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The Gartenschau Kaiserslautern, also known as dinosaur park, will reopen its doors to start its new season Sunday. This year’s motto is “Play with Color,” referring to the various colors of flowers that can be found throughout the park. “Our play with colors will start with 71 species of tulips, 17 different kinds of pansies, hyacinths and daffodils,” said Sandra Laux, the Gartenschau spokeswoman. “We try to show off everything nature has to offer.”
Gartenschau Queen Kathrin I will open the first flower show, called “Tulips — Spring’s Colorful Heralds,” at 2 p.m. Sunday in the flower hall. Every three weeks another flower show with a different motto will open to highlight diverse flowers and colors. Besides flowers, visitors can enjoy exhibitions, activities, entertainment and dinosaurs through Oct. 31.
“A new exhibition will demonstrate the life of farmers in the early 20th century,” Laux said. “We have put up an old farmer’s kitchen with all kinds of everyday items and agricultural implements, and we will show the different steps from planting the grain to making the bread in former times.”
Another new display will be the Art Forum, where 15 renowned artists and craftsmen, including painters, graphic artists, sculptors, stone masons, potters, glass blowers and textile designers, will demonstrate their work. “This year, we can present a new garden — a rose garden that will look like the famous English rose gardens,” Laux said.
Like in recent years, the willow church on Kaiserberg hill will offer worship services on weekends, and people can have wedding and christening ceremonies. Also on Kaiserberg hill is an area to relax with a barefoot path consisting of 10 stations that invite visitors for meditation.
Other attractions are the dinosaur exhibit with about 80 dinosaur models and the Biblical, farmers’ and medicine gardens. Children can enjoy several playgrounds with a sliding tower and pirate ship, a skate rink, soccer field, beach volleyball field and miniature golf in Neumühlepark. The Kaiserslautern Gartenschau also presents numerous musical events, children’s programs, family fests, markets and guided tours. On opening day, at 3 p.m., the group Theatre Mobilé will present a humorous and acrobatic program, which takes visitors into the world of flowers and colors. The band Klanggewitter will provide the musical entertainment.
Daily admission times are from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and during German school breaks.
Daily tickets cost €7 for adults and €3 for children. Evening tickets after 5 p.m. are half price. Season tickets for at least two adults and all own children costs €45 for the whole season; the price for singles is €35. Customers of the Kaiserslautern City Works, SWK, get reduced prices. The Gartenschau ticket is also valid for the Japanese Garden, which is down the road on Lauterstrasse.
For details, call 0631-71007-00 or visit www.gartenschau-kl.de.
