The Cherry Blossom Orchard visualises the colourful miracle of blossoming cherry trees. This image is created by the schoolchildren – renewed again and again, so that all pupils can participate, including later generations. The Cherry Blossom Orchard consists of 20 painted, four-sided stelae, which are fixed on a turning base and are thus moveable. The schoolchildren have the freedom to make the Cherry Blossom Orchard appear entirely in green, in sporadic blossom or in full blossom. They can also make parts of the orchard, either the left or the right-hand side, become green or blossom.

By doing this, the children gain elementary experiences in perceiving images and colour. The Cherry Blossom Orchard is suitable as a didactic object for teaching art. The children learn about visual phenomena, about rhythm and contrast, about colour effects and movement of colour, about order and chaos, about emphases and transitions, and much more. The Cherry Blossom Orchard is capable of providing new ideas to art teachers, and directly stimulates the children’s creativity. In this way the children take possession of the Cherry Blossom Orchard. It is THEIR art. The changes made by the children to the Cherry Blossom Orchard are visible from afar and are noticed by the public. Thus the art object links inside and outside, school and life.