site of approximately 24 hectares (the size of six Koshien stadiums).
There are plenty of things to see, including the 200-meter-long "Campus Tree Line," the "Cherry Blossom Forest" where about 500 cherry trees of 180 varieties bloom in the spring, the "Nakaragi Forest" with its beautiful fresh greenery in early summer and autumn leaves in the fall, and one of Japan's largest observation greenhouses where you can get up close and personal with tropical plants from all over the world.
More than 200 exhibitions and seminars are held here each year, and it has been a place of relaxation and learning through plant appreciation for over a century.