Created by: Palusalu Garden certification programme students
Merike Reino, Leno Inno, Anne Kolk and Margot Uig
Welcome to HARMONICUM – a unique garden space where biodiversity, reuse and sustainability come together in a harmonious unity! Here you can experience the rare opportunity for a city dweller to relax and enjoy a natural environment, while the garden is taking care of the environment and providing a habitat for insects and other important natural species.
The garden Harmonicum is designed to inspire and teach you to notice, preserve and enjoy the surrounding nature. In order to draw attention to sustainable use of resources, old items are reused to create beauty and functionality in the garden, which both reduces the amount of waste and gives the garden a unique look.
The central idea of the garden is biodiversity, which is achieved through diversity-oriented design. The garden attracts butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects as the flowering plants feed them and ensure their survival. Insect hotels and bird baths provide a good living environment for the insect world, thus contributing to the balance of the ecosystem in the urban environment.
In addition to biodiversity, we pay special attention to offering sensory delights to people. As you escape the busy city, you can discover the rich aromas offered by fragrant medicinal plants, blooming flowers and soft canopies of trees. Just sit, enjoy the birdsong or let your eyes rest in the greenery and feel the joy and peace growing within you.
Plants used:
- Catmint / Nepeta faassenii
- Purple coneflower / Echinacea purpurea
- Witchgrass / Panicum capillare
- Yellow chamomile / Cota tinctoria
- Great burnet / Sanguisorba officinalis
- Great burnet / Sanguisorba officinalis Pink Tanna
- Narrow leaf burnet / Sanguisorba tenuifolia Korean Snow
- Wild aster / Aster ageratoides var ovatus yezoensis
- Rice button aster / Aster dumosus/A. Novii-belgii Lady in Blue
- Hedge-nettle / Stachys L.
- Lamb’s ear / Stachys byzantina
- Korean mint / Agastache rugosa
- Flat sea holly / Eryngium planum Blaukappe
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed / Eupatorium maculatum
- Cranesbill / Geranium Rozanne
- Western mugwort / Artemisia ludoviciana Silver Queen
- Wild carrot / Dauca sativa
- Tufted Hair Grass / Deschampsia cespitosa
- Foxglove / Digitalis L.
- Coriander / Coriandrum sativum
- Prince’s feather / Persicaria orientalis
- Oregano / Origanum vulgare
- Lemon balm / Melissa officinalis
- Lesser calamint / Calamintha nepeta Blue Cloud
- Sage / Salvia nemorosa Caradonna
- Stonecrop / Sedum hybridum Herbstfreude
- English lavender / Lavandula angustifolia
- Yarrow / Achillea L.
- Culver’s root / Veronicastrum virginicum Fascination
- Blazing star / Liatris spicata
- Bergamot / Monarda didyma
- Dill / Anethum graveolens
- Mountain smallreed / Calamagrostis varia