Year 2005

Work of our members

At The Same Time

At the same time
While you stand here
I am somewhere else
Employees of the Society for the Preservation of Nature are engaged in all manner of activities
Elsewhere in the world, things are happening as well

100 YEARS NATUURMONUMENTEN (Society for the Preservation of Nature)

‘Natuurmonumenten’ exist 100 years on 22 April 2005.
On the occasion of this anniversary, the ornamental garden received this sundial.

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The sundial indicates apparent solar time.
Three lines indicate the beginning of the four seasons: spring, summer, fall, and winter.

Notice the decorative symbols for bird, fish and leaf.
These three symbols together are Natuurmonumenten’s emblem.

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Hendrik Hollander

Design: Hendrik Hollander
Dimensions: 110 cm x 94 cm (43 x 37 in)
Material:
   face: granite
   style: stainless steel
Address:
   Buitenplaats Gooilust
   Zuidereinde 49
   's-Graveland

English translation: RH