Join Malique Mohamud & Concrete Blossom on 25 August for a delicious barbecue in The New Garden. While enjoying the garden barbecue, you can discover the stories of The New Garden’s visitors together with Malique, the host of this edition of Just Hanging Out. Just Hanging Out investigates public space in Rotterdam, and in particular the space of The New Garden.

As part of Just Hanging Out, a series of daytime barbecues curated by AFARAI in De Nieuwe Tuin. Rotterdam based artist Charlie Koolhaas will transform the wild garden into a colourful event space, using her eclectic collection of fabrics.

Big Nate, from Smells Good in the Hood, lays on a delicious daytime barbecue in The New Garden, featuring soul food from all over the world. While enjoying the garden barbecue, you can discover the stories of The New Garden’s visitors together with Manuela Goncalves Tavares, the host of this edition of Just Hanging Out. Just Hanging Out investigates public space in Rotterdam, and in particular the space of The New Garden.

The New Garden is a public space with an ecological system of herbs, shrubs, animals and birds. Artist/designer Frank Bruggeman and ecological horticulturalist Hans Engelbrecht planted the garden in the spring of 2015 on the grounds around Het Nieuwe Instituut. The garden is a temporary landscape like those that spring up on wastelands and vacant inner-city plots. Bruggeman and Engelbrecht have selected plants that are suited to these specific circumstances. This flora is presented in a photo reportage.

A guided walk through the Museumpark and The New Garden with urban gardener, author and designer Caroline Zeevat, followed by a tasting of wild plants and herbs.