Hartekamp

Hartekamp, Heemstede summer home of George Clifford on the Bennebroek border, who hired Linnaeus in 1737 to write his 'Hortus Cliffortianus', a detailed description of the gardens of Hartecamp, Netherlands. The house was expanded with wings on either side after it left the Clifford family. The Clifford banking dynasty went bankrupt in 1788. The original editions of the Hortus Cliffortianus and other works of Linnaeus that were written there 'Musea Cliffortiana', 'florens Hartekampi', and 'prope Harlemum' were sold at auction to generate funds for the Clifford estate.

At the time of Linnaeus' inventory, the garden had 1251 living plant species in the greenhouses, gardens and woods. A recent inventory in 2006 revealed 250 living species today that are all wild remains of the anciant garden.

*Linnaeus in de tuin van Clifford, publication of the Heemstede Historical Society 2007