thoughts on the Lower Austrian project "Nature in the Garden", year
nature accompanied me in the garden now for summer 1999th
I go with nature in the garden since 1999.
a long time
much divided
learned a lot more developed
the beginning had a few people, strictly speaking, a woman and a man (as is rumored internally :-)) "just" a good idea. And I was among those who were on top at the right time right place, and then began as a garden consultant on the spot my part contribute. Sometimes I have cared for (exhibition) stands or paid (in background) technical papers. Also, a few fruit pruning seminars I have held.
knew the beginning, I do not think anyone would really know what caused it:
a project that is both beyond the borders of Lower Austria and from Austria has become known and cooperate. The success of an EU co-financing, co-financed the first five years were 70%. A success from the province of Lower Austria, Lower Austria Environmental Consulting and countless individuals, which has since more or less known media, and have contributed their constituents to contribute.
I have shared over the years my personal experiences and impressions of working with nature in the garden almost exclusively in the private sector and in the field during my visits in the meantime about 800 gardens. That seemed reasonable, but it was exactly where I did my part - on site, talking and sharing with garden owners, in meeting with local personalities, people who had decided a Unterstü ; requested for estimation of ecological garden topics.
were in the early years these people always those that one might describe as Ökofreaks, which, in their respective areas of life were often visionary and were very pleased to be able to share their knowledge and experience, "it is really ok, I see the world, there is still such a person! "I was also often the case, even I have not only advise, but also received many gifts.
now has the theme "Nature in the Garden" thus gained a wide acceptance that this is also clearly reflected in my discussions, of course! It is now mainly to find appropriate tools, on the way to your own garden, or on the way to a desired transformation. The theme is very sober, almost "normal". Well done!
My role is not only to the specialist. I feel often that it is still very important site to be the one that has been my experience that "it goes." That it is possible to find their own way in dealing with this own, "small" resource base to trust their own successes and failures, the "drüberzutrauen" that for each topic are many possible solutions. To realize that "easy" pending decisions. That every person is able to take responsibility for your own garden. That it is possible that this is because not a piece of "wild", sometimes "gone wild" nature, the "tamed" to be, but that it is a beautiful furniture opportunity is with "out there" to get in touch, everything that grows there and crawling, flying and chirping. That it can be very relieving the wilderness and sometimes admit to not fight.
I find particularly remarkable in the whole, not just that it has for so many years by so many people and decision makers always played important decisions anew on nature in the garden, too, and not least financial. But that this is basically a kind of private-public partnership (= private-public) is, as they seldom are in form. NiG would not be alive without the many people that the principles of ecology in part or entirely within their own implement test area of life and would. NiG would not start to flourish especially so in cases where the proceedings on the ground would have been promoted not as clear in some cases, to 100%, currently to up to 33%. This has led to a fairly relaxed is consulting local situation, as the phone sent from the garden expert has been properly trained and still "affordable" is. If the money comes in part from somewhere else, which in turn is also a kind of guarantee that it is "ok" to do that someone else has already approved, "that with nature". The Deliberations begin this often already at a fairly high level.
that it then also there's the whole rest of the NiG network, let alone in the form of the Garden of telephone, television shows and movies, not to mention incredible amounts of information material, obtained in the course of producing this 12 years and offered mostly wear free,
in the form of visionary yet down to earth people in the background, the responsibilities.
is all together, I think, once a reason
the year to be proud
we all on us all
and each and every individual on himself
And by that I mean everyone, whether organizationally involved or not :-),
all who feel in any way connected with nature in the garden.
Note: Nature in the garden is a low-Austrian project, which is dedicated especially the greening of the private gardens and this, inter alia, the criteria of the garden plaque has written. As part of NiG there to check include the possibility of a funded consultancy on site, either to the award criteria of the plaque, or as part of a garden (re) design. www.naturimgarten.at
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