VdL Plants Edible Shrubbery With Pupils in Hamm

On Monday 23 March 2026, the City of Luxembourg (Ville de Luxembourg - VdL) informed that around 90 pupils of Hamm primary school actively participated in planting approximately 400 trees and shrubs producing edible fruits and berries.

The initiative was led by the Forestry Service in collaboration with the Nature Activities Department of the VdL’s Education Service, forming part of an ongoing ecological project.

According to the VdL, at the beginning of 2025, the Forestry Service enhanced the site by planting 32 large chestnut trees. It has now added 150 additional trees, including maples, wild cherry trees, rowans, birches and larches, arranged in rows as part of the municipality’s second agroforestry project, following a pilot project at Eecherfeld in Muhlenbach focused on climate-resilient forest development.

The VdL created an orchard with 70 fruit trees in a neighbouring meadow, gradually transforming the site into a “food forest”. The orchard includes low-stem apple and pear trees for children, as well as 40 high-stem cherry trees from Luxembourgish varieties, helping to preserve traditional species. In the future, visitors will be able to freely pick fruits and berries and discover local biodiversity.

The city also installed a large insect tower in the orchard, providing shelter for wildlife such as wild bees, insects, small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds and bats.

In response to the climate emergency and its commitments under the 2023-2029 municipal programme, the VdL has made nature protection a priority, noted the City, adding that it also aims to plant more than 30,000 new trees across the capital by 2030, with progress available in real time at 30000.vdl.lu.