The rose garden of Schönbrunn Palace is a real tourist attraction thanks to its flowers – so that many can continue to enjoy it in the future, the famous Lipizzaners also do their part: in the form of horse dung, which is used as fertiliser.
The Spanish Riding School in Vienna annually makes about 750 tons of horse manure from its Lipizzaners available to the Austrian Federal Gardens. As a nutrient-rich fertilizer, they are mainly used for the roses in Schönbrunn.
According to Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP), “a good example of a functioning circular economy” is being implemented, according to a broadcast on Tuesday.
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Horse manure is considered a valuable organic fertilizer with important nutritional elements, magnesium and many trace elements, making it ideal for plants with high nutritional needs such as roses. Most of the 750 tons of horse manure is used in Schönbrunn for the nearly 2,000 roses on the rose parterre and for the flower beds.
“But the horse manure is also used as fertilizer in the Augarten for the flower parterres and in the citrus collection,” says the ministry.
Source: Krone
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