Kleine_Paradiese in OstWestfalenLippe in Gardens and Parks E�periencing Culture 2 We heartily welcome you! 18 Metamorphosis of a Cloister Garden »Garden_Landscape of EastWestphaliaLippe« From a Paradise in the World 4 New ›Old‹ Gardens 20 Art in the Open »Garden_Landscape of EastWestphaliaLippe« The regional gardens with contemporary art in the dialogue 6 When Dreams come true »Garden_Landscape of EastWestphaliaLippe« 2008 Rietberg State Garden Show a big Hit able of contents24 Paths Through the Region 8 Health, Rest and Relaxation OWL Literature and Music Festival Spa Parks in EastWestphaliaLippe »Garden_Landscape of EastWestphaliaLippe« 10 The Importance of Garden Art 28 Quality and Breadth for Urban Construction Culture in EastWestphaliaLippe 12 European Garden Heritage Network 30 Landscapes like from a Picture Book The European Gardening Network Recreation in Teutoburg Forest 14 Immersing oneself in another World 34 Enjoying East Westphalian Interview with Count von Oeynhausen- Culinary Delights Sierstorpff and Baron von Reden 2 Garden_Landscape of EastWestphaliaLippe 3 We heartily invite you to our region »way up The special thing about this »Garden_Land- The inhabitants of EastWestphaliaLippe love We look forward to greeting you in »OWL«! there in North Rhine-Westphalia«. Discover and scape of EastWestphaliaLippe« is the magnifi- and treasure this living environment and wish to experience the numerous gardens and parks cent linking of the gardener’s skill with visual make this more well-known. The gardens and in the middle of the wonderful cultural landscape arts, with music and literature. Every year, parks give the landscape a unique imprint and between Teutoburger Forest and Wiehengebirge the programme of the Garden_Landscape of are also an expression of the quality and feeling (name of mountain range), Eggegebirge (name East Westphalia-Lippe brings art and culture of life of the region. We also wish to share it of mountain range) and the Senne landscape to the wondrously beautiful and extraordinary with you! Herbert Weber Managing Director of OstWestfalenLippe Marketing GmbH � e �eartily(area between Gütersloh and Paderborn welcomelocations and discovers and pays homage This magazine willyou! not only entice you with mainly sandy soil) and between the Weser to the cultural garden heritage of the region. through the Garden_Landscape of EastWestphalia and Ems Rivers. Follow the trail of authors The idea for garden and landscape art Lippe. You will also discover a cultural land- and great thinkers such as Rainer Maria Rilke, in EastWestphaliaLippe (OWL)was supplied by scape that is full of character with big city scenes Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and Friedrich Dr. Thomas Kellein, Director of the Bielefeld in Bielefeld and Paderborn, with numerous Heike Herold Hölderlin who already made this voyage of dis- Art Museum. Based upon this idea, the Land- historical city centres, e.g. in Detmold, Rheda- Director of the OWL Cultural Office covery centuries ago. Parks with luscious tree schaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Landscape Wiedenbrück and Höxter. Walk in »Germany’s and plant species, Baroque gardens and nature Association of Westphalia-Lippe) began to do- Spa Garden«, in which numerous spas with parks near castles and monasteries await you. cument the garden and park diversity and to brine, marshland and sulphur in the spa parks In addition, the parks enrich the region with make it a special aspect of its cultural mainte- invite you to enjoy relaxation and recovery. five spas and four Landesgartenschauen (State nance policy under the programme »New ›Old‹ Hike through the heights of the Teutoburg Forest garden shows). And, every year, additional Gardens«. Thereupon, artistic presentations or through the wide Senne landscape, cycle gardens are created for the rich supply of over became the focus of the region’s gardens. »Art the wellness or Landesgartenschau (State Garden 200 parks and made accessible to garden lovers. in the open of plastic and graphic arts« is what Show) route and enjoy pumpernickel and Pickert Thomas Kellein calls the work of renowned (pancake made of potato and yeast dough) which artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Jenny Holzer, are among our regional cuisine. Jan Vercruysse and George Condo. The literature and music festival »Paths through the Region« from the East Westphalia-Lippe Literature Office brings worldfamous authors such as Cees Noteboom and star actors such as Ben Becker, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Martina Gedeck, musical ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet or the Venice Baroque Orchestra to offbeat locales. Thus, events take place which open new perspectives for these locations. Other parks restored during the course of the project: ❦ Small garden next to the Junkerhaus (Junker House), Lemgo Amtshausberg, Vlotho Vörden Castle Park, Marienmünster Cloister Garden, Rietberg Friedrichstal Landscape Park, Detmold Detmold Palace Garden Baroque Garden in the Schieder Castle Park, Schieder-Schwalenberg 4 New ›Old‹ Gardens 5 by Horst Gerbaulet With the New ›Old‹ Gardens project, the Landschafts- At the beginning of the project, the documen- Only then in the 90s did people finally decide However, the one-time Herzebrock cloister verband Westfalen-Lippe is pursuing the goal of tation of the Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen- that a garden has to be maintained if one wants garden was always rather down-to-earth and Lippe (LWL) included approx. 200 historical to keep it. characterised by the moat, old practical maintaining and developing historical gardens and gardens and parks in East Westphalia-Lippe. Fortunately, upon the recognition that gardens gardens as well as fishing ponds. They were parks. The basis of the project is the diversity of With the title Garden_Landscape of East and parks represent an important component renovated and an attractive rose garden was gardens and parks with cultural history, touristic and WestphaliaLippe, this group assumes responsibi- of regional identity, funds from urban construc- added. A parking lot in the one-time cloister lity for the official project of the »REGIONALE* tion subsidies were provided in order to maintain area was eliminated and an intimate inner health importance in the region. The spectrum 2000/EXPO-Initiative OWL«. The project was the gardens and parks in the region. Without courtyard was created. ranges from the public spa park to the well-kept, inspired by the idea of Dr. Thomas Kellein, these funds, the owners, municipalities and This and all other projects such as, e.g., lovingly maintained gardens near the manor. Director of the Bielefeld Art Museum, to redis- private persons wouldn’t have been able to do it. in the Dalheim Cloister (Lichtenau city), in the cover and develop the gardens and parks as In this case, it was less a matter of reconstruc- Rheder Landscape Park (city of Brakel) or in essential characteristics of a cultural identity. tion than to make up for even decades of neglect the Wehrden Castle Park (city of Beverungen), Since 2001, the project has found a new in maintaining them and safeguarding that had at their goal to reinvigorate the gardens structure with three pillars: Art in the Open, Paths which already existed. and parks for the general public. How interes- Through the Region and New ›Old‹ Gardens. One of the outstanding examples is the City ting this was to the general public is shown In addition to recording data about the Park with the Botanical Garden in Gütersloh: by the large numbers of people at the dedica- gardens, the New ›Old‹ Gardens project is dedi- The landscape garden which was created at the tion ceremonies: Thousands wanted to then cated to communication and support in the beginning of the 20th century in the style of experience the illumination of the park during upkeep, restoration and development of gardens a public park was comprehensively restored the evening and then the historical Cloister and parks. The LWL office is responsible for during the project. In the wooded park, the Market the next day. Also participation in the landscape and building culture which was able open spaces and visual links were restored and »garden walks« organised by knowledgeable to make approximately twelve larger as well as the network of paths and playgrounds were experts shows that the »New ›Old‹ Gardens« some smaller gardens and parks valuable again. renovated. A special feature is the Eiswiese (Ice have been popular. From the beginning, it was the goal to resurrect Meadow) in the southern part of the park In conclusion, it shouldn’t be forgotten that, the almost forgotten theme of »garden art«. which can be used in the winter as a natural without the decades-long commitment of Through the ideas of Louis Le Roy, who had ice area for ice skating. the park owners, many of the historical gardens emphasised the principle of the conquering Both Cloister Gardens of the Herzebrock- would no longer even exist today. of natural processes, evolving and declining with Clarholz municipality now radiate with their Photos above from left to right: his book which was published in 1974 called old shine: In Clarholz, the former Baroque * »REGIONALE« is a development scheme, subsidised Böckel Manor Park in Rödinghausen, »Natur ausschalten – Natur einschalten (Exclu- garden has again been made visible with the by the Ministry of Construction and Commerce in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Clarholz Cloister Garden. Below ding nature – exploiting nature)«, »garden art« new design and the entire area has been this: Bielefeld Japanese Garden. Below: Botanical Garden and the was in danger of dying. adorned with permanent art in the open from Gütersloh City Park. the Belgian artist Jan Vercruysse. The »Rietberg Garden Show Park« attracts its guests with vivid cultural history, native plants and animals. The manifold park landscape can be enjoyed on an area of 40 ha. 6 2008 Rietberg State Garden Show a big Hit 7 by Tatjana Wanner More than 900,000 visitors have seen it, the Decisive for the success in Rietberg was the The Patronage Association, which was already The remaining weeks of the autumn after the The investments in the 2008 Rietberg State 14th NRW State Garden Show.