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Vrenis Gärtli (Swiss Stories 2017, by Gabi Vogt) - Swiss Press Award

Vreni's Garden, Frick Dam
Vreni's Garden, Frick Dam
Photo / Swiss Stories
2017

Vrenis Gärtli

Gabi Vogt

Verena (born 1926) has been gardening here since 1950. In the middle of a dam, right next to the highway. Surrounded by industry and the last remaining fields of the nearby village. Where her brothers once served in the military, currants were grown for Hero. Where she and friends built their hut from materials from the surrounding bunkers: there is no other place she would want to garden.

Aargauer Kunsthaus

Photo / Swiss Stories
2017

Gabi Vogt

Verena (born 1926) has been gardening here since 1950. In the middle of a dam, right next to the highway. Surrounded by industry and the last remaining fields of the nearby village. Where her brothers once served in the military, currants were grown for Hero. Where she and friends built their hut from materials from the surrounding bunkers: there is no other place she would want to garden.

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