Aims

Aims of the King’s Garden Foundation

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Green oasis

Art & Culture

Education & Knowledge

Sustainability

Sustainability

  • The first aim was to replace the tiles of the former playground of the old home economics academy of the Koningsveldestraat by plants, trees and water buffers. 

  • Visible water-sensitive measures, buffering rain water for use in the garden. This has resulted in a beautiful pond, or wadi. There is a great Corten steel water basin, used for watering the plants, so that no drinking water has to be used in the garden. 

  • Rain barrels collecting water from the roof from the disconnected downpipes . This relieves the sewer system in the neighbourhood. In addition there are crates, collecting excess rain water which can be slowly released into the sewer system.

  • Kitchen and garden waste are composted and reused to nourish the garden.

  • Plants are propagated and used in the garden or exchanged or sold to visitors, as are seedlings, roots and shrubs.

Education

The garden is also a place where people can learn about health, nature, food and wellbeing.


  • Raising awareness about food. Through two workshops per month with between 6 and 9 participants about healthy food and a healthy lifestyle.
  • Sharing ideas and knowhow about water-sensitive measures, collecting rainwater and having a garden (greening) with the neighbourhood.
  • Developing a teaching programme for school children about sustainability, water, plants, insects. This is in line with the 21 skills required in the primary school curriculum.
  • Training and workshops about health and empowerment for women. 
  • The garden will become a place where residents and other interested parties can gain knowledge and ideas about collecting rainwater and keeping a garden (greening); A learning line is being developed about sustainability, water, plants, insects, animals and healthy food and linked to the 21st skills for primary education; Training and workshops on health and empowerment for women (Borst Vooruit, www.borstvooruit.nl)

Art, culture & science

The garden has a glass structure fit for year-around activities, meetings, exhibits, and performances. 

 

  • Art, culture, empowerment
  • Sharing skills, insights and experiences
  • Teaching and workshops

greening

 

The aim is to enjoy the beautiful garden and experience it as an oasis of peace and quiet, relaxing and well-being.


The garden design is inspired by Piet Oudolf’s philosophy of creating beauty through geometric form, colour, structure, rhythm, and composition, by the attitude of Monty Don and by the Tuin van Jan. The inspiration for creating the many water-sensitive measures came from Johannes Frölich. The planting philosophy and design comes from Anna herself, combining beauty, suitability, a full ground cover of self-propagating plants requiring fairly low maintenance eventually.


Greening this once fully tiled playground, however, took the better part of four years, with countless meetings to obtain the necessary permissions and funds from the city and the water authorities. Greening 850 m2 of space meant taking out two truckloads worth of tiles, and reusing numerous remaining tiles to create low walls and a patio. Adding a new green space to the Liskwartier has added considerably to the quality of life neighbourhood. It took a great effort by Anna Veenstra, who planted just about every single plant, grass, shrub and tree, with the exception of the old plane and chestnut trees. 



Did we mention the delicious food that visitors can enjoy in the weekends, another great source of inspiration?

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