Krajinski Park Ljubljansko Barje (Slovenia) 2nd Prize Ljubljansko Barje, an almost 160 square kilometres large plain, originated two million years ago through the sinking of the Ljubljana basin. Consequently, rivers deposited shingle and sediments, virtually damming the Ljubljanica river and inundating the entire Barje basin. Some 6,000 years ago, the Barje lake dried up, leaving…
Tirsbæk Manor (Denmark) 2nd Prize The garden of Tirsbæk is particularly special as its history leads back to the Renaissance, which is only the case for quite a few manor houses in Denmark. The main building is separated from the garden by a moat. There were only few remain of the original garden, and there…
Biosphere Reserve Spreewald & Lausitzer Seenland 1st Prize Spreewald: The Spreewald is a unique landscape in Central Europe. After the last ice age, the Spree divided into a network of rivers that meandered through the jungle. The charm of today’s Spreewald lies in its park-like landscape with a mosaic of meadows, fields, woods and the…
Symposium in the context of the AWARDING HERITAGE project „EUROPEAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPES“ Venue: Schloss Nordkirchen Oranienburg (Nebenschloss) Schloßstraße 59394 Nordkirchen All presentations etc. will be given in English. See PDF for additional information. AGENDA 09:30 Guided tour Castle and Park Nordkirchen 10:30 Welcome – Jens Spanjer (Board, Schloss Dyck Foundation, European Garden Heritage Network EGHN)…
4th June 2018, Schloss Branitz / Cottbus Garden Heritage in Europe: Conservation and Development – International Best Practice Workshop organised by the AWARDING HERITAGE project within the European Year of Cultural Heritage – EYCH 2018 “SHARING HERITAGE” 10:00 Welcome (Representative(s) of Foundation Fürst-Pückler-Museum Park and Schloss and/or City of Cottbus) 10:15 Introduction Jens…
On April 12, 2018, this year’s conference “Public Parks and Gardens” will be held in Helsingborg (Sweden). This year, new concepts and methods for the development of public parks and gardens, but also for urban quarters are main themes of the event. There will be presentations and field reports from Sydney (Kim Ellis), Rotterdam (Annemieke…
Herrenhausen Symposium FROM GARDEN ART TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE – TRADITIONS, RE-EVALUATIONS, AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Originally, the area of responsibility for landscape architecture was based on the premise that the planning and creating of open spaces such as parks and gardens was the business of garden artists. Today, the training of landscape architects and future challenges…
Eleven EGHN-Partners in six countries as well as members of the Danish (DSOG) and Swedish (SSPPG) garden networks have shown their interest to support a kind of informal exchange or internship programme for their staff members. This will support a hands-on exchange of experiences and individual knowledge gains. One to two week stays for gardeners…
In the GARTENFOKUS exhibition series, Stiftung Schloss Dyck and EGHN will show photographs of parks and gardens in the south of Poland. For the first time, GARTENFOKUS has commissioned a photographer specifically for the exhibition. The project is also accepted as a contribution to the European Heritage Year 2018 “Sharing Heritage“. The work by Ferdinand…
On September 7, 2018, this year’s winners of the European Garden Award were presented in Schloss Nordkirchen. As a contribution to the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 additional awards for cultural landscapes and for garden heritage have been handed out. The five 1st Prizes went to Greece and two each to Great Britain and…