Pool in a perennial border – city garden in Munich
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Pool in a perennial border – city garden in Munich

A tiled pool with a timber deck, framed by blue-flowering perennial borders, granite setts and a red Japanese maple – a city garden in Munich, designed in 2021 and completed in 2024.

LocationMunich
Sizedesigned in 2021, built in stages until 2024
DesignDesign: Katharina Unterstaller · Site management: Jonas Endlich · Fuchs baut Gärten – construction, planting and service
ImplementationFuchs baut Gärten GmbH – Gärtner von Eden
PhotographyBenjamin Klopp / frames for good
AwardLonglist “Gärten des Jahres” 2026 (Callwey)

A pool in the city is quickly built – the art lies in making sure it doesn't look out of place in the garden afterwards. Here the garden grows right up to the edge of the pool: catmint and roses line the water, grasses lean over the timber deck, and a red Japanese maple adds a splash of colour above the pale granite setts. That's why we call it the pool in a perennial dress.

The areas are deliberately kept small and interlinked: granite setts at the seating areas, stepping stones in the lawn as paths, the timber deck by the pool – so plenty of greenery remains despite the pool. A pergola frames the seating area at the end of the garden, in the evening the Corten steel fire bowl glows at the edge of the lawn, and beneath the large parasol there is a lounge with a view across the water.

The garden was designed by Katharina Unterstaller from 2021 and built in stages under the site management of Jonas Endlich – from the first planting to the final acceptance in summer 2024. Since then we have continued to look after the garden, from the pool equipment to winterising the irrigation and starting it up again. In 2025 Benjamin Klopp photographed the established garden – and in 2026 it made the longlist for “Gärten des Jahres”.

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Impressions
View across the pool: timber deck, parasols and the red Japanese mapleStepping stones in the lawn, with roses and catmint in bloom in frontGranite setts at the seating area, edged with catmintStepping stones lead across the lawn to the pergolaAcross the timber deck to the parasol – the grasses lean over the boardsThe pool shimmers behind the blue-flowering perennial bordersWicker armchair at the seating area, with catmint in bloom beside itWoven chairs and a side table at the pool edgeThe red Japanese maple above the paved pathThe Corten steel fire bowl in front of grasses at the edge of the lawnGreen garden room with a birdhouse among trees and shrubs

Photos: Benjamin Klopp / frames for good · Longlist “Gärten des Jahres” 2026 (Callwey)

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