COQUI MALACHOWSKA COQUI

ORCHARD MEADOW

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ORCHARD MEADOW

In the Ger­man-Polish Gar­dens

Loca­ti­on: War­saw, Pol­and
Cli­ent: Foun­da­ti­on for Ger­man-Polish Coope­ra­ti­on
Year: 2021
Ser­vice pha­ses: Pre­pa­ra­ti­on and Brief, Con­cept Design, Deve­lo­ped Design, Tech­ni­cal Design, Con­s­truc­tion (HOAI 1–8)

The Polish-Ger­man Gar­dens in Ska­ry­szew­ski Park in War­saw were crea­ted on the initia­ti­ve of the Ger­man Embas­sy in coope­ra­ti­on with the City of War­saw to mark the 25th anni­ver­sa­ry of the sig­ning of the ‘Trea­ty of Good Neigh­bour­line­ss and Fri­end­ly Coope­ra­ti­on’ bet­ween the Fede­ral Repu­blic of Ger­ma­ny and the Repu­blic of Pol­and.

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The orchard mea­dow is part of the Polish-Ger­man Gar­dens, which con­ti­nue the tra­di­ti­on of urban orchards in this area. It was crea­ted thanks to finan­cial sup­port from many com­pa­nies, insti­tu­ti­ons and pri­va­te donors.

The park was one of the pro­jects we pro­po­sed as part of the Green City pro­ject we cura­ted (Zie­lo­ne Mias­to pro­ject) for the embas­sy’s anni­ver­sa­ry year, and in the fol­lo­wing years it deve­lo­ped into a pro­ject that was sup­port­ed finan­ci­al­ly by poli­ti­cal repre­sen­ta­ti­ves as well as pri­va­te indi­vi­du­als or by par­ti­ci­pa­ting in the plan­ting of num­e­rous trees in Wedel Ave­nue.

The then cul­tu­ral atta­ché of the embas­sy, Fried Niel­sen, and the direc­tor of the Ger­man-Polish Foun­da­ti­on, Cor­ne­li­us Och­mann, as well as the many pro­ject part­ners who made co-finan­cing pos­si­ble, play­ed a key role in the suc­cess of the pro­ject.

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Ger­man Pre­si­dent Frank-Wal­ter Stein­mei­er plan­ting a tree in the Ger­man-Polish Gar­dens  —  © Adam Bura­kow­ski

© Joan­na Jan­e­cka

The orchard in the Polish-Ger­man Gar­dens in Ska­ry­szew­ski Park in War­saw is adapt­ed to the con­di­ti­ons pre­vai­ling in this loca­ti­on. This type of mea­dow is par­ti­cu­lar­ly end­an­ge­red in Cen­tral Euro­pe. Mea­dows in orchards retain rain­wa­ter in an inten­si­ve man­ner and are a habi­tat for many ani­mal spe­ci­es.

An addi­tio­nal attrac­tion are the ‘peren­ni­al gar­dens’ with excep­tio­nal­ly deco­ra­ti­ve spe­ci­es of long-flowe­ring mea­dow peren­ni­als, which attract dra­gon­flies, but­ter­flies and bees with their scent and colour on sum­mer days.

The fruit trees in the mea­dow are varie­ties of old and his­to­ri­cal Polish and Ger­man apple trees.

© Nata­lia Kob­za

Besuch von Bun­des­prä­si­dent Stein­mei­er 2018   —   © Adam Bura­kow­ski

© Zuzan­na Bart­mann

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