Bremen -St. Magnus / corner Raschenkampsweg/Ulenweg
at Knoops Park
This garden is open from March to October daily 9h - 18h.
Just
a regular garden?
After five years of planning, fundraising and construction
the Blind People's Garden of Bremen was created in St. Magnus, a part of
town in the north of Bremen. Remarkable about it is the fact that it's
the first German garden of this kind to be built in private initiative
and to be exclusively supported by donations and free services
of local enterprises.
All gardening is done by the clubmembers.
Of course the Garden is open to the recreation seeking
public as well - but it is suited for the special needs of blind persons.
The plants are meant to be smelled, touched and felt.
16 different arrangements of plants
The Blind People's Garden covers about 2.600 square meters
and is surrounded by a plant covered embankment.
Compared to the surrounding area the garden's surface
has been lowered. It's provided with a ramp-like entrance, paved with a
porous stone to prevent slipperyness. The garden's pathways are covered
with varying materials in order to assist blind persons with their orientation:
Stone paved surface only at the entrance area, rolled
sand on the pathway which entours the patches, and in the center a soft
layer of shredded bark. At the entrance and in the center, panels with
engraved maps provide information on the arrangement of the garden.
The patches have been installed at a height of 2 1/2
feet so that visitors find them convenient to smell, touch and feel the
plants. The entire garden has been created in a way which enables blind
visitors to discover everything without assistance.
Sixteen different arrangements of plants present plants
with coarse and smooth leaves, aromatic blossoms and leaves, interesting
barcs, herbaceous plants, various grasses and agricultural plants. All
sixteen of these thematic plant arrangements have a carved wooden panel
marking each one with a letter from A through Q. The naming of the plants
is in Braille writing and also German name. The plates with the names of
the plants have an additional information (A5, D8,...,P10). The letter
indicates the plant arrangement while the number represents its (German
and botanical) name.
The garden features more than 500 different species of
plants of which more than 350 have been provided with name tags.
Accomodation adress:
If you wish further informations, our printed broshure
or if you would like to arrange a guided tour, please call:
bank accounts:
Sparkasse Bremen Konto 150 66160, BLZ 290 50101
Volksbank Bremen Nord Konto 1022 33 400, BLZ 291903 30