20 Mar 2025 – 20 Juin 2025

As spring awakens, Geneva bursts into colour with blooming landscapes and renewed energy. From exhibitions and guided nature walks to creative workshops and open-air festivals, explore a variety of activities that celebrate the season of renewal. Whether you want to reconnect with local wildlife, discover sustainable living tips, or enjoy music and film with an environmental focus, find inspiration for a Green Spring in Geneva.

Exhibitions and Guided visits

Les écorces : une histoire gravée dans le bois

21 March 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Une plante, une histoire, un son

30 March 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Histoire d’animaux

2 April 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Histoires de fleurs

2 April 2025 | Musée d’art et d’histoire (MAH)

Plantes multiformes: une découverte sensorielle unique

5 April 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Visite parapluie

9 April 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Visite thématique «Penser la durabilité avec les collections du MEG»

13 April 2025 | Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève

An object, a sound, a story: discovering the Amazon

16 April 2025 | Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève

Visite du Centre de Sauvegarde pour la Faune suisse

7 June 2025 | Centre de sauvegarde pour la faune suisse

BOTANICA 2025 – Plantes pour notre avenir

14 June to 13 July 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Les plantes comestibles en montagne

18 June 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Ici, le lac ressemble à la mer. Chansons pour le Léman

 Until 29 June 2025 | Quartier Libre SIG

Cauchemar anthropocénique du rêveur

 12, 13, 17, 18 June 2025 | Quartier Libre SIG

Festivals, Thematic Weeks and Markets

Sustainability Week IHEID 2025

17 to 21 March 2025 | Various Locations

Salon du Livre

19 to 23 March 2025 | Palexpo

Fête du Bonhomme

21 March 2025 | City of Geneva

44e AMR JAZZ FESTIVAL – 2025

26 to 30 March 2025 | AMR (Association pour l’encouragement de la Musique impRovisée)

BiblioWeekend | A table!

28 March 2025 | BiblioSuisse

Journées européennes des métiers d’art 2025 à Genève

28 to 30 March 2025 | Métiers d’Art Genève

La Nuit est Belle! - Edition 2025

11 to 13 April 2025 | La Nuit est Belle!

Nuit des Bains

15 May 2025 | Quartier des Bains

Fête du printemps 2025

17 May 2025 | La Fermette, Vernier

Festival Explore Demain 2025

17 to 25 May 2025 | Various locations

Fête de la Nature 2025 | À l'écoute de la nature

21 to 25 May 2025 | Various locations

Nuit des Musées 2025

17 May 2025 | Various locations

Le petit marché aux plantes du jardin botanique

29 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Faites du jardin!

Parc Navazza-Oltramare, Lancy

Conferences, Visits and Courses

Le nouveau bilan CO2 du canton de Genève

27 March 2025 | Uni Carl-Vogt

Genève sous la glace, frissons garantis

30 March 2025 | Musée d’histoire des sciences

Cycle: Des rendez-vous pour réfléchir et agir

6 April 2025 | Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève

Envers du décor - les pollutions qui menacent le Léman

6 May, 11 June 2025 | Association pour la Sauvegarde du Léman

Pourquoi aller fouiner dans les Sapotaceae de Madagascar ?

7 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Formation naturaliste - Botanique

8 May – 9 August | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Sharks in the City

16 to 25 May 2025 | Centre des Arts

Transition et sobriété numérique

6 June 2025 | Bibliothèque de la Servette

Rencontres aquatiques, à la découverte des poissons du Léman

10 June 2025 | Association pour la Sauvegarde du Léman

Visite immersive à Soral

14 June 2025 | ma-terre

Visite immersive à Hermance

18 June 2025 | ma-terre

Le Choc des images nous fait-il du bien ?

19 June 2025 | Bibliothèque de la Cité

Nature en ville: espaces verts et béton

19 June 2025 | Les Délices

Outdoor Activities

Sortie Nature WWF: Crôa la grenouille

22 March 2025 | Onex, Parc des Evaux

Les chants de La Laire au fil des saisons

22 March, 12 April, 24 May 2025 |La Laire

Sortie Nature WWF: Soins aux animaux

26 March 2025 | Petit-Lancy, Bois de la Bâtie

Les marais de Sionnet

29 March 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

Cultive ton balcon

29 March 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

La Batie des Enfants en Hiver

Until 23 March 2025 | Pavillon du Bois de la Bâtie

Balade sur les traces des oiseaux

5 April 2025 | City of Carouge

Balade dans Genève en Tram Historique

6 April 2025 | Ville de Genève

Herbiers sous-lacustres : les secrets des plantes du Léman

8 April, 14 May 2025 | Association pour la Sauvegarde du Léman

Les ailes du Léman : découvrir les oiseaux - Animation famille

9 April 2025 | Association pour la Sauvegarde du Léman

Concert au Moulin de Vert

12 April 2025 | Réserve Naturelle du Moulin de Vert

Couleurs et impressions

12 April 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

Toutes les petites bêtes du sol

13 April 2025 | Parc des Evaux

Plantes comestibles

19 April 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

La vie sous terre

3 May 2025 | Bois de Jussy

Deep Time Walk | In Celebration of Earth Day

4 May 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Découvrir la nature de nuit

9 May 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

La Laire

10 May 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

Incroyables orchidées genevoises

11 May 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Bombes à fleurs

11 May 2025 | Parc des Evaux

Castor

16, 20 May 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

Les oiseaux du Moulin de Vert

17 May 2025 | Réserve naturelle du Moulin de Vert

Vive le lierre !

21 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Notre Biodiversité : Balade discussion

22 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Balade à la rencontre du castor

23 May 2025 | Ville de Carouge

Les reptiles du Moulin de Vert

24 May 2025 | Réserve naturelle du Moulin de Vert

Kidical Mass 2025

25 May 2025 | Quai Wilson

La vie de la rivière

25 May 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Lucioles, des lumières dans la nuit

6 June 2025 | Pépinière Jacquet à Satigny

Cistude, la tortue suisse

7 June 2025 | Réserve naturelle du Moulin de Vert

Herbier Fantastique : Plantes inimaginables!

11 June 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Découverte nature du site de Grange-Collomb

13 June 2025 | Ville de Carouge

Chauves-souris, reines de la nuit

13 June 2025 | Moulin de Fabry

Les tourbières

14 June 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

EcoTrail Geneva

14 June 2025 | EcoTrail

Le monde fabuleux des fourmis

14 June 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Qui vit autour de l'étang ?

14 June 2025 | Parc des Evaux

Agriculture et biodiversité

15 June 2025 | Centre nature de la Libellule

Exploration consciente de la nature

15 June 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Trail du Grand Genève

15 June 2025 | Grand Genève

En radeau, mamie sur l’eau

20 June 2025 | Avançon de Nant

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 organised in Geneva, including excursions and nature-friendly outings.

Bioparc Genève

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.

Centre nature dédié au Léman

Centre nature dédié au Léman

Explore the world of Lake Geneva, observe its biodiversity under a microscope, and learn about the threats to this unique ecosystem. Located in Eaux-Vives, Espace Léman offers an interactive experience to raise awareness of sustainable water and ecosystem management.

Parks in Geneva

Parks in Geneva

There are more than 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.

Grand Genève Bike Map

Biking in Grand Genève

As part of its agglomeration cycling plan, Grand Genève has published a paper map featuring, for the first time on a cross-border scale, almost forty Swiss and French cycling and mountain biking routes. The map is available free of charge from Swiss and French tourist offices in Grand Genève.

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.

Educational tree walks

Ville de Genève

The Geneva in your pocket app offers a range of enriching walks, either in situ or from the comfort of your couch, to meet the trees in Geneva.

Le Bois de la Bâtie

Ville de Genève

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.

Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve

Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve

Located in Cartigny, this nature reserve is rich in biodiversity.

Cultural trails: Geneva off the beaten track

Ville de Genève

The Sentiers culturels (cultural trails) offer a whole new way to discover Geneva. The themes are numerous: from one museum to the next, from one book to the next, along the path of contemporary art, the history of botany or on the trail of the Mont-Blanc ascent. Children are invited to take an original look at art and culture thanks to the Pathways specifically designed for families.

Bike rides Geneva

Ville de Genève

Discover Geneva and its region by bike, with a selection of walks and cycle routes recommended by the City of Geneva.

Cycle the Rhône

Teppes of Verbois

This area is ideally located along the Rhône, a real vegetal artery and a vital 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

Terre&Nature

A variety of walking routes to choose from in the Canton of Geneva.

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, Theater and Music

Festival du Film Vert 2025

1 March to 13 April 2025 | Festival du Film Vert

Dégueu

14 to 30 March 2025 | Théâtre Am Stram Gram

Espace de lectures. Des histoires qui prennent soin de l'environnement.

6 April 2025 | Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève

Genève - Montagne en Scène Summer Edition 2025

14 April 2025 | BFM – Place des Volontaires

Karuara, People of the River

16 April 2025 | Chapelle d’Anières

Summer Solstice in Music

17 June 2025 | Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

Workshops and DIY

Atelier Tableau en Mousse

20 March 2025 | Ville de Genève

Family workshop The Saami

23 March 2025 | Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève

Sur la piste de plantes disparues à tout jamais

2 April 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Atelier "Mon pti Pot’ en Terre"

2 April 2025 | Arbres & Co

Atelier d’auto-réparation de vélo

6 April 2025 | Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

Des animaux au Jardin botanique

9 April 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Appel à participation : Atelier sur l'usage de notre bâtiment

17 April 2025 | UNIGE Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement

Atelier La Fresque du Climat

23 April 2025 | La Fresque du Climat

Quand les plantes font de la géométrie : spirales et symétries

7 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Atelier p'tits chefs: Une recette végétale géniale

7, 19, 21 May 2025 | Swiss Food Academy

De l'épi de blé au pain

10 May | Sézenove

Tout le monde au potager !

11 May | Centre Nature de la Pointe à la Bise

Atelier p'tits jardiniers - Ramène ta fraise !

14 May 2025 | Swiss Food Academy

Fabrication de peintures naturelles

17 May 2025 | Parc des Evaux

Cueillette sauvage pour mes rouleaux d'été

17 May 2025 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Fabrication de peintures naturelles

18 May 2025 | Centre Nature de la Pointe à la Bise

L’extraordinaire voyage de la tomate

21 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Notre Biodiversité: Jeu de memory

23 May 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Dessiner comme Robert Hainard

25 May 2025 | Réserve naturelle du Moulin de Vert

Qui a peur des plantes carnivores?

4 June 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Atelier p'tits chefs - Petits potagers, grandes idées

4, 16, 18 June 2025 | Swiss Food Academy

Fleurs, feuilles, tiges, racines à croquer!

11 June 2025 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

Atelier p'tits chefs et les petits pois !

11 June 2025 | Swiss Food Academy

Activités ludiques autour des arbres

Ville de Genève

Discovering trees: ideas for fun activities – Whether you are alone, with family or friends, you will certainly find something to have fun, observe and learn among these suggested activities around the trees.

Manifestations de Prospecie Rara

Prospecie Rara | Various dates

Ateliers Chocolaterie - La Bonbonnière

Chocolaterie – La Bonbonnière

Competitions and Contests

Nature Documentaries and Series

Earth School

Ted Ed and United Nations Environment Programme

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

La carte interactive du terroir et de la nature

Canton de Genève

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.

InfoSpecies

InfoSpecies

Learn about the different species of flora and fauna in Switzerland.

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.