Fascinating scenes in miniature format can be seen in the LEGO® exhibition “Lauter Steine”. There are many great exhibits, replicas of regional and world-famous buildings and lovingly designed miniature worlds to marvel at. Planned, built and created by the master builders of Lauter Steine e.V.

Impressive sand sculptures await visitors in the entrance area. 160 tons of sand were created in a unique way by the artists Jeroen van de Vlag, Anique Kuizenga, Ludo Roders and Fergus Mulvany under the slogan “Jungle Fever”.

Kaiserslautern gets 6 special benches. In cooperation with the SDW RLP, the House of Sustainability in Johanniskreuz, the Kaiserslautern Forestry Office and the foresters of the city of Kaiserslautern, the KlimaLautern e.V. association is presenting project “Klimastämme”.

The climate trunks clearly show how our everyday life affects the climate and what we can do about it. These are tree trunks with an information board and seating, which also invite visitors to linger.

The first two benches will be carved and set up live on site! On the Day of the Forest (Fri, March 21) in Kaiserslautern Wildlife Park and at the opening of the Garden Show on April 1, artist Andy Assmann will carve a bench live on site.

You can find more information at www.klimalautern.de/klimastaemme-fuer-kaiserslautern.

Buchfink Theater with “A journey into the heart of the engine block”.

Microdrama complete damage. Because the engine won’t start, you have to search for the cause in the small worlds under the hood … but nothing is as you first suspect. Immerse yourself in the small worlds inside an engine compartment full of surprises, with all its strange places and noises.

Scenes full of satire, profundity and compassion open up. Moving in a small and subtle way.

A theatrical miniature not just for car fans.

Led by church councilor Wolfgang Schumacher with the band COMMUNITY

Led by Ms. Tanja Schraß, Protestant Deanery of Alsenz and Lauter. Accompanied by a vocal ensemble under the direction of Mr. Pfalzgraf.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Led by Dean Richard Hackländer, Protestant Stiftskirchen community.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Led by Pastor Thomas Klöckner, Evangelisch-Freikirchliche Gemeinde Kaiserslautern. Accompanied by the parish choir/singing group.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Led by Mrs. Margit Eymann, Mennonite congregation Kühbörncheshof and Kaiserslautern.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Discover bands and ensembles at the Emmerich-Smola Music School and Music Academy, try out instruments and get to know the teachers. Have you ever played the bagpipes? Or the Irish whistle? Of course you can also try out all the traditional instruments.
There is a wide variety of instruments for children, young people, adults and senior citizens – in other words, the whole family. Here you can touch and try out the instruments. And in between you will come across one or two musical surprises. The playful area of the garden show today is all about music – a feast for all the senses.

11.00 a.m.: Service of the Protestant Cooperation Region North Star with Dean Richard Hackländer and Pastor Matthias Jung.
12.30 pm: Guided tour of the Willow Church. Joe Breuer, co-builder of the Willow Church, explains the origins and architecture of the unique willow church.
02.00 pm: “Unter der Weide” (Under the willow) is the motto under which the ensemble “Roter Vogel”, consisting of Peter Schraß, Edgar Zimmermann and Benno Burkhart, presents a musical and literary stage program. Many of the songs and texts are in Palatinate dialect. They are characterized by deeply touching, ballad-like poetry, interspersed with biting Palatinate ragamuffin satire, but always far removed from Palatinate song romanticism.

BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE KITCHEN

Why does yeast dough work? What are lactic acid bacteria doing in my yogurt? Why do bacteria and fungi live on our skin? Join us to explore the power of tiny microorganisms and find out what conditions yeast needs to make fluffy pizza dough.
What do pizza, doughnuts and strawberry yogurt have in common? Well, apart from the fact that they are invariably delicious, they are all made with the help of tiny living cells called microorganisms. In the case of the refreshing strawberry dessert, so-called lactic acid bacteria ensure that liquid milk is turned into tangy, creamy yoghurt. A microscopically small fungus – the yeast fungus – is used in the production of pizza and Berliners. In our workshop, we would like to find out with you under what conditions such a yeast fungus can produce delicious pizza or Berliner dough or even beer and wine.

Places are limited. Registration and further information at www.westpfalz.de/mikroorganismen.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting fairy tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Would you like to experience the healing powers of trees in combination with forest bathing (jap. Shinrin-Yoku) and yoga?
Surely you have already experienced the calming effect of a walk in the forest and perhaps you already know the harmonizing and energizing feeling.

After a short thematic introduction, we go together to the trees on the meadow at Barbarossa-Woog or near the Biblical Garden and absorb the atmosphere of the trees with all our senses. We try to let go of all our worries and the stress of everyday life.
Trees exert a fascination of their own. Every tree has its own nature and associated characteristics. We will explore these on our walk.
We will walk a short distance together in silence, pausing again and again to take in the atmosphere. Standing yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and exercises from tree yoga round off our tree experience.
Let yourself be surprised when mindfulness exercises are incorporated.
Of course, there will also be a relaxation session at the end to integrate the movement and the experience.
The exercises are also suitable for beginners and those with no previous experience. We mainly practise standing up.
Forest bathing and the yoga asanas help to take a break from everyday life. This leads to relaxation and regeneration. These promote stress reduction. The immune system can be strengthened. You will feel relaxed, refreshed and much more flexible afterwards.

Please bring with you.

• Something to drink, shoes appropriate for the weather, sun protection, insect and tick protection.
• Comfortable clothes that allow you to do standing yoga exercises.
• A towel, small mat or other surface to protect the floor from moisture or to be able to stand on barefoot.

Participants enter the premises at their own risk; the course leader assumes no liability or guarantee.

The event may be cancelled and/or postponed at short notice in the event of storms, lightning or heavy, persistent rain.

Led by local councillor Andreas Werle, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher Kirchen Kaiserslautern.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

It’s so green – and it’s Whit Monday again!

As has been a beautiful tradition for many years, artists from the Pfalztheater will be performing very special theater performances on the grounds of the Kaiserslautern Garden Show. Musical, theatrical, literary and dance surprises await you! A Garden Show ticket is all you need, and young and old can enjoy a colorful and entertaining time between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

The sun has always been the most important source of energy for life on earth. In the future, however, light will also be the most important form of energy for sustainable technical developments. Processes involving light, such as the conversion of sunlight into electrical energy with the help of solar cells or into chemical energy storage, so-called solar fuels, by means of artificial photosynthesis, are decisive factors for solving the global problems of the 21st century. Artificial photosynthesis uses sunlight as the only source of energy to produce chemical energy carriers or valuable substances. In this workshop, the conversion of light into chemical energy and basic processes of the photosynthesis/respiration cycle are simulated and explored using simple model experiments that students can carry out themselves.

Places are limited. Registration and further information at www.westpfalz.de/licht

led by Mrs. Ruth Tuschling, Old Catholic Community Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern.

Every year, the two parts of the Old Catholic parish of Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern meet for a joint service, and we are delighted to be back at the Weidenkirche this year.

Two of our members were involved in its construction.

We cordially invite all interested parties to take part in our Eucharistic celebration.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Led by Mrs. Maria Wagner-Herzer, parish of Wolfstein.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Led by parish priest Andreas Werle, Heiliger Martin parish.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Would you like to experience the healing powers of trees in combination with forest bathing (jap. Shinrin-Yoku) and yoga?
Surely you have already experienced the calming effect of a walk in the forest and perhaps you already know the harmonizing and energizing feeling.

After a short thematic introduction, we go together to the trees on the meadow at Barbarossa-Woog or near the Biblical Garden and absorb the atmosphere of the trees with all our senses. We try to let go of all our worries and the stress of everyday life.
Trees exert a fascination of their own. Every tree has its own nature and associated characteristics. We will explore these on our walk.
We will walk a short distance together in silence, pausing again and again to take in the atmosphere. Standing yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and exercises from tree yoga round off our tree experience.
Let yourself be surprised when mindfulness exercises are incorporated.
Of course, there will also be a relaxation session at the end to integrate the movement and the experience.
The exercises are also suitable for beginners and those with no previous experience. We mainly practise standing up.
Forest bathing and the yoga asanas help to take a break from everyday life. This leads to relaxation and regeneration. These promote stress reduction. The immune system can be strengthened. You will feel relaxed, refreshed and much more flexible afterwards.

Please bring with you.

• Something to drink, shoes appropriate for the weather, sun protection, insect and tick protection.
• Comfortable clothes that allow you to do standing yoga exercises.
• A towel, small mat or other surface to protect the floor from moisture or to be able to stand on barefoot.

Participants enter the premises at their own risk; the course leader assumes no liability or guarantee.

The event may be cancelled and/or postponed at short notice in the event of storms, lightning or heavy, persistent rain.

The kids tent at the Neumühlepark is open again this year. During the summer vacations, there is a great arts and crafts program for children aged 4 and over. Just drop by and join in!

Unfortunately, the children’s tent remains closed in bad weather.

Für den Zugang zum Basar wird kein Gartenschauticket benötigt. Falls man davor oder danach auf die Gartenschau möchte, muss man ein Ticket erwerben.

The special kind of mobile play park. Clouds of foam dance weightlessly through the air – a cuddly toy donkey flies over them in a high arc. Laughing children are in the air for seconds – Superman is taught to fly and a floating giant ball is chased by many children – then a cactus flies in and turns the hunters into the hunted.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Led by Mrs. Christine Mumme, Heiligkreuz Weilerbach.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Would you like to experience the healing powers of trees in combination with forest bathing (jap. Shinrin-Yoku) and yoga?
Surely you have already experienced the calming effect of a walk in the forest and perhaps you already know the harmonizing and energizing feeling.

After a short thematic introduction, we go together to the trees on the meadow at Barbarossa-Woog or near the Biblical Garden and absorb the atmosphere of the trees with all our senses. We try to let go of all our worries and the stress of everyday life.
Trees exert a fascination of their own. Every tree has its own nature and associated characteristics. We will explore these on our walk.
We will walk a short distance together in silence, pausing again and again to take in the atmosphere. Standing yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and exercises from tree yoga round off our tree experience.
Let yourself be surprised when mindfulness exercises are incorporated.
Of course, there will also be a relaxation session at the end to integrate the movement and the experience.
The exercises are also suitable for beginners and those with no previous experience. We mainly practise standing up.
Forest bathing and the yoga asanas help to take a break from everyday life. This leads to relaxation and regeneration. These promote stress reduction. The immune system can be strengthened. You will feel relaxed, refreshed and much more flexible afterwards.

Please bring with you.

• Something to drink, shoes appropriate for the weather, sun protection, insect and tick protection.
• Comfortable clothes that allow you to do standing yoga exercises.
• A towel, small mat or other surface to protect the floor from moisture or to be able to stand on barefoot.

Participants enter the premises at their own risk; the course leader assumes no liability or guarantee.

The event may be cancelled and/or postponed at short notice in the event of storms, lightning or heavy, persistent rain.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Led by Richard Hackländer, Protestant Deanery Kaiserslautern.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

Discover with us how the small biofactories from the sea work for our climate-friendly future. We will cultivate a microalgae, extract dyes from cyanobacteria and produce “algae bubbles”: When you think of algae, the first thing you might think of is slippery seaweed on the beach. But algae are quite versatile. Not only are there hundreds of thousands of different types of algae, they also have a lot of useful properties. In our workshop, we would like to explore the diverse properties of algae with you. We will cultivate a microalgae, extract dyes from cyanobacteria, produce small algae balls and show that algae can reduce the CO2 content in their environment.

Places are limited. Registration and further information at www.westpfalz.de/algen

Musical-literary summer evening under the canopy of the Willow Church. The duo Wortlaut (Madeleine Giese, Rainer Furch) and the duo ICstrings go on a musical and literary foray to

VENICE!

Venice has been described so often that everyone has the city in mind, even if they have never been there. A myth, a destination of longing for centuries. 14 million visitors a year wander between St. Mark’s Square, Rialto and Piazzale Roma, marveling and being seduced for the first time or again and again. The lavish and beguiling magic of a city between sea and land, a bewildering cosmos of unprecedented beauty…..

Together with the ICstrings duo (Caroline Busser, cello, and Ivan Knezevic, violin), we roam criss-cross and sometimes sempre diretto through the lagoon city. And serve up “musical-literary cicchetti” – as the delicious appetizers are called in Venice, small slices of bread cleverly topped….

The composers and writers, poets and playwrights in this program all wrote and raved about Venice: Venice.

Henry James put it in a nutshell: “There are two kinds of cities: all the others and – Venice.”

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Dorothee Hein reads you exciting animal tales & stories in the lawn theater.

Not applicable in bad weather.

Led by Pastor Margarethe Hopf and Pastor Nicole Bizik, from the Protestant Cooperation Region Nordstern.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

With over 45,000 pumpkins of various kinds, unique works of art have been created at this year’s pumpkin exhibition under the motto “Fire”.
In addition to firefish, fire salamanders and fire jellyfish, there is also a volcano landscape to marvel at in pumpkin garb. Younger fans are sure to enjoy “Fireman Sam”, Jim Knopf with his steam engine Emma and Fred Flintstone.

The 8-strong assembly team attached each individual pumpkin to basic frames made of wood and wire. Different pumpkins were used to give the figures their colors. The color palette ranged from white to the classic orange ornamental pumpkins to blue pumpkins.

Would you like to experience the healing powers of trees in combination with forest bathing (jap. Shinrin-Yoku) and yoga?
Surely you have already experienced the calming effect of a walk in the forest and perhaps you already know the harmonizing and energizing feeling.

After a short thematic introduction, we go together to the trees on the meadow at Barbarossa-Woog or near the Biblical Garden and absorb the atmosphere of the trees with all our senses. We try to let go of all our worries and the stress of everyday life.
Trees exert a fascination of their own. Every tree has its own nature and associated characteristics. We will explore these on our walk.
We will walk a short distance together in silence, pausing again and again to take in the atmosphere. Standing yoga asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and exercises from tree yoga round off our tree experience.
Let yourself be surprised when mindfulness exercises are incorporated.
Of course, there will also be a relaxation session at the end to integrate the movement and the experience.
The exercises are also suitable for beginners and those with no previous experience. We mainly practise standing up.
Forest bathing and the yoga asanas help to take a break from everyday life. This leads to relaxation and regeneration. These promote stress reduction. The immune system can be strengthened. You will feel relaxed, refreshed and much more flexible afterwards.

Please bring with you.

• Something to drink, shoes appropriate for the weather, sun protection, insect and tick protection.
• Comfortable clothes that allow you to do standing yoga exercises.
• A towel, small mat or other surface to protect the floor from moisture or to be able to stand on barefoot.

Participants enter the premises at their own risk; the course leader assumes no liability or guarantee.

The event may be cancelled and/or postponed at short notice in the event of storms, lightning or heavy, persistent rain.

Led by Dean Richard Hackländer, Protestant Stiftskirchen community.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

We invite you to the MI(N)Tmachwelt, where you can get active yourself in various workshops.

Experts from RPTU, the university, the Chamber of Crafts, the institutes and other organizations will take you on a journey into the exciting world of STEM as workshop leaders.

You have the opportunity to attend a total of three workshops during the course of the morning.

In a small group, you can discover scientific and technical phenomena with other interested students.

Target group: 8th – 13th grade

Infos under www.westpfalz.de

We invite you to the MI(N)Tmachwelt, where you can get active yourself in various workshops.

Experts from RPTU, the university, the Chamber of Crafts, the institutes and other organizations will take you on a journey into the exciting world of STEM as workshop leaders.

You have the opportunity to attend a total of three workshops during the course of the morning.

In a small group, you can discover scientific and technical phenomena with other interested students.

Target group: 8th – 13th grade

Infos under www.westpfalz.de

The Kaiserslautern Garden Show is turning into a MI(N)Tmachwelt for the fifth time.

Numerous hands-on stands invite children and young people to marvel, tinker and discover from 11 am to 5 pm.

Creative experiments, amazing tricks and lots of “aha moments” await visitors.

This year’s program highlight will be the ExperiNauten on stage. They will delight young and old alike with their energetic science show.

The event is open to visitors to the garden show, so registration is not necessary.

Infos under www.westpfalz.de

Led by pastors Charlotte and Tobias Dötzkirchner, Protestant parish of Siegelbach and Rodenbach.

• in bad weather in the Waldhaus.

After Matthias Würsching broke his own record with his pumpkin last year, it will be exciting again on September 21! This year, the goal is to beat 834.9 kg.

Both amateur gardeners and pumpkin growers can take part in the competition to present their giant pumpkin to the jury and the public. In addition to the heaviest pumpkin, the most beautiful pumpkin is also chosen.

Geleitet von Frau Wagner-Herzer und Robert Hering von der Baptisten-Gemeinde.

• bei schlechter Witterung im Waldhaus.

Discover the fascinating world of chromatography with us and make the different leaf dyes in green spinach visible. You can also show off your detective skills with a little puzzle:
You can observe it anew every year: In spring, delicate light green leaves sprout on the trees, in summer they show an intense darker green and in autumn they finally turn yellow, red or brown. But how do plants do this? In our workshop, we would like to explore the secret of leaf (re)coloration with you. To do this, we will delve into the fascinating world of chromatography together and use everyday objects to make the different leaf pigments of fresh spinach visible.

Places are limited. Registration and further information at www.westpfalz.de/blattfärbung