The Executive Board is hugely grateful for your dedication and flexibility over the past year. The vaccines are coming and spring is in sight, but we’re not quite there yet. Which makes it all the more important to keep an eye on each other.
Hence the extra postcard to brighten someone’s day, and a discount to visit the Hortus botanicus with a guest of your choice.
The cards were designed by Karin van Iterson and illustrated by Saskia Masselink. These two creative Leideners had been left with a large stock of these cards, so we bought them up. This means we are not only supporting local businesses, but also making this campaign that bit more sustainable. Want to buy local too?
Has someone been helping you through this difficult time? You could send it to them or to someone who could use some cheering up. It could be a colleague – past or present – or a friend, or even to your trainer at the gym. Can’t think of anyone? There are plenty of elderly people who are feeling lonely at the moment and would appreciate a card. For instance:
With your LU-Card you pay € 2.50 for Hortus admission; with the voucher you can bring along a guest for free. And if you buy a drink at the Hortus café, your second one is free. You will also receive a free copy of Smaken uit de Hortus botanicus Leiden, a booklet about honey (while stocks last).
Please note: the Hortus will be closed until 30 March. You can also use the buy-one-get-one-free voucher on takeaway drinks from the Hortus Grand Café collection point, open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 16:00.
When the Hortus reopens, we’ll be running a competition. Send us a photo of you and your guest at the Hortus, and tell us who you invited along and why. If you win, the pair of you will be returning to the Hortus, but this time for a free lunch. The details will follow on this site and on our social media.
This spring offer is not only to thank you for all your hard work, but also to inspire you to keep in touch with others and to get outdoors. Because work in these times of coronavirus can be difficult, and small things like this can help. See the Healthy University @Home site for more tips on working from home in these strange and difficult times.
We also have a spring offer for our students because it’s been a hard year for them too. They will receive an email from the Executive Board, also with a Hortus voucher for a guest. And when they visit the Hortus they will receive a voucher for two drinks for the price of one at the Hortus café.