Park Beervelde
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Beervelde Park, situated near the City of Ghent, in the very heart of an area famous for its horticulture, stretches out over 50 acres. This estate was designed in 1873 in what is called (at least in France and Belgium) the English Landscape style. It was intended to serve as a display for the at that time young Belgian horticulture. Ever since, Beervelde Park has been the property of the Counts de Kerchove de Denterghem. Park Beervelde Today, 135 years later, it is remarkable to note that the de Kerchove de Denterghem name is still linked to the promotion of horticulture. Count André is chairman of the Royal Society for Agriculture and Botany, the non-profit organisation which organizes the world famous 'Floralies of Ghent' every five years. His brother, Count Renaud, is today's curator of the estate and organiser of the Beervelde's Garden Days, a fair which takes place every second weekend of May and of October. For the owners of such remnants of gone away times, it's a real challenge to keep such things afloat. Plain maintenance is expensive and does not bring satisfaction. Opening the park for the public is expected by the 'outside' world but would push the costs even higher. Very luckily this estate seems a very convenient place to function as 'show ground' for garden fairs. Such fairs are organized twice a year: every second weekend of May and of October. At once the efforts made for the maintenance get a meaning and the place gets a function. Even better: the owner gets an occupation and, for a good part, the maintenance gets a source of finances. |
Park Beervelde
| Address: | Beervelde-Dorp 75 Beervelde, 9080 |
| Fax: | +32 (0)9 355 08 31 |
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