This garden is thoroughly grounded in the surrounding polders.
Significant parts of The Netherlands are polders. A delta-landscape of marshes turned into polders. It’s what the Dutch are famous for.
The older polders are smaller, and the newer ones are very big in scale. But big or small most of the time, they have the same characteristic.
Dramatic skies and a composition of horizontal lines. A rhythm of water lines, higher grass edges along the waterlines and meadows cut in different intervals with tree lines of Willows, Alder and Poplars in the background. It’s actually an industrial landscape for small and big-scale farming, but the small-scale polders have romantic and poetic qualities.
These green landscapes capture the elements dramatically. Of course, the wind is prevailing, but rain, sun and mist are often caught dramatically and poetically.
The Dutch identify themselves with these polders, which are very important for the collective identity of Dutch society.