Hobbie Rhododendron Park

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The Rhododendron Park Hobbie is a 70 hectare private park founded in 1928 in Westerstede -Linswege / Petersfeld in the Lower Saxony district of Ammerland .

history

Tree-like growing rhododendron
Pond system

The park was founded by the farmer Dietrich Gerhard Hobbie (1899–1985), who was inspired to become a gardener after the First World War by Karl Foerster 's book “From the flower garden of the future” . The evergreen and richly blooming rhododendrons became his favorites. In the 1920s, he began collecting rhododendron game species and sowing them in the family forest under pine and oak trees. He visited famous English parks and breeders who owe their particular fame to the rhododendrons ( Exbury Gardens , Kew Gardens , Wisley and EJP Magor in Cornwall) and began to select the best types from among the wild forms and to breed floriferous and hardy ones Sorts.

His breeds include:

  • Wild forms Rh. Wardii (Breslau, Ehrengold, Herzas and Linsweger Gold)
  • Rh.Williamsianum (August Lamken, gardening director Rieger, Oldenburg, gardening director Glocker and city of Essen)
  • Rh.Repens (Scarlet Wonder, Baden-Baden, Bad Eilsen)
  • Rh.discolor (Admiral Vanessa and Rosa Traum)
  • Insignia hybrids (Grugaperle, Hultshin)
  • Yakushimanum hybrids (Flava, Love Song, Maifreude)
  • small-leaved rhododendrons (Blaue Mauritius, Blue Wonder, Blue Tit, Robert Seleger, Blue Tit Major)

Hobbie has received several awards for his new breeds and the development of the park, including the Federal Cross of Merit .

The park

The park covers a total of 70 hectares, making it Germany's largest rhododendron park. In the meantime, over 250 rhododendron game species and several thousand varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas in all colors, shapes and variations have grown up there. The largest rhododendrons are over 9 m tall and over 85 years old. These are embedded in the more than 300 year old forest with native and exotic deciduous and coniferous trees, such as B. redwoods , bald cypress , ginkgo , tulip tree , Linden , oaks , Holly , Caucasus spruce , Thuja plicata , Douglas fir , Sitka spruce , which partly in a Waldlehrpfad be explained. In the center of the park there is a 10,000 m² pond system, which is framed by a sculpture garden during the flowering period from April to mid-June .

Access

The rhododendron park is open all year round. Admission is charged during the flowering period from April to mid-June. The adjoining Park-Café is only open during the flowering period from April to mid-June, after that only by appointment. Various events take place during the heyday, such as B. the Easter egg hunt, "Ammerland Garden Days" or "All about animals".

Hobbie Nursery

As a result of Dietrich Gerhard Hobbie's breeding successes, the Hobbie tree nursery was founded. This has specialized in the breeding and propagation of rhododendrons and azaleas. The range includes over 800 species and varieties from our own and third-party breeding.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 13.2 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 25.6 ″  E