The carefully selected perennial herbs, dye and medicinal plants, fruit trees, and shrubs form a mutually supportive micro-ecosystem. This favourable environment enriches the soil, boosts biodiversity, retains rainwater, and helps mitigate the local effects of climate change. All green waste from the garden is returned to the university’s composting system and later fed back into the soil as humus.

The garden also functions as a living laboratory for teaching and research. Its ten experimental plots can be planted with species that can be used in creative practice on account of their natural pigments, essential oils, fibre structures, or other properties.