{"id":73083,"date":"2016-10-18T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=73083"},"modified":"2016-10-18T07:00:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:00:56","slug":"ddw-special-hidden-gem-3-de-onkruidenier-the-weedgrocer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/ddw-special-hidden-gem-3-de-onkruidenier-the-weedgrocer\/","title":{"rendered":"[DDW Special] Hidden Gem 3: De Onkruidenier (“The Weedgrocer”)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Dutch Design Week, e52<\/b> will be introducing you to the festival’s Hidden Gems. Nine special designers who we feel are the stand-outs of this edition. A different Hidden Gem will enjoy the limelight each day of DDW. Today: De Onkruidenier (\u201cThe Weedgrocer\u201d)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

De Onkruidenier<\/a> (Jonmar van Vlijmen and Ronald Boer) works with\u00a0unwanted nature in the city centre. Stickyweed, bishop\u2019s weed and nettles: most people remove these plants from their gardens right away. But weeds just got a new job with Jonmar and Ronald. Have you ever tried park pesto or hogweed beer?<\/p>\n

It made complete sense for Jonmar van Vlijmen to study landscape architecture. A plant-lover as a child, he had a job at the garden centre by the age of twelve. But just before graduating he kissed goodbye to that career, afraid of a life writing endless reports high up in an office building. In search of a more creative existence, Jonmar went to art school and spent years working as a designer. That\u2019s until he stumbled\u00a0across an Elseviers guide to wild vegetables and herbs during a clear-out \u2013 the book Grandma had left behind.<\/p>\n

Jonmar was incredibly interested in\u00a0the recipes in the back of the guide for everything from nettle croquettes to daisy cough medicine. He decided\u00a0to go to the park himself and find some ‘weeds’. In no time at all, his\u00a0house was full of them. He\u00a0started hanging\u00a0plants to dry on the heater and making\u00a0beer out of hogweed. (And no, that last one wasn\u2019t exactly delicious, but it certainly sets the scene.)<\/p>\n

He was asked to offer tastings of his wild plants together with his partner Ronald, who grew up on a farm and previously worked at Proef restaurant in Amsterdam. Interest grew\u00a0and people were keen to join him on his way. It wasn’t long before group expeditions began trawling through the city in search of useful weeds.<\/p>\n

Jonmar hopes to shed new light on \u2018unwanted nature\u2019 through his activities. As well as being very knowledgeable\u00a0about wild plants, the Amsterdammer is also bursting with stories \u2013 from how the Romans brought bishop\u2019s weed to the Netherlands by planting it along the way so they\u2019d have something to eat on the journey\u00a0back, to the aphrodisiac effects of hogweed in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

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The mobile field workshop<\/em><\/p>\n

De Onkruidenier can be found at the Bergmannkerk near the Hallenweg during DDW. Together with\u00a0Overtreders W<\/a> they\u2019ve developed a mobile workplace with harvesting benches, a field kitchen, a drying cabinet and work benches where visitors can discover the special uses of wild plants.<\/p>\n

Jonmar had already visited Eindhoven\u2019s Genneper Parks in preparation for DDW and was excited about the weeds he found there. Curious about De Onkruidenier\u2019s beach greens, wild tea mixes and flower butter? Then follow your nose down to the Bergmannkerk.<\/p>\n

De Onkruidenier: Bergmannkerk, Bergmannstraat 76<\/p>\n

The Nine Hidden Gems of DDW was made possible through a\u00a0collaboration with Dutch Design Daily and DDW curator, Katja Lucas. Want to check out the Hidden Gems for yourself? Urban Exploring Tours and KOGA will be organising a special bike tour every morning and afternoon where you will see the selected designers. For more information, click here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Text: Renske Mehra | Photo:\u00a0Frouwkje Smit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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