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===Botanical garden===
TU Delft [[botanical garden]] dates back to 1917, where ''Proof Garden for Technical Plantation'' ({{langx|nl|Cultuurtuin voor Technische Gewassen}}) was established by Gerrit van Iterson Jr., TU Delft graduate and assistant to [[Martinus Beijerinck]].<ref name="Botanical Garden History">{{cite web|url=https://www.tudelft.nl/en/botanicalgarden/the-garden/history/|title=History – Botanical Garden|publisher=TU Delft|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=2018-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301044534/https://www.tudelft.nl/en/botanicalgarden/the-garden/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gerrit van Iterson Jr. was the first director of the garden until 1948. Creation of botanical gardens at TU Delft was partially a result of the increasing needs of systematized development of [[tropical agriculture]] in then Dutch colony of [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref name="Botanical Garden History" /> Over 7000 different species of plants, including [[tropical]] and [[subtropical]] plants, [[herb]]s, and [[ornamental plant]]s cover the area of almost 2.5 ha.<ref name="Botanical Garden History" /> Furthermore, more than 2000 unique species are preserved in university's [[greenhouse]]s. All facilities of TU Delft botanical garden are open to the public.