Edible Park by Nils Norman

city farm Herweijerhoeve and garden association Nut & Genoegen

An artwork that grows and prospers and produces delicious vegetables and fruit is what the English artist Nils Norman conceived for the Hague city farm Herweijerhoeve in the Zuiderpark and for the compound of the Amateur Market Gardener's Association ‘Nut en Genoegen' which is situated close to the city farm on the Meppelweg. For both sites he designed a special vegetable garden based on permaculture and entitled Edible Park. This project is part of the Foodprint program.

Locations Edible Park
On the city farm Herweijerhoeve in the Zuiderpark Nils Norman created a garden of about 40 by 20 meters. The centre consists of a special pavilion with a small accommodation where collaborators can repose, a storage space for gardening tools among other things and neighbourhood dwellers, visitors and schools can get information. Around the pavilion there are a number of installations demonstrating sustainable functions such as a compost toilet, a worm bin and a willow vessel for natural water purification.

On the compound of ‘Nut en Genoegen' a circular permaculture garden has been built on an unused piece of grassland. In the middle of this garden, accessible to everyone, there is a meeting place in the form of a big table with a pergola. In the groves adjoining the permaculture garden an adventurous playground for children will be set up.
More about Edible Park click here.

Info on website Nils Norman
www.dismalgarden.com

22 Oct '10