German Culture Information

Beer Gardens in Germany
Biergaerten are a tradition with origins in 19th century Bavaria, a way to use areas covering underground beer storage cellars. Spending time in a chestnut tree shaded beer garden continues to be a favourite warm weather option throughout Germany today, throughout the Spring, Summer and Autumn months.

Eggs and Easter Trees
´Eierbaum´, Egg trees. An unmissable part of German Easter celebrations. Trees which have been hung with colorful and decorated eggs for the Easter days.

Forest Schools, Germany´s Waldkindergarten
Waldkindergarten, nature´s pre-school nursery for children, where fresh air, the natural world and exploration replace classroom walls.

Gardening by the Moon in Germany
It could be that the phrase ´Gardening by the Moon´ conjures up images of dancing through dew soaked vegetable patches by the light of the moon, in the expectation that the relevant goddesses or gods might respond with a bountiful harvest. Or, having run out of daylight hours, digging up the weeds by torchlight. But lunar gardening and bio-dynamics are sciences. Agricultural techniques involving energy from the moon and earth which are popular in Germany.

Germany´s Garden Gnomes
Gartenzwerg, another of Germany´s many ´inventions´, the gnomes who spend the summer months protecting German gardens. Kitsch, folklore, good luck symbols, characters from literature, and for a protector about as far from frightening as it is possible to be.

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