A garden path to friendship

The classic Chinese-style Yingqu Garden at the Duisburg Zoo has an arched stone bridge across the lake and is home to bamboo, weeping willows, water lilies, metasequoia and wintersweet trees. CHINA DAILY

Workers operate machines at the zoo to restore the Chinese garden earlier this year. CHINA DAILY

A pavilion by the lake in the garden. CHINA DAILY

Astrid Stewin (middle), director of the Duisburg Zoo, with her colleagues, receive animal-shaped sculptures, sent from Wuhan, to feature in the restored Chinese-style garden at the zoo in March. CHINA DAILY