MTD landscape architects, commissioned by Waterschap De Dommel, developed an integrated landscape plan to address several key and pressing water challenges in the Bossche Broek-Zuid area. Unlike in the past, the focus is not only on water drainage but also on improving water quality and retention. This aligns with the ambitions of the Brabants Landschap, the area's primary landowner, to designate Bossche Broek-Zuid as a Natte Natuurparel (NNP).
The landscape plan focuses on the spatial integration of dikes to restore and elevate, the creation of flood zones, and areas for water storage and groundwater infiltration. At the same time, it ensures the preservation and further enhancement of the area's cultural-historical, landscape, and ecological values.
This initiative is part of the shared ambition of Brabants Landschap and the Noord-Brabants Museum to develop the area into an Outdoor Museum: a living Brabant landscape within the Van Gogh National Park.
Last week, we visited the site. Drone footage reveals the first phase of the landscape plan's implementation, showing the lowered terrain and the restored historic dikes, now planted with pollarded oaks.
