Natuur Goed is an edible nature garden and food forest located on Texel, Netherlands, at Koningsweg 4 Oosterend. This park-like garden features both ornamental and edible trees, shrubs, and herbs, showcasing the bounty of nature. Visitors can experience and learn how to create lunch or tea from foraged ingredients. The garden is a result of 30 years of experience in garden design, construction, and maintenance. Conradine utilizes her extensive knowledge of plants, trees, and ecology on this land. Siem, a Texel native, welcomes visitors to the land where he grew up.
Natuur Goed serves as a model garden for inspiring ideas for your own garden and landscape. It focuses on themes like water management, heat resilience, bee and butterfly attraction, and biodiversity. The garden is open from May 1st to October 18th, 2025, Thursday through Saturday for self-guided tours from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
Visitors can participate in workshops to harvest and prepare food. The on-site shop is open Thursday through Saturday, selling jams, teas, honey, gift certificates, plants, seeds, and vegetables. You can also find garden materials, plants, seeds, and bulbs. Plant and material delivery is available on Texel.
In the winter, Natuur Goed focuses on providing advice for gardens, recreational areas, and business parks. They emphasize creating functional outdoor spaces that incorporate water storage, heat management, and biodiversity. Services include garden coaching, garden and landscape design, and tree safety inspections.
What visitors say
Natuur Goed on Texel offers a unique and delightful experience centered around its beautiful, biodiverse garden. Visitors rave about the tea tastings featuring herbs grown on-site, often accompanied by homemade treats like jams and cookies. Many highlight the “Pick Your Own Lunch” workshop as a particularly memorable activity, where participants learn about edible plants, harvest their own ingredients, and prepare a fresh, flavorful meal in the garden. The owners are consistently praised for their warm hospitality and extensive knowledge of the garden’s flora. The garden itself, with its diverse plant life and thoughtfully designed spaces, is described as both inspiring and tranquil, making it a perfect destination for nature lovers and those seeking a relaxing escape. Some reviewers mentioned that they weren’t aware there was an entrance fee.