For the past 20 years Katowice undergoes a transformation process. After the decline of heavy engineering and mining, the city is intensively searching for new means to strengthen its potential. Culture has become a focal point in the transformation process. After the last mining area in Katowice was closed in 1999, right in the heart…
Landscape architects deal with different dimensions of green – from small gardens to city parks to green structure systems connecting urban and rural regions. But size isn’t the challenge; it’s the search for suitable idea for each place. Within mega cities there is an enormous competition for space – for everyone and everything. In these…
Green spaces within cities have great values. From history, we´ve learned they play an important role for health and social qualities when our cities some hundred years ago suffered from the industrial revolution. At that time a reaction started, social and green movements occurred and became driving forces for change. They showed the necessity to…
It’s beautiful Thinking of Sweden’s green landscape means often conjuring images in our head of nature or the peaceful coastline of the archipelago – in fact Sweden has a great variety of city parks and gardens. One of the best examples in Sweden is the Gothenburg Botanical Garden. With 175 ha it is one of…
Having studied garden history in the United States in the late 1960s, it is no real surprise that nothing was ever taught about Russian gardens. Outside of the gardens of England, France and Italy, we learned very little about European gardens which is very sad considering their influence and importance. Our primary book on garden…
Château de la Ballue and its gardens can be considered as a balcony above a green river valley not far away from Mont-Saint-Michel. The garden interacts with the landscape, forming a perfect unity. The garden is influenced by mannerism. Two very different gardens are arranged side by side on an area covering 2 hectares. The…
De Nieuwe Ooster is the largest cemetery in Amsterdam and a national monument since 2003. It has been laid out in three phases: in 1889, 1915, and 1928. The first and second phases were designed by Leonard Springer. The designs of the first two phases have a clear spatial quality. The design of the third…
On their website, Latz+Partner, responsible for the design of Parco Dora in Turin, explain their understanding of post-industrial landscapes perfectly: “Our new conceptions must design landscape along with both accepted and disturbing elements, both harmonious and interrupting ones. The result is a metamorphosis of landscape without destroying existing features, an archetypal dialogue between the tame…
On the occasion of the inclusion of the park of the Evenburg in Leer, a workshop with representatives of parks and gardens from the region took place on July 31st. Presentations on the activities of the EGHN (for example, in joint marketing and the development of joint projects) were the starting point for an intensive…
The application by Schloss Dyck Foundation for support of “Awarding Heritage” within the European Cultural Heritage Year (ECHY) 2018 was successful. “Awarding Heritage” will allow some modifications of the European Garden Award. In addition to the existing categories, there will be a new award for the development of cultural landscapes. It will allow awarding European…