Location: Kończyce Małe, Poland
Type: public space
Date: 2011
Concept guidelines:
- recomposition of historical gardens based on archive materials (pictures, paintings, texts from XV-XX centuries)
Type: public space
Date: 2011
Concept guidelines:
- recomposition of historical gardens based on archive materials (pictures, paintings, texts from XV-XX centuries)
- giving new shape of garden based on existing trees inventory and connection lines
- public space serving as park, walking area,restaurant and local institutions area
- surrounded by tourists bike roads (eductional and historical point)
- active and passive usage by visitors
- need of playgrounds for children
- need of easy and safe access for disabled visitors
- separation from neighborhood not interesting view and sounds
- separation from neighborhood not interesting view and sounds
- preparing view points in direction to the nicest parts of neighborhood (church, forests)
Concept description:
Archive materials and trees inventory gave a bit of informationon how previous gardens were shaped in the past. Garden and park changed many times during centuries due to to difficult history of region and continuos changes of its owners.
Concept was separated in two main areas: village park and castles parterre.
Parterre:
As the best information and pictures came from XIX century historical parterre were restored based on it with help of texts showing idea of polish gardening back then (Anna Czartoryska books and popular gardening magazine).
Parterres concept shaped it into italian gardens which gave it less strict geometrical shape compare to parterres built in other centuries. Species selection was based on popular plants gathered in historical pattern books. Based on archived photos central round and symetrical flowerbeds were designed on grass segments. On castles walls climbing roses were implemented on wooden crates.
Main parterre species is Rosa sp. (in many varieties) designed as climbing, cascade, tree and miniature shaped. As well Rosa sp. filled up central part of round flowerbeds. On grass segments, in the corners, historical wooden pots were designed with cascade shaped plants such as: Larix kaempferi 'Carriere' and Caragana arborescens.
Seasonal annuals were chosen based on its colorful contrast and textures differences. Two changes of annuals were planned: for spring and summer season.
Vilalge park:
As per archive texts and trees inventory unfortunately not many trees survived till now. Based on existing trees and shrubs new changes were implemented to bring back idea of english park that existed in castle area till XIX century.
New park interiors were prepared by enriching existing groups of plants with new species and by giving its groups new shapes. Some specimens were exposed on open grass areas.
New colorful creeping plants were implemented on lowest park level, example: local endemic species - Hacquetia epipactis. New colors and textures accents were added in concept: species with interesting autumn leaves or stems, with colorful blossoming or working as evergreens.
Previously existing alleys were restored with number of Tilia sp. Mainly native plants were chosen, altough some extraordinary species as well (trend existing in Poland in XIVII and XIX taken from english gardens).
Concept plan with both parterre and village park with water pond
Concept of parterre (spring version)
