Van Olffen's garden-and greensite:The garden

In this not commercial site we will tell a lot of our garden,plants and combination of plants throughout the seasons and gardens we have visited in Europe and outside Europe.Also there are many links to garden and botanical sites on the internet. All the information we give is an own interpretation of our interest in plants and gardening. So we are not responsible for any errors.We hope you will enjoy this site.

We started with the construction of the garden in 1995 according to an own ground and planting plan around a new built house in a small village in the Netherlands.In the last few years there were made some adaptations: A pond and a small buxusborder with a central topiaried taxus.We mainly use hardy plants,grasses,roses and shrubs.The structure in the garden,especially important in the winter, is reached by hedges from taxus,ilex and fagus sylvatica. In the borders,carefully cutted taxus and buxus and also grasses are important for the structure.We like a naturally way of gardening.On the photographs some impressions of the garden in June 2003,showing parts of the headborders with combinations of hardy perennials and roses.In the arch the climbing roses Veilchenblau and Blue Magenta.

The garden

Home
Home
Winter
Winter
Flowers in February
Flowers in February
Spring
Spring
Springflowers
Springflowers
Summer
Summer
Summerflowers
Summerflowers
Autumn
Autumn
Autumnflowers
Autumnflowers
Gardenimpressions in 2002
Gardenimpressions in 2002

Index

Virtual gardens
Virtual gardens
Greensites
Greensites
Nurseries
Nurseries
Open Irish gardens
Open Irish gardens
Open English gardens
Open English gardens
Open Dutch gardens:Limburg
Open Dutch gardens:Limburg
Open Dutch gardens:Zeeland
Open Dutch gardens:Zeeland
Castle gardens in the eastern part of the Netherlands
Castle gardens in the eastern part of the Netherlands
Jardin Majorelle,Marrakesh Morocco
Jardin Majorelle,Marrakesh Morocco
The gardens of the Sofitel Hotel in Hua Hin,Thailand
The gardens of the Sofitel Hotel In Hua Hin,Thailand
Tropical flowers
Tropical flowers
Flora in Cuba
Flora in Cuba

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Tropical greensites
Tropical greensites
Useful gardenflowers in the Netherlands
Useful gardenflowers in the Netherlands:In preparation