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Archive for September, 2006

The Beeckestijn story finally continues..

Posted in Beeckestijn, Current Affairs, Garden History on September 26th, 2006 No Comments »

After the summer holidays, which seamlessly followed the political dolldrums of the aftermath of the local elections in spring, some new developments concerning Beeckestijn can finally be noticed.
First, the new councillor responsible for Beeckestijn came with a rather peculiar statement. As the former council had almost sold Beeckestijn, there was no room anymore for a [...]

Commercial Beeckestijn

Posted in Beeckestijn, Current Affairs, Garden History on September 5th, 2006 No Comments »

Beeckestijn popped up in a Dutch television commercial recently. Wait for or skip to the second half of the video. Visible are the stairways to the 1719 pond and the pond itself, the 1960’s berceau and the flower garden.

Given the troublesome position Beeckestijn is in at the moment, it would be nice when part of [...]