Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar

Villa Merkel in Esslingen am Neckar invites you to discover the "Stadtacker" in Merkelpark! Here you can experience gardening, exchange ideas, experiment, and simply enjoy nature 🌱. Learn to cultivate historical vegetable varieties, harvest them together, and preserve their seeds. The garden emphasizes traditional craftsmanship, artistic practices, and respectful coexistence. There are also workshops where you can learn creative techniques such as dyeing with plants or building animal shelters.

A special highlight is the augmented reality app "BELLE & APHRODITE" 📱. With this app, you can experience an interactive, audio-visual transformation of virtual plants in Merkelpark and in Villa Merkel itself. Dive into an exciting interaction that overlays simulated and real spaces, creating new perspectives on abstraction, scale, proximity, and distance.