Hortus Inconclusus - Berne Park

Part of the EMSCHERKUNST art festival in the post-industrial Ruhr-area, the project by GROSS. MAX. and Piet Oudolf centres on two sedimentation tanks which have been given a new function. One of the tanks remain a basic water basin, but a rounded wooden platform in the middle, which can be reached via a bridge, invites visitors to relax and sun themselves. The other tank has been filled with soil, creating a slightly sunken but accessible park. Using more than 20,000 plants, flowers and bushes Oudolf has laid out what he calls natural painting where visitors can stroll, meditate and linger.