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managed sustainably by the "Waldrevier
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and wild animals. The nature schools provide age-appropriate experiences for the schoolchildren of Zurich. A wide range of courses and events foster the understanding of nature. Since 1931, the
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At the end of the 1920s, cactus grower Jakob Gasser wanted to sell his collection to the city of Zurich. The venture failed miserably. In 1929, the department store owner, Julius Brann, purchased the collection and gave it to the city as a gift. Botany professor Carl Schröter convinced the city that
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in 1887 as well as the first large incorporation of independent municipalities around the city's downtown area transformed Zurich into
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Promotion of Nature Division advocates for the preservation and conservation of valuable plant and animal habitats. Its goal is to awaken the joy of nature and to show the value of a manifold city nature to city dwellers. The four municipal gamekeepers ensure the harmonic coexistence of humans
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In 1985, the residents of Zurich defended supported the preservation of green and open spaces through several referendums which led to the Garden
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There are roughly 200 employees in this division devoted to the care of parks and facilities, city trees, playgrounds, streams, cemeteries and tombs, sport facilities and fields, as well as swimming pools. This division works with the sustainability principle and advocates for the preservation of
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Operations Division includes the nine municipal farms which are leased out and the agricultural estate "Juchhof". The "Juchhof" meets the requirements of the Swiss Ecologic Performance Record (ökologischer Leistungsnachweis ÖLN). The city forest, which covers an area of about 3,000 acres, is
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Already at the end of the 18th century, a gardener was employed for the maintenance of the new facility "Sihlhölzli" and other public facilities. The beginning of the official municipal garden management dates from 1858 when Casper
Hartmanns was named the first city gardener. Before then, urban
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Open space planning, open space promotion, monuments preservation and construction projects make up the backbone of this division. It ranges from future planning and concept design of new green and open spaces to the promotion of concrete building projects to the protection and development of
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In 1996 the first large restructuring of Grün Stadt Zürich took place when the
Agricultural Subdivision which was originally located in the Health and Economic Subdivision was combined with the Garden Department and placed in the Civil Engineering and Waste Management Department. The Garden
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In July 2011, Grün Stadt Zürich, in corporation with the Swiss
Landscape Architects Association (Bund Schweizerischer Landschaftsarchitektinnen und Landschaftsarchitekten), will host the 48th International Federation of Landscape Architects World Congress (IFLA).
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The first playground which was created with input from the local children was opened in 2007 in the Hardau. In 2008 Grün Stadt Zürich had the opportunity to temporarily use a fallow field with the objective of promotion of nature, especially for schoolchildren.
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valuable parks within the city. In addition, this division is responsible for the construction and maintenance of parks, cemeteries, sport facilities, schools and swimming pools in urban areas that include regional public facilities.
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In 1934, the second incorporation of the city took place which expanded the area of which the garden department was responsible. From 1940 the city's green spaces were converted into farm fields to provide enough food during
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lands and for other garden design projects in the garden department. Over the course of his career, he developed other projects, such as the rose facility "Muraltengut" (1960), the "Seeuferweg" (1963), the lake promenade
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to accept the collection. Two years later, present day's Succulent Plant Collection, with the name "Städtische Kakteensammlung," were brought to its new home at the city's greenhouse in the former plant nursery.
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The Services Division provides commercial supporting benefits. It coordinates the economic processes, especially in Human Resources, Finances, Systems Management (Informatics and Geographic Information Systems
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in 1900, the promenade formerly being the responsibility of the city gardener, and in 1902 was made the head of the new horticulture office. His influence still can be seen through the spirit of German
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The Zurich wilderness park is operated as an independent foundation which has been called a nature adventure park since September 2009. In January 2010, Grün Stadt Zürich took over management of the "
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Tagungsbericht, hrsg. vom Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Landschaftsarchitektur GTLA der Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil HSR. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag AG ETH Zürich, 2005. 136 p.
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The people acquired a taste for gardening from the so-called "war gardens" and starting in 1946 small garden allotment areas were set up. In 1959, Walter Frischknecht advocated for the reuse of
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Historische Gärten und Parkanlagen in der Stadt Zürich. Edited by the Garden Department of Zurich, Office of Garden Monument Preservation. Zurich: Genossenschaftsdruckerei, 1989. 119 P.
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and social reformer, Leberecht Migge. Migge drafted a public park that considered the city forest as a local recreational area, in opposition to decorative parks like
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Judith Rohrer-Amberg, Silvia Steeb: 12 Gärten: historische Anlagen in Zürich. Zurich: Kontrast, 2004. 143 p.
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