Siertuin Gooilust - Zuidereinde 49

Nice area, surprisingly big area to walk

Fantastic garden. Do visit when the rhododendron are flowering. Its an amazing sight to be seen.

Peaceful and very much into the nature, preserved environment ideal for day out, the botanical garden with in the Gooilust are open on Tuesdays and Saturdays!

I like this park a lot. Beautiful little lake and nice walk into the park.

Very nice place to visit, be careful not to come out of designated path with bike / walking

LOVELY. A wonderful place to visit, larger than you expect with benches along the way to enjoy the beautiful flowers, trees, and more.

Gooilust is the southernmost country estate in 's-Graveland. The estate has an area of ​​97 hectares and has been owned by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten since 1934. It is located on the Zuidereinde, and the east side borders the Corversbos in Hilversum. On 7 June 1634, 27 lots in 's-Graveland are raffled among six interested parties. Some interested parties buy several lots, some share a lot. The lots are numbered on the map from north to south. Gooilust is located on lot 22. East of this row of estates, a lot of sand was excavated at that time, a small part is used to raise the estates, especially where the houses will be, the rest is taken to Amsterdam and is used for the expansion of the city. Between the excavations and the estates are the Noksloot and0 the 's-Gravelandsevaart to ensure good drainage of the 's-Gravelandsepolder. Lot 22 goes to Pieter Cornelisz. Hooft and Godert van Reede in 1634 who buy the piece of land as an investment because of the sand excavations. Hooft and his wife Leonora Hellemans live at Muiderslot, the van Reede family lives at Amerongen Castle. In 1657 Jacob Bicker, lord of Engelenburg, is the owner and has a farm, possibly as a country residence. Fifty years later, Mattheus de Vicq is named as the owner. In 1726 Jacob van Strijen Quirijnsz. buys lot 22 and calls the homestead 'Rondombedrogen'. He sells it in 1741 to Daniel Deutz, who changes the name to Gooilust. He lives there until 1762. In 1762 the Mennonite merchant Gijsbert Antwerpen Verbrugge van Freyhoff became the owner of the homestead. In 1771 he buys the adjacent lot 21 from Jacob Roeter, owner of Trompenburgh (lot 20). It is an agricultural piece of land. Around 1779, mr. Gerrit Corver Hooft, director of the WIC and commissioner of Amsterdam, had the current house on Gooilust built on the boundary separation of plots 21 and 22. Between 1778 and 1786 a spacious geometric garden was laid out around it. The main axis of this is the avenue to the house. There will also be a beautiful star forest. In 1786, Corver Hooft buys plot 23, on which the homestead 'Bouwzicht' is located. Fashion changes and between 1816 and 1828 landscape gardener Jan David Zocher Jr. changes the geometric garden into a park with an English landscape style. Between 1895 and 1936 Gooilust gets an arboretum with exotic plants and trees. Owner at that time is Louise Digna Catharina Six (1862 - 1934), who lives there with her husband Frans Ernst Blaauw (1860 - 1936). She leaves her estate in 1934 to the Vereniging tot Behoud van Natuurmonumenten. Gooilust is also often referred to as the 'Bos van Blaauw'.

Very cool place, some more history would be appreciated! Like the connections between Blauw and Artis and the Six family.