Growing garden

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The new garden surrounds the plaza in front of the Provincial Government Building and provides a beautiful contrast to the plaza’s stone materials (2025)

Arjan Boekel for LOLA Landscape Architects

Super Blossom is a step toward greening the city center. It began as a temporary garden and evolved into a permanent ecological garden.

The perennials and annuals were planted and sown in a bed of white sand. This reduces weeds and promotes better root development, making the plants much more resilient during dry periods (2024)

The new and existing plants continue to grow into the fall, causing the garden to constantly change. Season after season and year after year (2024)

At the site level, the challenge is to bring all climate goals together in a way that is visually striking and captures the imagination (2024)

Project • By LOLA Landscape Architects • Parks/Gardens

Super Blossom

Flowering plants are followed by perennials – forgotten location in Arnhem has gradually developed into an exuberant urban garden.Arnhem city council presented an ambitious vision for a radical greening of the city. Commissioned by the municipality, LOLA Landscape Architects studied the area of the South-East Canal of Arnhem, at the height of Eusebuisk Church and Stadskantoor, and made several proposals for greening this area and steps to achieve an overarching green structure. Arjan Boekel for LOLA Landscape Architects One of the most striking proposals within this initiative is Super Blossom (Superbloei), a project that removes large sections of pavement and replaces them with lush green spaces to promote biodiversity. The are... More