Overview
This garden highlights the fact that everyone can play a role in developing our natural surroundings. Here, through simple actions, visitors contribute symbolically to maintaining the balance of the landscape, the soil and plant life.
Gardener
- Wagener-Kox, Paysages et pépinière – Tuntange
The garden
Upon entering the garden, visitors are invited to participate in the vegetables' growth, and in the health and vitality of the garden.
Wooden bins are provided for compost, which is used to enrich the soil naturally. At the centre is a funnel with a tap to collect rainwater that is used for watering. A light-reflecting device captures the sunlight required for the plants' growth.
The garden evokes the spirit of urban shared gardens, where everyone can contribute to tending the crops and sharing knowledge about vegetable gardening.
A dry stone wall provides a refuge for various species of pollinating insects, which are essential for maintaining the balance of the ecosystems. The plants themselves are mainly indigenous, honeybee forage plants.
As a space offering visitors a chance to discover, participate and observe, this garden provides an opportunity for people of all ages to take a fresh look at their environment, and to take the time to appreciate their natural surroundings.
Materials
- Shale paving stones from the Consthum quarry
- Masonry in sandstone from the Fontenoille quarry
Plants
- Anthriscus sylvestris
- Achillea millefolium "Cerise Queen"
- Calamintha nepeta
- Centaurea montana
- Campanula glomerata
- Foeniculum vulgare
- Geranium phaeum
- Geranium pratense
- Knautia arvensis
- Malva moschata
- Myosotis sylvatica
- Persicaria bistorta "Superba"
- Small fruit-bearing shrubs
- Vegetable garden
