Events

Amsterdam Garden Festivals | Summer 2025

You are more than welcome to attend the free floating garden festivals. These are always on Saturdays from 15:00-17:00. What can you expect?

Music, ceremony, stories, dance, coloring pages and a tasting. You can go on a canoe safari through the gardens from 11:00. Willow fish making workshop with artist Geertje Tjalma. Dishes from the river Sloot by ditch chef and ditch doctor Sara Botschuiver. With Kinny's Kitchen brownies and blondies, coffee, tea, limo, and of course lots of water!

15:00 - 17:00
Water safaris by canoe as early as 11:00
July 12 North
August 23 Centrum
August 30 Eastern
September 13 South
September 27th West
Kaart van Amsterdam met de locaties van de Waterkaravaan Tuinfestival
BUIKSLOTERKANAAL

Buiksloterkanaal

Kropaarstraat 5 (opposite Hotel Poppies)

July 12, 15:00 - 17:00

Sara Hermanides, guide for leaders and supervisors, will honor the water with us here. Speaker for the living: Els Corporaal.
Fanfare band JBB entertainment e.v.a.

MARINETERREIN

Binnenhaven Marineterrein

Kattenburgstraat 5 (next to Pension Homeland)

August 23, 15:00 - 17:00

Winti priestess Marian Markelo will offer a libation here. Speaker for the living: Geert Timmermans. Fanfare band JBB entertainment, Dansmakers led by Mirjam and Nicolien e.v.a.

DUIVENDRECHTSEVAART

Duivendrechtsevaart

Joan Muyskenweg 15 (next to Student Experience Amsterdam Amstel)

August 30, 15:00 - 17:00

ENGLISH SPOKEN EVENT Earthkeeper, voice of water and architect Lydia Fraaije will deepen our relationship with the water. Speaker for the living: Microscopist Mas Jansma. e.v.a.

WESTLANDGRACHT

Westlandgracht

Westlandgracht Pier (near Saskia van Uijlenburgkade)

September 13, 15:00 - 17:00

Kinesiologist and percussionist Heleen Snoek restores our relationship with water in a connecting ceremony. Speaker for the living: Kees Koot and Geert Timmermans. Dance makers led by Mirjam and Nicolien. Pink Tanker Choir e.v.a.

ERASMUSGRACHT

Erasmus canal

Erasmus Park on the corner of Admiralengracht (near the Lof der Zotheidbrug)

September 27, 15:00 - 17:00

Connection ceremony with artist Channa Boon. Speaker of the Living n.t.b. Dance makers led by Mirjam and Nicolien, Pink Tanker Choir and others

Slinger Amsterdam 750 jaar

Garden festivals are part of Amsterdam 750

The festivals are made possible in part by sponsoring the City of Amsterdam in honor of the 750th anniversary

The Amsterdam 750 Foundation has sponsored this festive expedition of floating gardens within the program line 'The New Map'