2nd Prize: “Protection or Development of a Cultural Landscape” Santar Vila Jardim (Santar, Portugal) Santar is a village in a valley of the river Dão region. There are remains from the Roman Empire, such as archaeological vestiges, roads and bridges. A series of manor houses stands with contiguous grounds that once were occupied by orchards…
2nd Prize: “Protection or Development of a Cultural Landscape” Insel Hombroich (Neuss, Germany) “Art in parallel to Nature” – the motto of Museum Insel Hombroich captures the spirit of the museum’s fostering concept of creating a space as an ideal in both museum and landscape terms. It is a daylight museum with ten walk-in sculptures…
1st Prize: “Protection or Development of a Cultural Landscape” Waterloopbos (Marknesse, The Netherlands) In 1951, Waterloopbos was created as a new forest in an area with natural water streams. For 40 years, it was the home of the Hydraulic Science Laboratory. In 35 large scale models of estuaries and ports, such as the Delta Works…
2nd Prize: “Management or Development of a Historic Park or Garden” Marqueyssac (Vésac, France) Château de Marqueyssac was built at the end of the 17th century, on cliffs overlooking the Dordogne Valley. The original garden “à la française” featured terraces, alleys, and a kitchen garden. In the 1860s, the new owner began to plant thousands…
The Awarding Ceremony for the European Garden Award 2021 was held on 10th September 2021 at Schloss Dyck (Jüchen, Germany). Read more about the nine winners here.
The Third Train is a contemporary design by Gilles Brusset, Marc Blume and Francesca Liggieri. Where the Armistice was signed, subtle design elements symbolise the trenches of the war and the filaments of mycelium. Rail-like benches (the Armistice was signed in a train) invite for contemplation and reflection.
The international jury for the European Garden Award decided on the winners of the 1st and 2nd prizes among this year’s nominations in a video meeting. Numerous external nominations from the Open Call, which was carried out for the first time, were also taken into account. Winners also resulted from this group. In each of…
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…
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…
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…