Événement Afterwork
Green Spring in Geneva 2024
Every year in Geneva, the administrative secretary of the State Council and Parliament announces the arrival of spring, with the hatching of the first leaf of the chestnut tree of the Promenade de la Treille, a tradition that started in 1818. This year, the first leave appeared on Sunday 3 March.
As days are getting longer, it is not only flowers that start to bud in the parks of Geneva, but also a wide range of green activities that are flourishing in this international city. From exhibitions and film screenings to creative workshops and outdoor activities, we invite you to learn more about the environment, reencounter local wildlife, explore nature trails and spend a “green spring” in Geneva. Discover our suggested activities in our dedicated webpage, which we will regularly update as the season goes.
Exhibitions and Guided Visits
Adapting alpine plants to their environment
16 April 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Grand Nord, un monde en sursis?
Until 20 April 2024| Audacieuse-Galerie de Carouge
Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle and the golden age of botanical illustration
23 April 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Jean Müller, the great master of tropical lichens in the 19th century
30 April 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Treasures of botanical illustration: 15th-19th centuries
5 May 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Nature and Wellbeing
6 to 10 May 2024 | Palais des Nations
Art et évolution
Until 31 May 2025 | Conservatory and Botanical Garden
Exposition Errance
Until 6 June 2024 | Centre nature de La Libellule
BOTANICA 2024 - Plants for Our Future
8 June – 7 July 2024 | Conservatory and Botanical Garden
Collector
Until 20 November 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
L'oiseau bleu
Until December 2024 | Palais des Nations
Festivals, Thematic Weeks and Markets
Equality Week in Geneva | Genre et Climat, même combat!
1 – 10 March 2024 | City of Geneva
Sustainability Week Geneva
11-16 March 2024 | University of Geneva
Sustainability Week IHEID 2024
11- 17 March 2024 | Geneva Graduate Institute
Green Film Festival
12 -28 March 2024 | Festival du Film Vert
Nuit des Bains
14 March 2024 | Quartier des Bains
Festival d'Innovation Ouvert Geneva
14-24 March 2024 | Open Geneva
Celebrating the arrival of spring with Bonhomme Hiver!
22 and 23 March | City of Geneva
Project H20
21 – 24 March 2024 | Planet Blue
BiblioWeekend | A table!
22- 24 March 2024 | BiblioSuisse
Utopiana | Ces jours terrestres
25 March – 23 April 2024 | Le Commun, Utopiana, Palladium
Festival Souffle de Printemps
13 April – 4 May 2024 | Auditore de Calvin
Festival Histoire et Cité 2024 | Dans la rue
15 – 21 April 2024
Fête des Fermes Urbaines Genevoises
2o April 2024 | Ferme des Vergers
Festival Explore 2024
20 – 27 April 2024 | Various locations
Bellevue fête l'énergie et le développement durable
17, 25 and 27 April 2024 | Parc des Aiglettes, Commune de Bellevue
Vernissage Tags de PluiË
27 April 2024 | Pont de la Machine
Grand Reopening Celebration
27 April 2024 | La Barje
Evaux en Fêtes 2024
May to October 2024 | Parc des Evaux
Faites du jardin
4 May 2024 | Parc Navazza-Oltramare, Lancy
Le Grand-Saconnex en fête
4 May 2024 | Place De Carantec
The Botanical Garden's small plant market
9 May 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Fête du Printemps à la Jonction
9 May 2024 | Maison Quartier Jonction
Fête de la Nature 2024 | En nature Simone!
22-26 May 2024 | Fête de la Nature
Les 48h de l'agriculture urbaine
24, 25, 26 May 2024 | Genève Cultive
Museums Night 2024
25 May 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Conferences, Visits and Courses
Le Salève, berceau de la varappe et tremplin de l’alpinisme genevois.
10 March 2024 | Carouge Museum
L’Arve passée sous la loupe ! La petite faune aquatique de l’Arve : une biodiversité insoupçonnée | Cycle BiodiversCité PlainPalais
13 March, 10 April, 29 May, 20 June 2024 | Cycle BiodiversCité PlainPalais
Introduction to Bird Song Recognition
16 March, 20 April, 18 May 2024 | Groupe Ornithologique du Bassin Genevois GOBG
An object, a sound, a story: discovering the Amazon
20 March 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Réveiller le potentiel écologique des friches | Transition Seeds 2024
21 March 2024 | Fondation Braillard Architectes
Conferences Cylce "Notre Terre qui est ENJEU"
Until 21 March | Société de Lecture
Thinking about sustainability with the MEG collections
14 April 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Seeds of Change | TEDXGVAGRAD
20 April 2024 | Geneva Graduate Institute
Minerals, magic with a thousand facets
21 April 2024 | Museum of the History of Science
Recueilleurs de lumière, les reflets du cosmos
23 April 2024 | Cité Seniors
Les bryophytes et lichens dans les Listes Rouges du canton de Genève
28 April 2024 | Conservatoire et jardin botaniques
Lidar technology, a tool for understanding and managing tree heritage
2 May 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
Corals, an ocean of life
5 May 2024 | Museum of the History of Science
The plant book as an interdisciplinary laboratory
23 May 2024 | Centre culturel du Manoir, Cologny.
Volcanoes, bubbling and unpredictable
26 May 2024 | Museum of the History of Science
Reflect and Act
2 June 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Transition énergétique ou colonialisme vert ?
2 June 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
When you have your fangs!
Until 20 December 2024 | Natural History Museum
Outdoor Activities
Les eaux du Léman parlent
6 April 2024 | Guided Visit of the Lac Léman
Randonnée à la découverte du Salève
7 and 20 April 2024 | Musée de Carouge
Samedi du Vélo
13 April 2024 | PRO VELO
Dingue Dombs
14 April 2024 | Groupe Ornithologique du Bassin Benevois GOBG
Kind Lark
14 April 2024 | Groupe Ornithologique du Bassin Genevois GOBG
Mieux comprendre les liens entre les Arbres et leur Lac
20 April 2024
La montagne, territoire des Genevois.es?
19 April 2024 | Ville de Genève
Ateliers verts
Every Wednesday until June 2024 | Conservatory and Botanical Garden
Kidcal Mass
28 April 2024 | PRO VELO
Up on the mountain
25 May 2024 | Groupe Ornithologique du Bassin Genevois GOBG
Walk the Talk Geneva 2024
26 May 2024 | World Health Organization
Sentier culturel : parcours botanique
6 June 2024 | Ville de Genève
EcoTrail Geneva
8 June 2024 | Ecotrail
Excursions | La Libellule
Guided Excursions | La Libellule
Sentier climatique: un parcours didactique en 11 étapes
Learn about climate change in the 11 stops of the climate path designed by the City of Geneva
Nature - Que Faire?
Dans Ma Nature
The platform dansmaNature.ch aims to increase public awareness of biodiversity. A collaborative work by the Canton of Geneva and local associations and institutions, the platform brings together all the activities organized in Geneva, including excursions and nature-friendly outings.
Bioparc Genève
The Bioparc offers a wide range of activities for young and old alike. You can discover animals from near and far, learn more about the biology of species and how to help preserve them, all while having fun. By taking part in these activities, you directly support the Bioparc’s missions of awareness-raising, conservation and zootherapy.
WWF Suisse Sorties Nature
WWF Switzerland
Nature actions, hikes, lectures and training courses for young and old throughout Switzerland. Thanks to WWF Events, you can discover nature from a different angle, see its beauty with new eyes, experience it more intensely and learn more about the careful management of its resources. All offers are accompanied by professionals.
Pro Natura Genève
Pro Natura Genève
Pro Natura is the oldest organization for the protection of nature in Switzerland. Since 1928 in Geneva, it offers various types of activities for both adults and children to cultivate their relationship with nature and to teach how to preserve it.
Parks in Geneva
Parks in Geneva
There are more tham 40,000 trees in Geneva. The educational app of Parcs Genève invites the public to discover around 300 trees on self-guided walks. These trees have particular characteristics that make them essential to the city’s tree heritage.
Walks and bike rides in Geneva
Walks and Bike Rides in Geneva
Discover Geneva on foot or by bike thanks to a series of themed circuits.
Nature in the city
Onex
This walking route is composed of 12 terminals, divided between the City, the Parc des Evaux and the southern hillside of the municipality of Onex. With a length of 6km, it allows you to discover different aspects of biodiversity in the city and its green spaces.
Cedar Trees
Genève-Plage to Bout-du-Monde
This walking circuit allows the public to discover a cityscape scattered with cedar trees. There are 3,800 of these trees in Geneva, representing a precious botanical heritage that the city makes an effort to protect.
Bois-de-la-Bâtie
Bois-de-la-Bâtie
An urban forest unique in Geneva, the Bois-de-la-Bâtie is home to a wildlife park offering the public the chance to see native wildlife species. The park contributes to the conservation of heritage species and also uses a forest management approach promoting the natural regeneration of the oak trees.
Birdwatching
Marais de Sionnet Nature Reserve
An ideal location for birdwatching in the canton of Geneva.
Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve
Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve
Located in Cartigny, this nature reserve is rich in biodiversity.
Cycle the Rhône
Teppes of Verbois
This area is ideally located along the Rhône, a real vegetal artery and votal lead for the migratory water birds. This complex of exceptional natural circles on the scale of Geneva and Switzerland is recognized to have national and international importance.
Hike the Rhône
Geneva to La Plaine
Hike from Geneva to La Plaine and see the natural beauty of the Rhône and the Moulin-de-Vert Nature Reserve, as well as the charming villages of Cartigny and Avully.
Nature Walks
Jussy to Asnières
This walking route takes you through one of the most beautiful regions in the Canton of Geneva. Along the way, discover vineyards, mountain views, the lake and, of course, biodiversity with a variety of bird species.
Le sentier des découvertes de Lancy
Lancy
An educational nature train lined with organic wooden totem poles: the Lancy Discovery Trail offers an unexpected idea for a walk on the outskirts of town, combining originality and a bucolic change of scenery.
Cinema, Teather and Music
FIFDH 2024
8 – 17 March 2024| FIFDH Foundation
Ciné-relax : Gardiens de la forêt. Canada, la voie des ancêtres
14 March 2024 | Relax
Sorties culturelles à Genève
Geneva Sustainable Fashion Show
14 March 2024 | Sustainbility Week
Think Climate, Wash at 30°C
19 – 24 March 2024 | Théâtre Le Galpon
Sunday Movie X Green Film Festival
17 March 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Équinoxe de printemps en musique
20 March 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Follow the Water
9 April 2024 | Commun – Rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 10
Festival of Mountain Films | Mountains on Stage
18 April 2024 | Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
Ciné-relax X FILMARcito: Agua
18 April 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Souffle de Printemps
20 April 2024 | Auditoire Calvin
Sunday film: Guardians of the forest. Time for solutions
21 April 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Ciné-dimanche Kids : Le chant de la mer
28 April 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Spring Concert 2024 | "Summer Lovin"
June – July 2024 | Concerts Genève
Workshops and DIY
Family workshop The Samis
10 March 2024 | Museum of Ethnography
Atelier La Fresque du Climat
11 March 2024 | La Fresque du Climat
Vegetarian cooking workshop
13 March 2024 | Ferme de Budé
Approche amatrice multiplication de semences
16 March 2024 | Jardin et Conservatoire Botanique
Porcelain painting: its set and plate
16, 24 March, 21 April 2024 | Museum Ariana
Atelier p’tits jardiniers - ça pousse à Genève !
18, 20 March 2024 | Swiss Food Academy
Atelier La Fresque du Climat
21 March 2024 | La Fresque du Climat
Créez un lapin de Pâques
16, 23, 30 March 2024 | La Bombonniere
Gardening at the Jardin des Nations
24 March 2024 | Genève Cultive
Atelier-formation "Apprendre à fabriquer ses cosmétiques naturels"
26 March, 9-23-30 April, 14 May 2024 | L’Art du Cosmétique au Naturel
Atelier p’tits chefs : Ton œuf "maillot" en mode Top Chef
3, 15, 17 April 2024 | Swiss Food Academy
Préparation de plantons
6 April 2024 | Prospecie Rara
Climathon 2024: Transition en action
20 April 2024 | Carouge
Atelier 2tonnes
24 April 2024 | Espace 3DD
Atelier p’tits chefs - Manger des carottes ça rend aimable ?!?
1, 15, 27 May 2024 | Swiss Food Academy
Atelier p’tits jardiniers : Jaune comme une tomate
5, 17, 19 June 2024 | Swiss Food Academy
Dessiner les fleurs et les arbres avec l’illustratrice Claire Le Men
9 June 2024 | Maison Rousseau et Littérature
Tree Artworks
Ville de Genève
Rub tree trunks and create works of art. This activity is part of the “Vive nos arbes” project aimed promoting the heritage of Geneva’s trees.
Fragrant Scents
Ville de Genève
Discover unexpected fragrances and woody scents with this sensory activity, part of the “Vive nos arbes” project aimed promoting the heritage of Geneva’s trees.
Herbarium
Ville de Genève
Collect pine cones, twigs and evergreens to create your own herbarium. This activity is part of the “Vive nos arbes” project aimed promoting the heritage of Geneva’s trees.
Competitions and Contests
Nature Documentaries and Series
Restore Season II: Films from the frontiers of hope
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization
Restore: Films from the frontiers of hope
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization
Earth School
TED Ed and United Nations Environment Programme
Les lacustres - Mémoires d'outre-lac
Les lacustres – Mémoires d’outre-lac
Our Planet
WWF
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, watch the award-winning docuseries Our Planet that WWF and Netflix has made available for free on YouTube.
Online Resources
The UN Forest Podcast | UNECE
The UN Forest Podcast | UNECE
Let's Talk Ecosystems Podcast
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) | FAO & UNEP Europe Office
Interactive Nature Map
Canton of Geneva
Discover the protected, natural and observation areas of the canton with an interactive map, suggesting various hiking, walking and cycling routes adapted to every age.
Geneva's Biodiversity
Patrimoine Vert Genève
Learn more about the different species of flora and fauna in Geneva.
Science Guide
Science Academy of Sciences
Mobile app to learn about science, biodiversity and nature activities in Switzerland.
Nature for All Discovery Zone
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Nature-based resources to connect people with nature.
WWF Wild Classroom
WWF
Bring conservation and science to life with these videos from WWF experts sharing their stories and experiences working to protect wildlife and habitats around the world.