Gardenactivities

A very warm welcome to De Tuinen van Appeltern. The newest materials and plants have been used in both new and existing gardens. The latest trends can be seen in the new Trend and Lounge gardens.

Visit the garden advice centre to find out all about the process of garden design, up to and including the construction. There is an extensive library and throughout the gardening season Exclusief Geselecteerde Hoveniers and designers will offer you informal personal advice (see www.exclusiefgeselecteerd.nl).Free design sketches available on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March (advance registration required).

An inspiring day, organised by the ‘Nederlandse Vereniging voor Tuin- en Landschapsarchitectuur‘ (NVTL = Netherlands Association for Landscape Architecture). The programme includes free design sketches, lectures and a design workshop. For more info see www.nvtl.nl

Nearly 100 architects and designers submitted designs for the first Appeltern Gardens Festival. Ten selected entries have been constructed, which will be on show until the end of October. Each of these Festival gardens has been designed from an entirely different viewpoint, resulting in a unique presentation. The gardens laid out here are a wonderful source of inspiration for anyone looking to take a different garden path.

Koi 2000 is organising this special koi and pond event, together with De Tuinen van Appeltern. More than 100 stands, various selections and competitions. You can see thousands of koi in dozens of beautiful ponds.

An event organised in Appeltern by gardening magazine ‘Bloemen & Planten’ for readers to meet each other and the people behind the magazine. An inspiring programme with all the editors and gardening celebrities.

On show throughout the season. Work on this new section of the park began in the autumn of 2009. Dozens of perennial borders laid out in colours and themes. This 10,000 m2 garden will be on show from April but today is the official opening. All perennial growers in the Netherlands have contributed to this fabulous Perennial parade.

Never before have there been so many new things to see in De Tuinen van Appeltern. The Trend- en Loungegardens, the National Perennial Garden and the Appeltern Gardens Festival have all been added at once; added to the more than 190 model gardens already in the park. We are celebrating both this development and the summer. Simply, unannounced, an added bonus during your summer visit.

Two ‘golden oldies wrapped into one. A delightful weekend with stands full of harvest and autumn products throughout the park and dozens of artists exposing their work against an attractive garden backdrop.

The Exclusief Geselecteerde Hoveniers, on hand in the garden advice centre every weekend throughout the year to answer your all questions, take a closer look at the most important points. Splitting plants, pruning and soil improvement. A different theme every week (see www.exclusief­geselecteerd.nl). Free design sketches are available on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 October (advance registration required).

Traditionally spooky in De Tuinen van Appeltern. The scary surprises and noises with strange figures around the park will startle cool kids or give them a fright.

As an alternative to the many Christmas shows and winter fairs, we would like to show you that your own garden has so very much more to offer than you realise. Throughout the park we will show you the beauty of plants in winter, of still lifes in pottery or on piles of wood, of Mother Nature’s own works of art, and the many valuable winter plants.

The last weekend in 2010 that De Tuinen van Appeltern is open to the public. Together with you we would like to ‘celebrate’ the end of the garden season.