Sonsbeek park

No drawings of the Zocher's design are known. Presumably desiging Sonsbeek Park Zocher has been influenced by the valley garden of Stourhead in Wiltshire UK: the shape of the central lake and the situating of the hills and follies.

  • Area : 100
  • GPS X : 5.904121398925781000
  • GPS Y : 51.992279997820766000
  • Project start : 1821
  • Project Status : Select Status...
  • Client : H.J.C.J. baron van Heeckeren
  • Ownership : Public
  • Accessibility : Unrestricted areas
  • Brief Description : Originally a private estate the park is now owned by the community. Originally outside the city walls, it now lies in the heart of the city. The park is located on a southern slope looking over the city. There are beech woods, wide lawns, clumps of old trees, lanes and winding pathes, a stream valley and intimate shrub gardens. In the centre lies a stately house, now a restaurant. The Dutch Water Museum is situated in a new building in the park.
  • Project Name : Original : Park Sonsbeek
  • Type : Parks, Playgrounds, Public gardens
  • Image Title : Sonsbeek park in the summer
  • Image Desc : Sonsbeek park is one of the green landscape wedges in Arnhem that almost reaches into the city centre.
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