In memoriam: Alan Thornley

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to Alan Thornley, Chairman of the European Garden Heritage Network EGHN, who died far too early and unexpectedly at home in England on 8 October 2020. Alan Thornley had taken over the chairmanship of the European Garden Heritage Network at its first meeting in 2003 and…

Open Call for Nominations

Since 2010 the European Garden Award has been granted to almost 100 parks, gardens and organisations across Europe. Most nominations have been made by the international jury but by several externals too. Corona caused a break and thus the next awards will be handed out in June 2021. We decided to use this extra time…

Merian Gärten

The Merian Gärten (Merian Gardens) are a magical place of beauty. The extensive botanical garden on the outskirts of Basel enchants visitors with an incredible variety of plants and a profuse display of blossoms. The former country residence of Christoph Merian, a prosperous 19th-century agronomist and philanthropist, includes a landscape garden, valuable collections of ornamental…

New EGHN partners in 2020

We are happy to announce that two organisations decided to bring a garden and a garden landscape as new partners into the EGHN. The Merian Gärten (image) in Basel are the first garden to join from Switzerland. Merian Gärten won an European Garden Award (2nd Prize) in 2019, in particular for their high-class programme for…