Thijsse Hof

J P Thijsse (see biographical note) was a pioneer of plant ecology and of using native plants in parks and gardens. The design idea is modernist and functionalist. Thijsse's own house is beautifully at home in the polder landscape, which was formerly Northern Europe's greatest area of esturine wetland. There are areas of water, woodland, heath and cereals, with the wild flowers labelled.