https://vcvc.nl/Recent content on Victor van CampenHugoen-NLTue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/posts/welcome-back/Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/posts/welcome-back/<h2 id="a-fresh-start">A fresh start</h2> <p>Welcome back! It’s going to be a real joy to develop this site further. Hopefully there’ll be something interesting to see and read on a regular basis. Along the way, I&rsquo;m figuring out how I can use this place to communicate my designs in an appealing way.</p> <p><img src="https://vcvc.nl/images/welcome-back/forest.webp" alt="A forest with dappled shade" class="img-responsive"> </p> <p>There&rsquo;s no particular or strict rule I&rsquo;m applying for which content to put here. Some projects may need further polish, others will be recurring, still others might be abandoned along the way.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/opaalkust-1/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/opaalkust-1/<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Opale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Côte d&rsquo;Opale</a> provides hazy spring evening views of grain fields and undulating pastures against the backdrop of the English Channel and the North Sea. Describing the distinctive quality of its light, the painter Édouard Lévêque coined the name Côte d&rsquo;Opale for this area in 1911.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/opaalkust-2/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/opaalkust-2/<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Opale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Côte d&rsquo;Opale</a> provides hazy spring evening views of grain fields and undulating pastures against the backdrop of the English Channel and the North Sea. Describing the distinctive quality of its light, the painter Édouard Lévêque coined the name Côte d&rsquo;Opale for this area in 1911.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/landschappelijke-beplanting/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/landschappelijke-beplanting/<p>For an equestrian facility in the Liemers region, I developed a landscape planting design that responds to the area’s characteristic landscape structure and ongoing developments in the surrounding context. The principal challenge was to embed the site-specific layout, tailored to the needs of the horses, within the broader landscape framework. Shown here is part of the technical elaboration of the design.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/levedetuin/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/levedetuin/<p>Together with fellow garden and landscape design students, I was invited by Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein to host a series of rapid-fire design sessions during the <a href="https://levedetuinfestival.nl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leve de Tuin Festival</a> . Over two lively days, visitors arrived with ideas, ambitions, and sketches of their own, which we translated into quick spatial concepts, planting suggestions, and hand-drawn impressions on the spot. The exchange of stories, wishes, and site-specific challenges produced a table full of drawings and new connections for future commissions and above all a great deal of inspiration for my growing design practice.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/tuinontwerp-1/Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/tuinontwerp-1/<p><a href="https://eu.winsornewton.com/products/promarker-landscape-tones-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ProMarker</a> is currently my favourite drawing tool, mainly due to its rich colour impact. Dealing with its high flow is still a challenge for me, and bleedproof paper is essential.</p>https://vcvc.nl/about/Tue, 05 May 2026 21:05:33 +0530https://vcvc.nl/about/<p>Hi! This is a place where I keep a portfolio of my garden and landscape design work, and occasionally write about the subjects that inspire and fascinate me. A delight in design and a curiosity for plants first led me to study Garden and Landscape Design at <a href="https://www.hvhl.nl/opleidingen/hbo/tuin-en-landschapsinrichting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HVHL University of Applied Sciences</a> . In every project, I seek to create landscapes that balance beauty, ecological sensitivity, and enduring practicality.</p> <p>My design approach is rooted in a careful understanding of place, seasonality, planting composition, and the relationship between people and landscape — with an emphasis on gardens that are both sustainable and atmospheric.</p>https://vcvc.nl/photos/delphinium/Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vcvc.nl/photos/delphinium/<p>The depth of the flower colour of this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphinium_californicum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Delphinium califonicum</a> is out of this world. Although it is rather late to take cuttings, I will certainly attempt propagating this plant by seed.</p>