The park-like garden on Carl Orff's estate covers an area of four hectares. The shrubs and flowers were planted according to the original plans of renowned garden pioneer Alwin Seifert, Carl Orff's brother-in-law. The garden combines elements of a farm garden and an English cottage garden and is home to a variety of shrubs, trees and flowers. To the west, the garden is bordered by a small strip of woodland on the slope of the Schatzberg hill, while the rest is surrounded by a dense beech hedge. Two striking features of the grounds are the imposing copper beech in front of the café terrace and the large sequoia tree at the entrance to the museum.

FARM GARDEN

When Carl Orff and Luise Rinser acquired the property, they had a large cottage garden laid out. They certainly remembered well the difficult food supply situation during and after the war and therefore wanted to be able to provide for themselves.
Berries, cabbage, vegetables, peas, beans and lettuce were grown in the garden. The Orffs followed the planting recommendations of Alwin Seifert, the well-known landscape architect, gardener and founding member of the Bavarian Nature Conservation Association. Seifert is best known for his ‘Compost Primer’, which is still used today to create compost in cottage gardens.
Together with Orff's later wife Liselotte, the maids lovingly tended the garden for decades and processed the harvest. Every day, vegetable soup was served at lunchtime and in the evening, which Carl Orff greatly appreciated.
Today, a passionate gardener tends and nurtures the somewhat smaller farm garden. It is now also home to bees, which enjoy the blooming splendour together with the butterflies in spring and summer.