At the beginning of the year, the training team from the Parks and Gardens Department took over the refurbishment and maintenance of the farm garden at the Fasanerie animal and plant park with the aim of redesigning the farm garden and opening it up to visitors.

By preparing the soil, installing raised beds, planting new plants, reactivating the compost heap and repairing equipment, an eye-catcher has been created in the entrance area of the Fasanerie. The training managers Boris Schlemmer, Michaela
Uhlich, Niklas Dengel and Peter Riese are very proud of their trainees Natalie Stillger, Anton Reinz, Vincent Gachot, Resit Aktas, Justin Hirsch, Batuhan Öngel and Arie Mai.

Mayor and Head of the Environment Department Christiane Hinninger: "The cross-departmental cooperation in terms of the ecological development of the Fasanerie has led to a convincing solution here. From the beginning of August, the Bauengarten can be experienced during park opening hours. By implementing these and other measures, the training team and the pheasantry team are helping to preserve and improve the soil, biodiversity and resource-conserving management."

The training team was happy to comply with the pheasantry's request for ecological cultivation. The soil of the farm garden was completely reworked with compost from the pheasantry and enriched with a special substrate, biochar. Biochar is produced by the incomplete combustion of plant material, such as prunings. It binds carbon dioxide, increases the water storage capacity of the soil and supports the build-up of humus. In addition to improving the soil, attention was paid to cooperative structures, such as biological pest regulation, when planting in the spirit of permaculture. The peripheral areas of the garden are kept largely untouched as a "quiet zone for nature".

In future garden workshops and seminars at the Nature Education Center, interested parties can find out more or engage creatively with the topics of plants and soil.