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Please check local regulations for: Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

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Location: Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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April 11, 2025

The arboretum is part of an extensive public forest area of over 1900 ha and is located on the northern edge of the Heverleebos, less than 4 km from the city of Leuven. This tree collection of 9 ha was planted in 1930 with mainly exotic trees. The aim of this initiative was to systematically investigate the demands that exotic trees make on their growing environment and how they respond to the influence of the environmental factors prevailing here (climate, soil, etc.).

Additional plantings followed at regular intervals and experienced a major peak around 1942 and quite recently in 2002. Until 2002, the arboretum underwent few structural changes during that time. Since 2000, the managers have been working with a new management vision. Where this ‘tree garden’ used to be mainly interesting for specialists, the manager now wants to make it attractive to everyone.

Attractive landscape with trees of all sizes, rest areas here and there, a small heathland and walking paths with information boards. The clay forest hut with a green roof at the entrance to the arboretum is a good starting point for walks in the

arboretum of Heverleebos.

The arboretum collects more than 300 different tree and shrub species, both exotic and native species.

Source, information and complete plan at natuurenbos.be/sites/default/files/2023-07/Folder_Arboretum_Heverleebos.pdf

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Marc 🚶‍♂️

October 27, 2023

Beautiful place in the Heverleebos. The autumn colors are beautiful.

The busy E40 was clearly audible

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Distance 1.60 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 20 m

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Location: Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Arboretum of Heverleebos

1. Ad's Trail Sculptures – Path Along the Zoete Waters loop from Neerijse

2. Everzwijnbad Play Forest – Everzwijnbad Play Forest loop from Heverlee

3. Heverlee War Cemetery – Ad's Trail Sculptures loop from Heverlee

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