Our Jungle Garden

From meadow to Jungle Garden

Our garden has been developing since 1990 from a farmer's meadow. It started out as a collection of bamboos, but has since developed into an experimental "jungle garden". The profusion of bamboo creates a micro-climate in which all sorts of plants can feel at home, such as ferns, palms, camellias and so on. Are you bored with tidy, conifered suburban plots? Then it's certainly worth your while to come to Steenwijkerwold and to see our exotic plants and flowers at first hand!

Exotic world plants

Even experienced gardeners who think they've seen it all are often surprised by the number of plants they see here for the first time. That's because our nursery maintains many international contacts and we travel extensively to hunt down exotic plants. Our most recent trip to New Zealand (in the winter of 2001/2002) resulted in a treasure-trove of information and new plants. As a result the nursery can supply a great number of new plants in the years to come; plants which we expect to have a reasonable chance of surviving in our climate (although some plants will have problems).

What to expect in our Jungle Garden

Traditional gardeners will not find us all that interesting. Don't expect to find a pristine, well tended garden here! Adventurous gardeners are the ones who keep coming back to us. We try to introduce new plants every year. This costs a great deal of time, money and energy. The new additions are often really exclusive, expensive and can only be sold in quantities of one. We do not supply mainstream garden centres but work with nurseries similar to ours (see Exotic gardening - Links). Looking for something special? In the immediate future we will be supplying hardy Astelias and Cordilines from New Zealand. We regularly give talks and guided tours. Please ring for more information