Videos from Ponds and fountains in Historic Gardens

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Videos from Ponds and fountains in Historic Gardens

The video from the workshop and recordings from the webinar are now available on YouTube.

Video from the workshop

The workshop on the topic Ponds and fountains in Historic Gardens was arranged at Paleis Het Loo in June 2024. The video from the event is now available on our YouTube-channel – you’ll find the link further down in this article. The video sums the content nicely up, and the interviews with participants tells a bit about the experience participating on a Craft Skills for Garden Conservation-activity.

Recordings from the webinar

The Ponds and fountain in Historic Gardens-webinar was hosted by Paleis Het Loo on the 16th of January 2024. For those of you who where not able to attend, or want to have a re-run. The five and a half hours-webinar is now split up in 10 sequences – one for each subtopic.

Videos workshop

Ponds and fountain-video

Video from the Ponds-workshop, introduced by Renske Ek and Willem Zieleman.

Ponds and fountain-video

Video from the Ponds-workshop, introduced by Renske Ek and Willem Zieleman.

Videos webinar

Introduction to the Ponds and fountain-webinar

Renske Ek from Paleis Het Loo welcomes all to the webinar, inform about the CSGC-project and the Ponds-topic

Introduction to the Ponds and fountain-webinar

Renske Ek from Paleis Het Loo welcomes all to the webinar, inform about the CSGC-project and the Ponds-topic

"The importance of water and the profession of Fountaineer...

..in the 17th century, by/Lenneke Berkhout, Independent Garden History researcher

"The importance of water and the profession of Fountaineer...

..in the 17th century, by/Lenneke Berkhout, Independent Garden History researcher

‘Pump and Circumstance, Channelling water to Versailles and Het Loo’.

by/Alette Fleischer, AAF Art and History

‘Pump and Circumstance, Channelling water to Versailles and Het Loo’.

by/Alette Fleischer, AAF Art and History

"The role and importance of water in a flat landscape. The country estates near the Vecht...

..and in the Beemster, The Netherlands, by/Willem Zieleman, garden advisor at Paleis Het Loo

"The role and importance of water in a flat landscape. The country estates near the Vecht...

..and in the Beemster, The Netherlands, by/Willem Zieleman, garden advisor at Paleis Het Loo

The first steam engines....

– examples from Hampton Court, Chiswick and Herrenhausen by/David Jacques, independent scholar and a consultant in historic landscapes, parks, and gardens.

The first steam engines....

– examples from Hampton Court, Chiswick and Herrenhausen by/David Jacques, independent scholar and a consultant in historic landscapes, parks, and gardens.

Fountains and ponds driven by steam engines in the 19th century, stories from Potsdam.

by/Katrin Schröder, Garden curator Babelsberg/Rheinsberg

Fountains and ponds driven by steam engines in the 19th century, stories from Potsdam.

by/Katrin Schröder, Garden curator Babelsberg/Rheinsberg

'With a spade and a watering pot' - Capability Brown's holistic approach to estate water management.

by/Steffie Shields, professional garden photographer, writer, and historic landscape consultant

'With a spade and a watering pot' - Capability Brown's holistic approach to estate water management.

by/Steffie Shields, professional garden photographer, writer, and historic landscape consultant

The Dipping Pond of Croome Walled Garden, its history, and the state-of-the-art irrigation system that it now feeds.

by/Chris Cronin, owner of Croome Court and Walled Garden.

The Dipping Pond of Croome Walled Garden, its history, and the state-of-the-art irrigation system that it now feeds.

by/Chris Cronin, owner of Croome Court and Walled Garden.

Dutch Initiative ‘Climate-Resilient Estates’, a system approach, example Estate region Baakse Beek, province Gelderland.

by/Louisa Remesal, program manager, Rijn and IJssel Water Board

Dutch Initiative ‘Climate-Resilient Estates’, a system approach, example Estate region Baakse Beek, province Gelderland.

by/Louisa Remesal, program manager, Rijn and IJssel Water Board

How to clean ponds, Q&A and workshop presentation

How to clean ponds by/Jan Høvo, Q&A with all speakers and presentation of the on-site workshop on Ponds (June 24 at Het Loo) by/Renske Ek

How to clean ponds, Q&A and workshop presentation

How to clean ponds by/Jan Høvo, Q&A with all speakers and presentation of the on-site workshop on Ponds (June 24 at Het Loo) by/Renske Ek

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Pathways and stone wall management in Historic Gardens About About	21/11/2023	27/08/2024 – 28/08/2024
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