Werft Gardens & Landscapes

Some 30 years ago, my father once came home from work and my mother asked him: „Where is Lucas?" – he had forgotten me in my carrycot on the building site… Throughout our childhood, my sister and I spent hours playing among plants, soil, machines, papers, and drafts. This has not changed much since we moved to Croatia. The company Werft Garten & Landschaftsbau GmbH was originally founded in 1984 in Stuttgart by my father, landscape architect Erich Werft. However, our family business continued to operate under the name Horting when we returned to Croatia in 1995. While the period of living and working in Germany represented a time of freedom and prosperity for my family, moving back to Croatia brought significant challenges and hardships. My father's intention during this time has been progressive education and popularization of landscape architecture on the local market. After his death in 2006, I inherited his mission and continued to nurture it in my authentic way. To integrate early values with the present ones, in the past couple of years the aspiration towards changing our company's identity and reviving family name has grown. Therefore, today we are not starting anew. We are going back to our roots and continue where we have left off.