And the fourth and last one of the illustrations I made for a nature trail on species protection. The nature trail leads through the community garden »Garten für Alle« and explains at individual stations how habitats for native plants, insects, and birds can be created using simple means, encouraging visitors to foster biodiversity in their own gardens as well.
The illustration belongs to the last station on the trail, the orchard meadow. Orchard meadows are meadows with fruit trees. They are cultural landscapes that are used for fruit growing and as pasture land. Usually, high-stem fruit trees are planted, that also grow to a relatively old age. The different areas of shade and light, as well as old, young, and dead trees growing side by side, create a great variety of structures in such meadows. Unfortunately, orchard meadows are endangered as habitats because they are less profitable for fruit growing than the low-stem plantations that are now common.
The illustration shows the various habitats of a meadow orchard where animals find a home, including tree hollows, wildflower areas, and deadwood corners.
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