Bring your pruning shears and gardening gloves, our designers and landscape architects will be rolling up their sleeves tomorrow in Dedemsvaart! Together with many more volunteers, they are committed to making the Gardens of Mien Ruys completely ready for spring.
As the bearer of her name and as the continuation of her heritage, we are happy to make our green contribution to the management and preservation of these unique gardens.
An honorable job for Evy Blom, Merel Popkema, Jana Schmidtchen, Willem Koning, Ilona Dekker and Maaike van Santen.
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