Alnwick Garden Jacques Wirtz Design

35 thoughts on the alnwick garden jacques wirtz and tadao ando jill 20th september 2011 at 2 54 pm.

Alnwick garden jacques wirtz design. The alnwick garden is being created by jacques and peter wirtz celebrated international garden designers from belgium. There are still a couple of phases to implement. Jacques wirtz 1924 antwerp belgium 2018 schoten belgium.

The main prominent feature of the present garden is the grand cascade which insinuates its way down the hillside and fascinates visitors with the changing fountain displays. Once part of a great 18th century estate the four acre walled garden and gardener s cottage was purchased by wirtz in the 1970 s. One of the world s most contemporary gardens the alnwick garden was built to break the rules.

Jacques wirtz s garden 1 lies hidden along a quiet residential road behind a wall of giant hornbeam to the north east of antwerp in belgium. Visitors often asking what is their secret. Feb 25 2017 explore inna slobodyan s board jacques wirtz garden followed by 896 people on pinterest.

Internationally acclaimed landscape firm and 2013 veranda magic maker wirtz international landscape architects was founded by father jacques wirtz in 1948. Not so at alnwick we heard. The development of alnwick gardens is not yet complete.

Together the two companies form the largest garden and landscape architecture firm in belgium. The team of wirtz international comprises highly skilled and knowledgeable designers and wirtz tuinarchitectuur comprises experienced gardeners with genuine passion for nature. I have visited alnwick many times and agree that it always feels disappointing less than the sum of its showcase grandiose parts.

It was intriguing to here that the duchess of northumberland had approached jacques and peter wirtz from belgium to come up with a design for the gardens. In design terms the alnwick garden pushes the boundaries and this is due in no small part to the duchess of northumberland herself who has always believed that almost anything is possible if you get the right people involved. Wirtz international s alnwick garden for decades trees hedges grasses and flowers have bent to the will of one belgian family.