Landschapsplan Nederland
By: Henk van Blerck ; fotografie: Peter van Bolhuis (luchtfoto's), Roelof Jan Benthem, Michiel Pothoff, Harry Cock, Har Kuijpers, Hans van Engen, Hanneke Baltjes, Anne Sophie Ramsteijn en Henk van Blerck (iPhonefoto's)
Contributors: Bolhuis, Peter van, illustrator; Benthem, Roelof Jan, illustrator; Pothoff, Michiel, illustrator; Cock, Harry, illustrator; Kuijpers, Har illustrator; Engen, Hans van illustrator; Baltjes, Hanneke illustrator; Ramsteijn, Anne Sophie illustrator
Publisher: Schokland en Water
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Rhenen
Language: dut
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789083245058; 9789083245072
Subjects: Landscape architecture; Designs and plans; Tree planting; Netherlands
Description: "You will find trees and shrubs everywhere in the Dutch landscape. Few people realize that together they are part of our greatest work of art. These planting patterns in the historically strongly layered Dutch landscape form one large cultural artifact. It was designed and constructed during the post-World War II reconstruction period. For about seventy percent of the Netherlands, a 'landscape plan' was designed by landscape architects of the State Forestry Commission between 1946 and 1976 as part of hundreds of land consolidation. When the trees of those landscape plans were planted, they were small and inconspicuous, but now they determine the image and appearance of the Dutch landscape. This resulted in a composite work of art that has been characterized as 'Landschapsplan Nederland' in this study. It is unique in the global history of garden and landscape architecture and is a recent addition to the biography of the Dutch landscape. This PhD research shows the origin, coherence and diversity of this special cultural artefact. Landscape Plan Netherlands offers inspiration for consciously shaping our contemporary dynamic landscape. Are we providing a renewed synthesis between all-encompassing nature and creative human intervention? Does Landscape Plan Netherlands inspire us to consciously shape the beauty of the country?"--
Notes: "Over ons grootste kunstwerk bestaande uit de miljoenen bomen en struiken die tussen 1946 en 1976 geplant zijn en nu het beeld van het cultuurlandschap bepalen"--On cover.

Also published as thesis, University of Groningen, 2022

With an accompanying booklet containing summary in Dutch and English and endnotes in Dutch

"Stellingen" in a side pocket.

Includes epilogue (page 401)

Includes bibliographical references

In Dutch and English