Westphalian Garden Days Kloster Clarholz

Monastery Garden and Garden Fair Combined

Monastery complexes and gardens — few places combine tranquility, history, and plant culture as closely as Kloster Clarholz in the Gütersloh district. The former Premonstratensian provostry was founded in the 12th century and expanded in baroque splendor in the 17th/18th centuries. Today, it houses an extensive monastery garden that is part of the Route of Westphalian Garden and Park Culture. From June 12th to 14th, 2026, this very garden will become the stage for the Westphalian Garden Days Kloster Clarholz — a three-day garden and lifestyle fair with numerous exhibitors in plants, arts and crafts, and culinary delights.

Plants, Furniture, Fashion, Arts and Crafts

The exhibitor profile of the Clarholz Garden Days ranges from perennial nurseries and rose growers to plant experts and bonsai specialists, as well as suppliers of high-quality garden furniture, outdoor fashion, floristry, ceramics, jewelry, and arts and crafts. Particularly appreciated are the numerous small manufactories and family businesses from Westphalia, which often have their only public presentation of the year here. The atmosphere of the monastery complex — brick facades, old trees, the geometric bed network of the monastery garden — forms the most beautiful possible setting for a weekend that appeals equally to lovers of plants, fashion, and culinary delights.

Beekenhof Veranstaltungen as Organizer

The organizer is Beekenhof Veranstaltungen GmbH from Westphalia, which hosts garden fairs in historic complexes throughout Germany — from Diersfordt Castle on the Lower Rhine and Hovestadt Castle to the Klosteranlage Clarholz. The high recognizability of the brand "Beekenhof Veranstaltungen" combines in Clarholz with the special history of the place — a format that has been firmly anchored in the event calendar of the Gütersloh district for years.

Klosteranlage Clarholz — Garden and History

The Klosteranlage Clarholz, founded in 1133 as a Premonstratensianstift, passed into private ownership after secularization in 1803, but the monastery garden has been preserved as a cultural monument and is open to the public. It is part of the "Gardens in Westphalia-Lippe" route (gaerten-in-westfalen.de) and is one of the most important examples of monastic garden culture in NRW. The monastery church, the provost building, and the garden wall shape the ensemble — a backdrop that sets the Clarholz Garden Days apart from other garden fairs.

Herzebrock-Clarholz in the Gütersloh District

Herzebrock-Clarholz is a twin municipality in the Gütersloh district in East Westphalia-Lippe with around 17,000 inhabitants. It is located on the B 64 between Bielefeld and Gütersloh and is easily accessible via the A 2 (Rheda-Wiedenbrück exit). With its two monastery complexes (Herzebrock and Clarholz) and the rural Westphalian landscape of the Münsterland, the municipality is a preferred weekend excursion destination — and in June each year, the short period when Clarholz becomes a mecca for Westphalian plant lovers.