Firmengarten Müller Sonnenschutz

A Living Pool right in front of the company building, bands of lavender, a fire bowl set into the wall – and ornamental alliums made of Corten steel that never fade.

Location	Königsdorf
Size	Company garden with Living Pool (built 2022)
Design	Valentin Sommer (Fuchs baut Gärten GmbH)
Implementation	Fuchs baut Gärten GmbH – Gärtner von Eden
Photography	Benjamin Klopp
Award	“Gärten des Jahres” 2026 longlist (Callwey) · TASPO Awards 2026 – finalist “Bestes GaLaBau-Projekt Firmengarten”

“Visitors arriving for an appointment are greeted first by the water.”

— About this project

A company garden that doesn't look like a company site: the Living Pool sits right in front of the company building of Müller Sonnenschutz – where other businesses have car parks. Visitors arriving for an appointment are greeted first by the water. And during their breaks, the team has not a back yard but a garden with mountain views.

Why this is more than decoration for a business

A craft business that sells sun protection is, at heart, selling time spent outdoors. An outdoor space where you can demonstrate that is not an ornament but part of the offer – the same principle as in our own company garden in Lenggries, where customers see the Living Pool in real life before they order it. More on outdoor spaces for businesses: for businesses.

The planting withstands heat. On a business site, nobody comes out with a watering can in the evening – so the planting has to manage without one. Bands of lavender and sage run alongside the lawns, with silver-grey perennials, grasses and white hydrangeas in the shadier spots. It blooms from June into autumn, provides structure through the winter and copes with dry spells. More on this: perennial planting.

Two things that make this garden unmistakable

The ornamental allium that never fades. Above the polygonal paving stand flower heads made of Corten steel – allium shapes that disappear among the real blooms in summer and remain in winter, when everything else has died back. Rust and stone go well together.

The fire bowl in the wall. At the pool edge, a Corten steel bowl is set into the dry stone wall, not in front of it – a timber top, fire, and the water right alongside reflecting the flame. Add a bench against the wall inscribed “Lieblingsplatz” (“favourite spot”). Not everything needs explaining.

The garden is on the “Gärten des Jahres 2026” longlist from Callwey Verlag – and it is a finalist at the TASPO Awards 2026 in the category “Bestes GaLaBau-Projekt Firmengarten” (Best Landscaping Project – Company Garden). At the ceremony on 30 October 2026 in Berlin, we were in the final. What the awards mean is explained under awards.