Soerries Landscape Gardening & Architecture
Barbara Sörries-Herrnkind is a graduated
engineer professionally running her office Soerries Landscape
Gardening & Architecture since 1988. Together with her team
she operates from Bad Emstal which is situated right in the
middle of Germany.
It was in the family runed business of her parents in Ludwigsburg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg where she gained first practical experiences
in landscaping.
Barbara then went on to attend the technical University of Berlin.
Here she studied landscape gardening and architecture, passing
with credits and was offered her first employment at Wolfgang
Miller’s architecture office. There she was among others
responsible for the federal horticultural show in Berlin in
1985.
After finishing her studies she worked as a freelance landscape
architect for several years in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein.
In 1988 she moved with her family, this means her husband and
her two children to Bad Emstal which is close to Kassel in the
north of Hesse.
First projects in the surrounding of Kassel led to the successful
establishment her office.
Today projects are professionally planed and realized by her
employees and interns throughout Germany.
Guiding Principles - Thoughts – Philosophy
...best results are
achieved when indoors and outdoors are arranged in the same
way … to feel indoors even though you are in your garden!
...to feel as a unit with yourself & your garden means
be balanced
--> pure recreation <--
...planning & creating means to us to show our customers
how to experience nature completely new .. to combine values
and ancient knowledge with emotions
--> inspire your senses <--
...a solid planning & construction management in order
to give our customers the opportunity to receive a long-lasting
paradise in their gardens --> the garden as a source of energy
and as a multifunctional investment! The value of a well-planned
garden increases right from the beginning! <--
Giving confidence...
...especially today it is more important than ever on the
one hand to rely on the already established knowledge and on
the other hand also to open space for new ideas...
...never forgetting art and culture...
...special values are expressed by herbs,
fruit, vegetables and its smell and usage...
...to experience the seasons, plants, the forces of nature and
building materials...
...to attain an optimum out of a minimum...