The Garden Fair
New in The New Garden
In the winter of 2021, Het Nieuwe Instituut’s garden was redesigned in response to the Museum Park revamp. It will bloom again in the coming years. Meanwhile, Het Nieuwe Instituut is now the world’s first official zoöp – a new kind of organisation, in which people and non-humans (such as plants and animals) try to live together in harmony. For example, weeds from The New Garden are not simply thrown away and there is a compost heap to stimulate biodiversity.
Glossary
Upcycling: making something new from (waste) materials or products, so increasing their value.
Recycling: also making something new from waste, but by first destroying the waste product. An example is glass: containers are melted down to make new glass items.
Reuse: using old items again, without changing them, as in the case of second-hand clothing and furniture.
Regenerative design: goes one step further than sustainable design. For example, where a sustainable design emits less CO2, a regenerative design will store CO2. Nature, environment and social aspects are taken into account in the design.