Nine Winners From Seven Countries
Awards handed out on 26th June 2026
On 26th June 2026 the European Garden Award of the Schloss Dyck Foundation (Jüchen, Germany) and the European Garden Heritage Network EGHN was handed out at Schloss Dyck.
Continued support by “Garpa Garden & Park Furniture” and last but not least the the knowledge and commitment of our jury members – with Phillip Sattler (Germany), Roswitha Arnold (Chair/Germany), Ed Bennis (Great Britain), Lieneke van Campen (Netherlands), Mikael Löfving (Sweden), Jacob Fischer (Denmark), Davorin Gazvoda (Slovenia), Maren Köhler-Prehn (Germany), Jens Spanjer (Germany), and Michael Walker (Great Britain) – resulted in nine prizes that were handed out in three categories.
This year, one 1st Prizes and two 2nd Prizes were awarded in each of these categories:
• Management or development of a historic park or garden
• Design or concept of a contemporary park or garden
• Climate adaptation measures in parks and gardens
Download press release (PDF): Press release European Garden Award 2026 (EN)
Texts of the laudations as download: Memorial Garden Paris, Orto Redemptoris Venedig, Parco della Pace Vicenza
Text of the closing words by Maren Köhler-Prehn, Garpa Garden & Park Furniture
Download of images showing all awarded parks and gardens (zip-files):
EGA-2026-1st-Prizes
Photos taken at the award ceremony. Copyright Schloss Dyck Foundation, Anja Matter (95 MB, zip-file):
EGA 2026 Awarding Event, 26.06.26 Schloss Dyck
