Nominations for best private plots – Die besten Gärten 2012: online on July 10 th
Register now: International symposium and award ceremony at Essl Museum on September 29th, 2012
best private plots – Die besten Gärten 2012 - the international competition is being held for the fifth time. The award honors exceptional achievements in the design of sustainable private outdoor spaces and gardens. This year 104 landscape architects, architects, garden designers and owners from 26 countries all over the world reacted to the call for entries. Submissions of realized gardens arrived from Argentinia, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Lebanon, Japan, South Africa, Russia, the USA and many states of Europe. The jury – Stig L. Andersson (DK), Franziska Bark Hagen (CH), Teresa Moller (CL), Vladimir Sitta (CZ/AU) und Tom Stuart-Smith (GB) – has screened all entries and nominated those realized gardens which combine innovation, usability and ecology in a most impressive way.
List of nominations: http://www.privateplots.at/en/nominations.html
The international symposium public spots on private plots will take place on September 29th , 9:00 am – 3:30 pm at Essl Museum/Klosterneuburg/Austria in occasion of the award ceremony. This year the symposium highlights gardens as social, productive and creative spaces. Presenting their own work, the speakers will engage in a discussion on the varied dynamics of perception and action in garden design and landscape architecture. The symposium is also meant to be an open forum which fosters discussion of the design of outdoor private space.
Information and registration: http://www.privateplots.at/en/symposium.html
At the award ceremony on Saturday, September 29th at 4:30 pm the winners will be announced. The nominated gardens will be presented in an exhibition and in thecatalog. Catalog order: http://www.privateplots.at/en/catalog.html
On Sunday September 30th, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm the garden–culture–landscape tour will take to some brand new, but also to some almost forgotten historical highlights of the region.
public spots on private plots symposium on September 29, at 9.00 am – 3:30 pm
best private plots – Die besten Gärten 2012 award ceremony on September 29, at 4.30 pm
Exhibition of the nominated projects on September 29, at 10.00 am – 7.00 pm
Garden-Culture-Landscape Tour on September 30, at 10.00 am – 7.00 pm
Venue: Essl Museum, An der Donau-Au 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
