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This garden is the recovery of a green meeting around the island Philips, to include it within the urban fabric of the neighborhood.

Is a major green space in the neighborhood of La Marina-Zona Franca, the District of Sants-Montjuic. It is located inside the island located between Paseo de la Zona Franca and the streets of Amnesty International, Jane Adams and Foundry. The most significant of these gardens, which have a surface area of ​​over 12,560 m2, is the skating rink, which occupies 267.75 m2, Lake of 139.17 m2, and the existing vegetation.

vegetation

The gardens retain most of the existing trees and shrubs original layout. Many of the trees were acquired during numerous trips around the world realized that Mrs. Van der Harts over the years and incorporated into the gardens. In 2007 opened a major renovation of the space, which allowed incorporate new planting to enhance the feeling of lush forest, which is the vegetation that has been reached in time.

Following the refurbishment made were incorporated 70 new trees and perennials and vines to accentuate the feeling of undergrowth and increased the proportion of grass. The proximity of the pond, it favored the presence of copies of Canna spp. The gardens have areas of grass and ivy mingle and merge with the existing vegetation, aromatic and herbaceous plants planted in groups, with a strong color contrast, organized under a strong linear structure in the group of newly created beds.

history

These gardens were designed in the sixties of the twentieth century by Mrs. Van der Harster, landscaper and wife of the then director of the Phillips factory, so that workers could relax for the rest of the working day and, and even enjoy family holidays.

Regarding the name of the garden "Garden of Human Rights", the area has 30 light points randomly located within the route that included 30 items including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations, 1948) and another point a poetry of Argentina María Elena Walsh, "How the Cicada", which refers to the missing military dictatorships of Chile and Argentina.

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