Gärten der Welt
Park in Berlin, Germany
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Gärten der Welt ("Gardens of the World") is a public park in Marzahn, Berlin. It was opened on 9 May 1987 as Berliner Gartenschau and was renamed Erholungspark Marzahn in 1991, before adopting its current name in 2017. The total area encompasses more than 100 hectares (250 acres).
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History
Overview
In 1991, the park was renamed to Erholungspark Marzahn. In October 2000, the Chinese garden is opened as a part of Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World). This was followed by other gardens, including Oriental, Italian, Balinese, Korean, and Japanese. In 1995, it welcomed 132,000 visitors. By 2007 the number has increased to 650,000. The park was renamed to "Gärten der Welt" in 2017.
In 2018 the English garden was open in the park.
IGA 2017
The park was chosen as the site of the Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 (IGA 2017), an international horticultural exhibition.[1]
Pura Tri Hita Karana
Pura Tri Hita Karana is a functioning Hindu temple located in the Balinese Garden of the park. It is one of the few Hindu temples of Balinese architecture built outside Indonesia.[2]
Gärten der Welt
| Theme | Area | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese garden | 27,000 m2 (290,000 sq ft) | 15 October 2000 |
| Japanese garden | 2,700 m2 (29,000 sq ft) | 30 April 2003 |
| Balinese garden | 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) | 18 December 2003 |
| Oriental-Islamic garden[3] | 6,100 m2 (66,000 sq ft) | 7 July 2005 |
| Korean garden | 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft) | 31 March 2006 |
| Italian Renaissance garden[4] | 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) | 31 May 2008 |
| English garden | 2018 | |
| Christian garden[5] | ||
| Jewish garden[6] | 2,000 square metres | October 2021 |
In addition to the 11 Themed Gardens, Gärten der Welt also contains 9 International Artisan Gardens, or garden cabinets, featuring modern designs from landscape artists with connection to the respective countries, and often containing social commentary.[7]
For example, the "Los Angeles Garden" representing the United States features a mock parking lot with a gated-off patch of grass, palm trees, and two parked SUVs. The artist Martin Kaltwasser modeled it off an actual parking lot in Santa Monica to address "the displacement of nature by industry," inviting visitors to "critically examine" an "overwhelmingly urban landscape."[8]
Transport
Nearest metro station is Kienberg (Gärten der Welt), on the U5 line. Named "Neue Grottkauer Straße" until 2016, it was renamed in that way for the IGA 2017. The station is also the eastern terminus of the IGA Cable Car (German: IGA-Seilbahn), a 1.5-kilometre-long (0.93 mi) aerial tramway line serving and crossing the park, built for the expo.[9][10]
