Pflanzgarten School Garden

Children have less and less the opportunity to experience nature very closely. Only a few families in the city still have their own garden. Many children are therefore denied the secrets of nature or the pleasure of growing their own vegetables from a seed. Our Pflanzgarten School Garden allows children to understand nature. The terraced beds and the greenhous rise like a green oasis in the middle of the foundation grounds. Here there is enough space and ground for the »Education for Sustainable Development« project.

The plant garden is reminiscent of Germany's oldest school garden, which August Hermann Francke had laid out more than 300 years ago. At this historically significant location, ideas from the past, such as clarity and practical relevance, merge with the modern concept of education for sustainable development. 

The various children's groups on the foundation's grounds regularly use the Pflanzgarten School Garden and greenhouses to gain experience of nature and the environment. On their own beds they plant vegetables and flowers, cultivate the beds and harvest the vegetables they have grown themselves.

In addition, numerous educational opportunities are open to all children's groups in the city. They form a focal point of our education for sustainable development and be carried out either in the Pflanzgarten School Garden or in the classroom of the greenhouse. Children experience the garden with all their senses: They recognize Bible plants, learn to distinguish between medicinal and aromatic plants, taste food plants and Christmas spices or try out plant design.

The project »Education for Sustainable Development in the Pflanzgarten School Garden« is supported by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the Freundeskreis der Franckeschen Stiftungen e. V. (Association of Friends of Francke Foundations). An important partner is the Institute for School Pedagogy and Primary School Didactics of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.