Tip for garden owners: simply ignore the critical gaze of your neighbors

Created: 11/11/2022, 7:00 p.m

By: Markus Schwarzkugler, Friedbert Holz

The awards for particularly beautiful gardens were (from left) Andreas Unterreitmeier, Brigitte Murla (chair of the district association), Alfred Hastreiter, Resi Unterreitmeier, Hannelore Stephani, Peter Breth, Regina Blasi (chair of the Grüntegernbach Horticultural Association), Andrea Feckl, Georg and Fanni Mooshofer, Sebastian and Andrea Tafelmeier, Silvia Handl, Maria and Gerhard Wilke and Claudia Jell.

© Friedbert Holz

"If Corona brought something good, then it sharpened some people's sense of the value a beautiful home or a blooming garden can represent": District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer said this and was happy at the meeting of the district association for horticulture and land conservation to welcome around 120 gardeners to the Gasthaus Bauer in Kirchasch, whose work he praised as "a beautiful calling card for our district".

Kirchasch – The association, which hosted 35 of its 37 horticultural associations at the meeting, will again be offering a number of further training courses for its members in the coming year.

Fruit pruning courses are also included, as well as a refinement or berry pruning course, but there are also the necessary work assignments in the orchard St. Wolfgang, a unique facility in the wider area.

The funding project "Orchard for everyone" is brand new.

Pome fruit (apples and pears) and stone fruit (plums and cherries) are eligible, as well as walnuts, quince, mulberries, chestnuts and wild fruit, wild cherry, crab apple, wild pear, mountain ash, service tree and service tree.

All interested associations can register with the Office for Rural Development in Munich, as district consultant Michael Klinger from the Erding District Office explained.

Among other things, Klinger himself will lead a seminar on the subject of "vines on the house".

He also spoke about the possibility of having one's own garden officially certified as a natural garden.

“Any garden owner can take part here, as long as they meet certain requirements: Chemical plant protection or chemical-synthetic fertilizers may not be used, not even peat.

Anyone who wants to acquire the coveted natural garden badge for their garden fence should also make sure that there is a great deal of ecological diversity in their area, give preference to native shrubs or hedges and, if possible, have a flowering meadow on offer," says Klinger.

By the way, anyone who has received certification will receive a certificate and the plaque “Bavaria is in bloom – natural garden”.

No purely ornamental gardens are desired, instead vegetable beds and herbs, your own composting and the use of rainwater - "and don't be afraid to have a small overgrown corner in the garden, despite perhaps critical looks from neighbors," explained the district consultant.

Renate Döllel from the Zeilhofen Horticultural Association showed how even children can be won over to gardening.

Using pictures, she made it clear how much fun even the little ones can have in the 151-strong club if they are properly instructed.

Marion Strasser (Niederneuching) explained that the association also offers fun and socializing.

In June, a three-day trip to Zell am See in Austria was planned, and a four-day instructional trip to Lake Garda is now planned for May 2023, with a visit to Verona.

Managing Director Groh then explained that the prices for this had risen considerably when he listed the budget proposal for the coming year.

"Whereas in the past two years we were still at around 22,000 euros for income and expenses, we estimate that the amount will increase to around 34,000 euros in 2023, mainly because of the higher travel costs mentioned," said Groh.

At the end, chairwoman Brigitte Murla had a "Christmas wish": The association was desperately looking for assessors for the upcoming new elections to the board in the spring: "It would be nice if a few would contact us, because after all we're not getting any younger."

Other participants on the Open Garden Day were honored, including twelve from Grüntegernbach alone.

They received flowers from Murla (from Jettenstetten) and Groh (Wartenberg) and a small gift in recognition of their beautifully designed gardens.

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The most beautiful gardens

Inning: Alfred Hastreiter;

Grünbach: Maria and Gerhard Wilke;

Großwimpasing: Claudia Jell;

Grüntegernbach: Hannelore Stephani and Peter Breth, Resi and the Unterreitmeier family, Theresa Kurz, the Hagl family, Georg and Fanni Mooshofer, the Berger family, the Feckl family, the Handl and Silvia Handl families (magic garden), Andrea and Sebastian Tafelmeier.