Presbytery Garden of Oombergen

The Presbytery Garden of Oombergen or Speelbos drOOmbergen is a natural garden open to the public next to the presbytery of the St. Martin's Church in Oombergen, part of the Belgian city Zottegem.De garden is located between the presbytery and the church of Oombergen and is close to the nature reserve Oombergse bossen and Cotthembos. Since 2017, the overgrown garden has been transformed into a play nature with the play forest 'drOOmbergen'. The presbytery garden with natural play stimuli and native tree species was officially opened on 26 May 2019. The redevelopment was co-financed by the Flemish government and the province of East Flanders in the Countryside Plus project. In 2020, the presbytery garden received a Public Green Award from the Association of Public Green Spaces. In the presbytery garden there are, among other things, hornbeam, linden, stemmed yew, sweet chestnut and a beech arbor.

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