A paradise for aquatic plants and smaller fish
There are almost no plants in this garden above water, even more underwater. The design ensures maximum light entry to these aquatic and floating leaf plants that produce oxygen. This is where Coke Hornwort, Common Wreath, Perennial, Shiny and Shredded Pondweed, Yellow Plum, Strawberry, Little Waterweed, Crab Beetle, Waterweed, Chickbite and Starwort grow here.
Kees Koot (Stichting Waterplant) advises, helps with planting and supplies aquatic plants for this great challenge. Which plants are robust and resilient enough to survive the adverse conditions of brackish, cloudy, nutrient-rich water, wind and currents in the city? Do the pond bowls offer sufficient protection, even during transport?
A large planter was made from old floorboards from the Amsterdam canals. This tank is weighted with an underwater landscape of brick dust, which is good against the leaching of pond substrate, gives structure to plant roots, and is a favorite attachment surface for (water-filtering) mussels.
Plantics makes 100% plant-based sheet material from pressed Dutch Hemp and natural resin. This created a triangular plant tub, which was given extra buoyancy by blocks of biofoam made from the same resin.
Nautilus was commissioned by the Water Caravan to make a Fish Matryoshka: three gabions in each other that are getting smaller with ever smaller mesh sizes. These are planted with aquatic plants. Here, fish can hide from predators, between the baskets and between the aquatic plants. Here you can see a lot of little fish swimming around.
The heated water in the fishing tower attracts fish that can swim in from below. This way, a meeting between people and fish is possible from the canoe!
In a shallow basin of canal wood, there is a stack of 3D BESE elements clicked together that provide support for aquatic plants. The material chosen for these BESE elements is PHB, which naturally composts even in fresh cold water.
