Duden Park and Essential Gardens

Duden Park, Forest, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium 2022. Duden Park is a 24 hectare public park located in the municipality of Forest in Brussels, Belgium. The park has multiple trails and paths through woods of beech, maple and ash trees and in some areas dense undergrowth, wood-rush and ferns. At one end of the park is Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden) which is an herbal and medicinal garden first started in 2016 and which is maintained by volunteers. Multiple species of plants provide changing colours and fragrances through the growing season and attract different insects and pollinators.
Flowers in a traffic circle on the road between Duden and Forest Parks. Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
A bee on a flower, Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Wasps on some flowers in Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
A butterfly on a flower in Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
A butterfly on a flower in Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden), Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Jardin Essentiel (Essential Garden). The Palais de Justice (Court House) is the tall building in the background. Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium.
A warning sign beside one of the trails in Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
The former stables in Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
The Château Duden was built in 1873-1875 by Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Ludwig Duden, a wealthy German industrialist who once owned much of the land that is now the…
The Château Duden was built in 1873-1875 by Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Ludwig Duden, a wealthy German industrialist who once owned much of the land that is now the…
Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
There is a level difference of 45metres between the low and high points within the park. Duden Park, Forest, Brussels, Belgium
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