Secret Garden

A “Secret Garden”, hidden in plain sight by Amsterdam’s prettiest canal in the bohemian Jordaan buurt.

Handkerchief Habitat

Handkerchief Habitat

“Handkerchief Habitat” Small gardens and small actions play a vital role to boost the well-being of all creatures great and small, including us. Amidst Amsterdam’s urban jungle the Secret Garden is a handerchief habitat.  Both stem from humble...
Pocket-sized Planting

Pocket-sized Planting

“Pocket-sized Planting” Secret gardening is not just about pottering picturesquely in the herbaceous borders, it’s a pocket-sized challenge to create a blooming microclimate. Even a small garden design needs great planning principles which focus on a...
Tip-toppers

Tip-toppers

“Tip-toppers” The Secret Garden must be in tip-top condition to make other neighbourhoods in Amsterdam green with envy. A dedicated Topsoil ground force is driven by cutting-edge horticulture research attained from a school garden visit, wherein they...
Guts and Glory

Guts and Glory

“Guts and Glory” “We take our mission very seriously!  Compost is the basic building block of our Secret Garden, we absolutely insist the plants grow in healthy soil.” It’s a down and dirty business composting Bloemgracht’s Secret Garden. A...
On the Edge

On the Edge

“On the Edge” Getting our ‘ducks in a row’ for sprucing up the Secret Garden border alongside the Bloemgracht canal. “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself” said Napolean Bonaparte once self-proclaimed “Konijn” – Rabbit of Holland, who...

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