Source de Friche

[franceslievens]

Somewhere in Brussels, the gate surrounding an empty lot isn't as sturdy as it looks.



Follow the white ribbons...



...and stumble upon a little walkway...



...leading you straight into an urban jungle.



'Source de Friche' is part of Parckdesign, an ongoing event "exploring the role of green space un the Brussels-Capital region". This years edition is titled GARDEN. With artistic and landscape interventions they try to open hidden spaces for the public. So we wandered through a wasteland, climbed between the trees, and peered over hedges. All for free. Do check it out.

Comments

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love that.
It reminds me of an abandoned gravel pit/wasteland where I spent many an afternoon as a kid, watching the plants gradually take over. Today, it's part of a nature reserve.
Grassy pics

I'll leave this here, for the lovely autocorrect typo

[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I love that.
It reminds me of an abandoned gravel pit/wasteland where I spent many an afternoon as a kid, watching the plants gradually take over. Today, it's part of a nature reserve.
Great pics, too. The treasure hunt aspect is a wonderful idea.
Is this an on-going project or does it have tome limit? We've recently got a community garden project in our town, but this is better.

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

It's an outdoor exhibition that ends in October. There are more interventions. We didn't do all of them (time constraints). Not everything we saw was as good as this, but I also clambered up some wooden ladders on the side of the road to end up with a wonderful view over the city. It really made me wish these things would stay. It's a pity communities hardly do anything with abandoned lots or just the growth at the side of the road.

The treasure hunt was wonderful. On the outside it wasn't really clear we could get in, and then I read the sign that explained how to find "the source" and it was really fun.