The Birds’ Palace is a floating garden anchored in one of Vondelpark’s ponds, a space for the encounter between the birds (native and non-native, feral and wild) and the people of Amsterdam (residents and commuters, students and tourists). It is imagined as a contemporary, public Lusthof where to observe and be observed, feed and collect. It is inhabited by tall perches and bird feeders, emerging from a heap of fertile soil. As birds feed, play, and deposit guano on the heap, they disperse seeds, fertilize the ground, and become the gardeners of the floating island. The installation is visible from the shore, and is to be experienced “as a bird-watcher”, with the support of binoculars or cameras. Over the period of six weeks, the heap becomes a temporary flower field, initially supporting the park’s seed eaters, then setting the ground for the arrival of bees and butterflies, eventually calling for other insectivorous birds.