{"id":5914,"date":"2018-08-01T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T08:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2018-09-28T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T09:19:25","slug":"a-chess-game-with-perennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/a-chess-game-with-perennials\/","title":{"rendered":"A chess game with perennials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ebertpark in the city of Ludwigshafen is not your typical town park. Applying unusual ideas and methods, the organizers play chess with nature. Both landscape gardeners and park lovers come from all over the country to explore this \u2018park in flux\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is what a perennial \u2018revolutionist\u2019 looks like: short-haired, with an earring, a chequered shirt and lots of energy. Harald Sauer has been the Ebertpark\u2019s landscaping director for pretty much 25 years now\u2014and as such, he has shaped the \u201cPark im Aufbruch\u201d (\u201cpark in flux\u201d) phenomenon together with his team to a great extent.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5861\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-8-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5861\" class=\"wp-image-5861 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-8-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-8-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-8-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-8-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebertpark\u2019s landscaping director: Harald Sauer<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It is already an impressive experience to enter this park in the Friesenheim part of town. \u2018Flowing\u2019 through the picturesque pavilions at the entrance you reach a great vantage point: fountains in star-shaped ponds, embraced by green spaces, herbaceous borders and white gravelled walks. Right in your line of sight stands the Turmrestaurant, the \u201ctower restaurant,\u201d with its round central part and the two wings. The scene appears to have been constructed on the drawing board, strictly symmetrical. This part of the park seems French.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-54-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5907\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-54-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-54-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-54-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-54-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monotonous fields of begonias, pansies and other floral long runners expand over large surfaces in usual parks, whereas the Ebertpark promotes diversity: a sea of striking flowers next to lush grasses and between waist-high perennial plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t find any plants here that you normally see in a summer season bed,\u201d says Harald with a smile. \u201cWe constantly think up unusual planting. We intend to create a counterpoint for the park\u2019s strict symmetry using naturalistic, casual plant assortments.\u201d It becomes evident that the chief gardener is no work-to-rule park manager. He really puts his heart into gardening and he is an idealist.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When you amble southwards along the paved walks to the large meadow, you are reminded of the park\u2019s history. The Ebertpark was built on the occasion of the \u201cS\u00fcddeutsche Gartenbauausstellung\u201d (\u201chorticultural exhibition in South Germany\u201d) and was opened on 28<sup>th<\/sup>May 1925. Within only six months, the former marshlands located north of the chemical industry city were transformed into a modern park site. Back then, there used to be an extensive exhibition hall. Originally, the grounds measured eight hectares. Over the years, they were extended to currently almost 25 hectares. A zoo was added in 1934, a large meadow with animal enclosures and playgrounds in 1954 and the futuristic architecture of the Eberthalle building in 1966.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eUnsere Art der G\u00e4rtnerei ist wie ein Schachspiel mit der Natur.\u201c<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is a legendary story about four bears, which lived in a cage here from 1934. During the war they disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The cage leftovers are still there in a hidden corner of the park; the spot is a popular meeting point for young locals in Friesenheim.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-49-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5902\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-49-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-49-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-49-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-49-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the south of the park is a pond for ducks. It is the scene of a pioneering gardening project. Tangled grasses, anemones, meadow-rues, Allium species and Taxus pruned in the shape of little mountainous bushes. Next to this mixture, Aegopodium podagraria spreads rampantly\u2014\u201cgoutweed!\u201d Harald calls out. \u201cMost people would fling up their hands in horror, but we advocate this.\u201d The Ebertpark team of gardeners pruned the goutweed in late spring to make room for the shrubs, perennials and flowers. So, the feared weed becomes a useful close-growing plant and gets on magnificently well with the other set plants in the Ebertpark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-35-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5888\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-35-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-35-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-35-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-35-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do gardening according to new rules here in these naturalistic beds,\u201d Harald explains. \u201cWe aim for diversity, integration and the whim of nature. Weed and ornamental plants may coexist here peacefully, with surprising outcomes.\u201d So surprising that professional experts have taken great interest in the park. Various articles on the Ebertpark\u2019s unusual horticultural concept have been published and garden experts come to Ludwigshafen regularly for inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the everyday park visitors welcome our fresh ideas and experiments. \u201cOur way of gardening is like playing chess with nature,\u201d says the chief gardener. \u201cWe start playing\u2014then nature makes a move\u2014then it\u2019s our turn again. So, next year, the field or bed may look entirely different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-50-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5903\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-50-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-50-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-50-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-50-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The founding of the sponsor\u2019s association F\u00f6rderkreis Ebertpark e.V. in 2005 was a turning point for the park. The commitment of its members and further sponsors gave it a fresh impetus. Plans for the reconversion of the park into a standard green space with trees and meadows were turned down. The \u201cnew construction\u201d department has been very active since then and looks after the park together with Harald\u2019s team: The walks and the lighting have been modernized, old playgrounds refurbished.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-39-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5892\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-39-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-39-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-39-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-39-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest Ebertpark project is another breath of fresh air: the Quellgarten (source garden). It is a geometric park area with ponds, landing stages and bridges that was made of concrete in the 1960s. The team planted an appealing variety of grasses, shrubs and six-foot perennials into the dry ponds and beds to create a rich texture. This mixture contrasts brilliantly with the architectural forms of this part of the park\u2014an exciting perennial garden is established.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-48-von-57.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5901\" src=\"http:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-48-von-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-48-von-57.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-48-von-57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ebertpark-48-von-57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It is only a few metres from the source garden to the rose garden. Hundreds of rose trees used to stand here rank and file, but at the moment, the area is fallow land. In a special campaign, locals were invited to dig up the rose trees and take them home, pathways and beds were graded, only the white concrete pillars that used to carry the pergola remain on the meadow like stone monuments. The Ebertpark team will create a completely new rose garden in the years to come. And, naturally, this is not going to be a standard rose garden, but merely an experimental gardening site\u2014a new highlight in the Ludwigshafen Ebertpark.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ludwigshafen.de\/lebenswert\/im-gruenen\/ebertpark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebertpark Ludwigshafen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ebertpark in the city of Ludwigshafen is not your typical town park. Applying unusual ideas and methods, the organizers play chess with nature. Both landscape gardeners and park lovers come from all over the country to explore this \u2018park in flux\u2019. \u00a0 This is what a perennial \u2018revolutionist\u2019 looks like: short-haired, with an earring, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1517],"tags":[122,160,207,255,331,667,668,669],"class_list":["post-5914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-spring-awakening","tag-metropolregion-rhein-neckar-en","tag-la-mag-en","tag-wo-sonst-en","tag-ludwigshafen-en","tag-pflanzen-en","tag-blumen-en","tag-ebertpark-en","tag-friesenheim-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A chess game with perennials - wo sonst<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wosonst.eu\/en\/a-chess-game-with-perennials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A chess game with perennials - wo sonst\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ebertpark in the city of Ludwigshafen is not your typical town park. 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