What blooms slowly, stays
In the quiet of the greenhouse, where light softens and time stretches, something new begins - threads of cream, touched with the faintest rose, like petals just opening.
Our Garden Drop is growing.
Rooted in patience, shaped by hand, made to last beyond the season.
A softer beginning for brighter days ahead.
This is where the story begins: in the garden.
The Timeless Structure of the Alpine Bauerngarten
The traditional Alpine farm garden (Bauerngarten) carries a quiet intelligence — a system shaped by rhythm, necessity, and care.
As described by Dr. Elisabeth Laengle, these gardens were always rectangular, divided into four equal parts by a cross of paths. Their placement followed a precise logic:
preferably south of the house, alternatively to the east, but never to the north or west.
Each quadrant held its own purpose:
- medicinal and culinary herbs
- vegetables
- berries
- ornamental flowers
Over time, wind and seasons softened these boundaries. What began as an ordered system evolved into a living, interwoven ecosystem - a mixed culture that sustained both body and spirit.
Herbs, Flowers, and the Language of Care
The Alpine garden was never ornamental alone - it was deeply functional, rooted in self-sufficiency and healing traditions.
Essential kitchen herbs included:
parsley, chives, lovage, thyme, sage, and marjoram.
Alongside them grew medicinal plants such as:
yarrow, chamomile, calendula, lady’s mantle, motherwort, and echinacea.
Each root, leaf, and stem was used according to traditional knowledge - as both remedy and nourishment.
The garden also carried beauty:
daisies, lavender, asters, lupins, zinnias, peonies, hollyhocks, shrub roses, and forget-me-nots.
Among them, robust vegetables thrived:
cabbage, carrots, turnips, potatoes, onions - alongside berries like raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, and currants.
On the sunniest side of the farmhouse, even the delicate “love apples” (tomatoes) would grow.
From Alpine Roots to Modern Craft
This way of cultivating - patient, layered, intentional - is the foundation of our Garden Drop.
Like the Bauerngarten:
- each piece begins with structure
- evolves through time
- becomes something soft, enduring, and alive
Handknitting follows the same rhythm.
Nothing is rushed.
Every stitch holds memory.
Ingeborg Wilmes’ Garden in Carinthia
Close to where Michaela Buerger grew up, in Carinthia, a garden continues this tradition: Ingeborg Wilmes’ garden.
It is a place where herbs grow with intention, where flowers follow natural rhythm, and where plant knowledge is still lived and practiced.
Having spent time there, what remains is not only its beauty - but its continuity.
Her herbal teas, grown and gathered from her garden, reflect the essence of Alpine gardens:
care, patience, and a deep connection to the land.
Alpine Gardens Today: A Return to Slow Living
In a world shaped by speed, the Alpine garden offers something rare:
- seasonality over immediacy
- craft over convenience
- depth over surface
It reminds us that growth cannot be forced - only supported.
And that what takes time, lasts.
A Softer Beginning
Our Garden Drop is not just inspired by flowers - but by the way they grow.
Quietly.
Slowly.
With intention.
The Garden Drop - Enter the Garden.