Low zones above and below the water
This garden has all kinds of delights, big and small. The wooden frame with a planked bottom forms a “tub”. Around the edges, 14 pond baskets made of woven willow stones hang underwater. These were created by the Willow Crew led by Sjarifah Meijerman. This includes, for example, Yellow Plum, Knotweed, Floating and Shiny Pondweed, Spinned Hornwort, Watergentian, and Common Wreath.
Willow branches are woven between the bottom boards, and cork plates supplied by DobberWeelde supplied with a 100% biobased binder (natural-based glue) that holds the cork together float above. We have drilled many holes in these plates to make the cork plates less buoyant so that the marsh plants stay wet and where the plant roots can stick through. There are jute wool mix fiber cloths (from Aalsburg) on these cork plates.
On top, you can see coconut fiber tubs and woven “egg baskets” filled with pond soil, broken shell, and lime addition. The willow egg baskets were made by the Willow Crew led by Jasper Riehm (aka ThatWeirdPlantGuy). They were then all lovingly grown in a safe environment by Sara Botschuiver (Waterbaten) with a wide diversity of riverine and, in particular, marsh plants.
