Parc Bertrand, Public park in Plainpalais district, Switzerland
Parc Bertrand covers 110,823 m² in the Champel district of Geneva. It holds a 30 cm-deep paddling pool for children, a fenced dog park, a football pitch, a slide area, a tennis wall, a pond, a small waterfall, a stream, a Japanese garden, toilets and an outdoor gym opened in 2015. The former Bertrand family house at the edge is now the Bertrand primary school.
The park and the villa on its grounds were bequeathed to the City of Geneva by Alice Noerbel, widow of Alfred Bertrand, a member of a prominent Geneva family: one part in 1933, the remainder in 1940. The Bertrand villa at the park's edge became the Bertrand school, a public primary school converted in 2004 into an early-childhood garden, with pupils and teachers moved to the Contamines, Peschier and Crêts-de-Champel schools.
The park bears the name of Alfred Bertrand, a Geneva explorer and photographer, and was given to the city by his widow Alice Noerbel. The former Bertrand family house at the edge became the Bertrand school, turned into an early-childhood garden in 2004, with pupils moved to Contamines, Peschier and Crêts-de-Champel.
Parc Bertrand lies in Champel, not Plainpalais; the Bertrand school building borders the grounds. The wading pool is about 30 cm deep and meant for children, and a fenced area is reserved for dogs. A fitness area opened in 2015, and toilets are on site.
The park is managed without chemical pesticides and uses late mowing to encourage wild plants and insects. This natural approach allows visitors to find greater variety in wildlife within the city.
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