What Sct. Hans Have does

Fonden Sct. Hans Have operates a regenerative garden and integrated hospitality venue in Roskilde, Denmark, situated within Nationalpark Skjoldungernes Land on land continuously cultivated since the 1816 establishment of the Sct. Hans psychiatric hospital. The foundation runs a café serving organic, seasonal cuisine sourced from the on-site garden and a curated network of local producers (Godis Grønt, Hesselbjerggaard, Birthesminde, Herslev Bryghus, Just Coffee), a garden shop and nursery selling plants, herbs, and sustainable goods, and twelve distinct therapeutic garden rooms designed around Copenhagen University research on eight experiential values (Peaceful, Spacious, Wild, Species-rich, Refuge, Cultural-historical, Commons, Entertainment & Service) that promote mental health. Operations are delivered by 8 permanent staff (Garden Chef/Acting Director, Hospitality Manager, Project Coordinator, Gardener, Project Lead Communications, Caretaker, Cook, Service Assistant), supported by seasonal workers, freelancers, and a volunteer community ('have-værter') who work alongside psychiatric patients every Tuesday year-round in the inclusive work community established in 2014.

The product portfolio spans venue rentals (Orangeriet up to 20 guests, Glashaven up to 30, Det Lille Drivhus up to 56, Kapellet up to 66 standing), guided tours and lectures (95 DKK public; 2,400-3,400 DKK ex. VAT private), corporate meeting and lunch packages, private celebrations and memorial services, gift cards (100-5,000 DKK via Bob the Butler), and a subscription-style Friends membership (minimum 250 DKK/year) with newsletter access and priority event booking. Distribution is primarily a single physical site open Wed-Sun 11-17 in Roskilde, supplemented by email (Mailchimp), social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube), event ticketing (Billetto), and direct booking via a dedicated email.

The business model mixes transactional revenue (café, shop, nursery, venue rental, tours, events, gift cards), recurring membership dues, donations, and grants from a diversified base of foundations (VILLUM FONDEN, OJD-fonden, Realdania, Nordea-fonden, TrygFonden, Lundbeckfonden, Oak Foundation, Fonden Roskilde Festival, Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs' Fonde) and Roskilde Kommune cultural and business committees. Customer segments span general public visitors, corporate clients (Lundbeck named publicly), private event hosts, educational institutions including Region Sjælland Psychiatric Center, and the inclusive work community of psychiatric patients, vulnerable citizens, and volunteers, with the foundation's charitable purpose positioning mental health promotion through nature, culture, and meaningful work as the central organizing objective.

Name

Sct. Hans Have

Legal name

Fonden Sct. Hans Have

Website

https://scthanshave.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sct. Hans Have is a Danish non-profit foundation operating a regenerative garden in Roskilde with café, nursery, shop, and event venues, employing 8 permanent staff to promote mental health through nature-based experiences and an inclusive work community of psychiatric patients and volunteers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Roskilde

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Café and Restaurant: Operates a café serving organic, seasonal food made from garden produce and local suppliers. Open Wed-Sun 11-17. Revenue from food and beverage sales to visitors.
2. Garden Shop (Havehandlen): Sells flowers, herbs, plants, and green products. Staffed on weekends, self-service on weekdays. Products sourced from the garden's own production and local producers.
3. Facility Rental and Events: Rents out venues (Glashaven, Det Lille Drivhus, Orangeriet, Kapellet) for private celebrations, corporate events, receptions, and memorial services. Includes catering packages.
4. Guided Tours and Lectures: Offers guided tours and presentations about the garden's history, regenerative practices, and biodiversity. Public monthly tours (95 DKK) and private group tours (2400-3400 DKK ex. VAT).
5. Friends Membership: Membership program 'Sct. Hans Haves Venner' requiring minimum 250 DKK/year. Members receive newsletter, invitations to special events, early access to tickets, and annual open garden day.
6. Gift Cards: Gift cards sold in amounts from 100-5000 DKK. Can be used at café, nursery, and garden shop. Supports social economic mission.
7. Donations: Accepts one-time donations and ongoing support. Financial donors recognized on website. Fundraising accounting publicly available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sct. Hans Have operates a regenerative garden in Roskilde, Denmark, that combines an organic café, garden shop, and plant nursery with event venue rentals, guided tours, private celebrations, corporate events, and cultural programming. The foundation engages psychiatric patients, volunteers, and staff in an inclusive work community to maintain and develop the garden. Offerings include corporate meetings and lunches, private celebrations (weddings, birthdays, memorial services), gift cards, and a 'Friends of Sct. Hans Have' membership program.

Product overview

Sct. Hans Have is a social economic enterprise offering an integrated portfolio of hospitality and experience services centered around a historic regenerative garden in Roskilde, Denmark. The core offerings include a garden café serving organic seasonal cuisine, a garden shop and nursery selling plants and herbs, and various rental venues (Orangeriet, Glashaven, Det Lille Drivhus, Kapellet). Experience services encompass guided tours, corporate events, private celebrations, memorial services, receptions, and meetings. Dining packages range from weekday lunches to full corporate lunchbuffets. The organization also sells gift cards usable across all services. Together, these offerings support the foundation's mission of promoting mental health through nature, culture, and inclusive work communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sct. Hans Haves Café Garden café serving seasonal, organic food made from ingredients grown in the garden and sourced from local organic and biodynamic producers. Features indoor seating and outdoor areas in greenhouses and gardens. Open Wednesday through Sunday 11:00-17:00. No reservation needed.
• Havehandel (Garden Shop) Retail shop selling flowers, herbs, and plants grown in the garden, plus locally produced items, natural materials, and sustainable gardening products. Staffed on weekends, self-service on weekdays.
• Gartneri (Nursery) Plant nursery producing fig trees, herbs, and other plants. Provides inspiration for regenerative garden cultivation and sells propagation material.
• Orangeriet Venue Rental Small greenhouse venue in the Flower Garden, seating up to 20 guests. Available for rent Wednesday through Sunday for intimate lunches, workshops, or private gatherings. Additional 500 DKK heating fee in cooler months.
• Glashaven Venue Rental Glasshouse venue located at the end of the nursery, surrounded by berry garden. Accommodates up to 30 seated guests. Available for private parties, memorial services, and meetings. Rental fee 4,500 DKK.
• Det Lille Drivhus Venue Rental Historic greenhouse featuring fig, peach, almond, passion fruit, vine, and herbs. Heated with wood stove in cold weather. Accommodates up to 56 seated guests for private events and meetings. Rental fee 5,500 DKK.
• Kapellet Venue Rental Chapel used for memorial services and cultural events. Can accommodate up to 66 standing or 60 seated guests. Rental fee 2,500 DKK standing or 4,000 DKK seated.
• Rundvisninger (Guided Tours) Guided tours of the garden offered monthly, covering the garden's history, regenerative practices, and biodiversity. Public tours 95 DKK/person; private group tours 2,400 DKK (weekday) or 3,400 DKK (weekend/holiday) ex. VAT.
• Firmaarrangementer (Corporate Events) Corporate events including meetings, board meetings, team building, and company gatherings in the garden's historic greenhouse and outdoor spaces. Booking handled via email with minimum group sizes applicable.
• Firmafrokost (Corporate Lunch) Company lunch buffet served in the greenhouse for groups of 20+ people. Features seasonal organic ingredients from the garden and local producers. 248 DKK/person ex. VAT (lunch buffet) or 110 DKK/person ex. VAT (coffee and cake). Wed-Fri 11:00-14:00.
• Hverdagsfrokost (Weekday Lunch) Weekday lunch buffet for groups of 20+ people, available Wednesday through Friday 11:00-14:00. Includes seasonal dishes and homemade lemonade. 310 DKK/person incl. VAT (lunch buffet) or 137.50 DKK/person incl. VAT (coffee and cake).
• Private Selskaber (Private Celebrations) Private celebrations including weddings, christenings, confirmations, birthdays, and graduation parties. Full lunch menu at 720 DKK/guest includes welcome drink, sourdough bread, seasonal share food, coffee and tea ad libitum. Wine package available separately.
• Mindesammenkomster (Memorial Services) Memorial gatherings in the garden's greenhouses with organic cuisine tailored to seasonal produce. Available Wednesday through Friday with venue rental to Kapellet or Glashaven.
• Receptioner (Receptions) Light lunch receptions in Glashaven or Det Lille Drivhus with organic seasonal menu. Available for 15-100 standing guests. Time rental from 11:00-16:00. 1,980-3,420 DKK depending on duration and group size. Deposit 5,000 DKK required.
• Møder (Meeting Packages) Meeting packages in the greenhouses with seasonal catering. Full-day 975 DKK ex. VAT (8:00-16:00, min 10 max 56 persons); morning or afternoon half-day 750 DKK ex. VAT each. Includes breakfast, lunch, and homemade cake.
• Gavekort (Gift Cards) Gift cards available in denominations from 100 to 5,000 DKK. Can be used at the café, nursery, and garden shop. Purchased through Bob the Butler booking system. Supports the social economic mission.
• Oplæg (Lectures & Presentations) Presentations on topics including the garden's history, regenerative practices, biodiversity, and mental health benefits of nature. Customizable for group interests; targeted primarily at corporate and educational groups.
• Venskabsmedlemskab (Friends of Sct. Hans Have Membership) Annual membership program 'Sct. Hans Haves Venner' requiring minimum 250 DKK/year. Members receive newsletter, invitations to special events, annual open garden day, and priority booking for concerts and pop-up dinners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Research-based design: The 8 experiential values (Peaceful, Spacious, Wild, Species-rich, Refuge, Cultural-historical, Commons, Entertainment & Service) are scientifically grounded in research from Copenhagen University on nature experiences promoting mental health
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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App detail

Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VeteranHaven SlagelsecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partner in the 'Mennesker har brug for Mennesker' partnership along with regional psychiatry, municipal social psychiatry, and users of psychiatry. Collaborates on creating better mental health outcomes and sustainable cooperation models across sectors.
• Regional Psychiatry (Region Sjælland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in 'Mennesker har brug for Mennesker' partnership working to create hope, well-being, and access to communities for people with mental illness. Includes psychiatric user and relative panels.
• VIVEminorOthersIndependent research institution evaluating the 'Mennesker har brug for Mennesker' project along with 13 other mental well-being initiatives.
• Roskilde KommunecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner collaborating on Sct. Hans Naturhave project and ongoing initiatives including meadow maintenance (høslæt) with the Danish Nature Conservation Association.
• Godis GrøntminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal organic nursery supplying seasonal vegetables to the café kitchen weekly.
• HesselbjerggaardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal supplier of fruit and berry must/juice used in cold lemonades at the café.
• BirthesmindeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal producer of charcuterie (hams and chorizo) from free-range animals, used in café dishes.
• Herslev BryghusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal brewery supplying beer to the café.
• Just CoffeeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal coffee roaster supplying freshly roasted coffee to the café.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Frederiksberg Have: Historic Danish public garden/park in central Copenhagen. Comparable as a heritage Danish garden destination offering public access, events, and natural experiences, though without Sct. Hans Have's therapeutic programming and social-economic enterprise structure.
• Mind: Major UK mental health charity with associated gardening and nature-based wellbeing programs. Comparable in mental-health mission and the use of nature-based interventions, though operating at much larger scale and across broader service categories than Sct. Hans Have.
• GLAD: Danish social-economic enterprise (erhvervsdrivende fond) with 350 employees and 8 business areas, founded by Sct. Hans Have board member Mikkel Holmbäck. Highly comparable organizational model (foundation-led social enterprise) and demonstrates the scale trajectory available to mission-driven Danish foundations.
• Møns Klint: Major Danish nature attraction combining outdoor recreation, visitor services, and natural heritage. Competes for the same eco-conscious visitor and Danish domestic tourism budgets, though focused on geological/natural spectacle rather than therapeutic garden programming.
• Haveselskabet: Danish Horticultural Society, founded 1874 — the country's primary gardening membership and education organization. Comparable as a Danish horticultural institution engaging gardening enthusiasts, though operating at national scale through membership, publications, and gardens rather than a single therapeutic site.

Direct peers

• Thrive: UK charity using gardening to change the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people. Directly comparable mission (therapeutic horticulture + social inclusion) and operational model (volunteer-supported garden programs delivering mental-health outcomes).
• VeteranHaven Slagelse: Danish therapeutic garden organization focused on vulnerable populations (veterans). Listed as a co-development partner in the 'Mennesker har brug for Mennesker' partnership alongside Region Sjælland and Sct. Hans Have, operating the same inclusive-gardening model for a different beneficiary segment.
• Alnarp Rehabilitation Garden: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) research garden at Alnarp dedicated to rehabilitation horticulture and evidence-based therapeutic garden design. Comparable because it combines academic research on nature's mental-health benefits with public therapeutic garden spaces, mirroring Sct. Hans Have's Copenhagen-University-validated 8 experiential values framework.
• Københavns Universitets Botanisk Have: Copenhagen University Botanical Garden — historic Danish public garden combining living plant collections, educational programming, and visitor services. Comparable as a Danish institution offering plant-focused public experiences with educational framing, though at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Naturcenter Skjoldungernes Land: The official national park center for Skjoldungernes Land, the very national park in which Sct. Hans Have is located (Urtevænget 14, Roskilde). Operates adjacent visitor, education, and outdoor recreation services in the same geography, making it a direct ecosystem partner and a regional competitor for nature-based visits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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