'European Art Of Garden Exhibition & Sale', Károlyi Stately Home Park, 1 - 3 June

  • 22 May 2018 9:17 AM
'European Art Of Garden Exhibition & Sale', Károlyi Stately Home Park, 1 - 3  June
The now each year very expected European Art of Garden exhibition and sale  organized by the Joseph Karolyi Fondation in the Károlyi stately home park in Fehérvárcsurgó will take place  on June 1 to 3rd with Austria, Bulgaria and France as guest of honour countries whose representative lecturers will speak on the opening day in presence of their respective Ambassadors.  

This year this event has also been incuded in the „Rendez-vous aux Jardins – l’Europe des Jardins”,  an initiative launched from France.

The amateurs of nature and flowers as well as gardners and the invied guests  responsible of  national parks and gardens will listen to the lectures whose main  theme will be Management of green spaces, Paleobotanics and  aquatic plants.

Daniel Boulens, from France at the Direction des Espaces Verts in Lyon will present  Differentiated treatments of green areas,  fundamental for the defense of biodiversity, while Dr. Krasimir Kosev, Director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Sofia, will present the Botanic gardens’ raising social role followed by Dr Jürg Schönenberger, from the University of Vienna, Department of Structural and Functional Botany who will present „The eFLOWER project and the reconstruction of the first flower ».

Other important scientific lectures will follow on Friday and Saturday about  tree curing in historic parks, fight again hailstorm damages and medicinal plants while more poetic themes  will be also  considered such as sundials in parks, flower clocks and  water  lilies.

Various programs around gardening and nature await also the children.

The visitorrs will discover  over 90 stands expect some of them offering seeds exchange, and among them a guest from France, the Oeliatec company presenting an interesting weeding system with boiling water might interest the parks and city gardens responsible authorities as it totally excludes insecticides.

Near the usual exhibitions, this year works by painters and aquarellists, is planned to take place  a Terrace Garden Exhibition and Competition of Students of Horticulture.

ELTE University translators and students with wheelbarrows will be at the lecturers’, exhibitors’ and the guests’ disposal!

Detailed program:
 

Friday, June 1st   

10:00 AOpening of the stands only to the professionals

12:30   Opening of the Garden show by:

His Excellency Eric Fournier, French Ambassador to Hungary

Mr. Károlyi György & Angelica the hosts

Ms. Ulyana Simeonova Bogdanska, Ambassador of Bulgaria

Mag. Regina Rusz, The Austrian 

13:30  Private reception

14:00 Opening to the public
 

The exhibitions (Main building and north pavillon):

Earth-water-air team’s paintings

Fülöp Liza: Flower aquarels

Knauzné Kiss Klára: Flower pictures

Terrace Garden Exhibition and Competition of Students of Horticulture

Guest of Honor Lectures  (Ballroom)

14:30 Daniel Boulens, Direction des Espaces Verts, Ville de Lyon: „Differentiated treatment of green areas

15:00 Dr. Krasimir Kosev, Director of the Botanical Garden of the University of Sofia: „Botanic gardens raising the social role – mission possible

15:30 Prof. Dr Jürg Schönenberger, University of Vienna, Department of Structural and Functional Botany / „The eFLOWER project and the reconstruction of the first flower

17:00 Opening concert by the Alba Regia Symphonic Orchestra (Courtyard). Program: Mozart: Esz-dúr Sinfonia Concertante K. 364;  A-dúr szimfónia K 201. conductor: Ács János

19:00 Closing of the stand


Saturday, June 2nd

9:00 A Opening of the stands and the seeds exchange

11:00 -11:30 Marton Géza:  The place of the sundials in contemporary gardens”
11:30 Announcement of the results of the Terrace Garden competition

Lectures main theme: Trees and Plants Protection  (Bálterem / Ballroom)

14:30 Stumpfold Norbert, How Hungary fights against hailstorm damages”

15:00 Lukács Zoltán, President of the Hungarian Association for tree protection: /Tree curing in historic parks”

15:30 Halmos Monika: Expert of eatable flowers, gastrobotanist with flower arrangement presentation: „Kösd és kóstold – a legvirágosabb ünnepi asztal / Associating and tasting – the most festive florished table”

14:30  Gaja Környezetvédő Egyesület, a Humusz Szövetség Fejér Megyei Tagszervezete, Székesfehérvár (Stand 6b)

Compost preparation demonstration

Ecological advices, water analysis

Ecological footprint calculation

16:30 Professional gardening and agricultural magazines presentation

17:00 Book dedication: (Stand U8)

17:30 Botanical walk in the park: Windisch Mária / Imre Gábor (indulás / departure Stand 2c)

18:00 Concert by the Alba Regia Symphonic Orchestra Ács János vezényletével (Díszudvar / Courtyard): Program: Mozart: Esz-dúr Sinfonia Concertante K. 364; A-dúr szimfónia K 201.

Programs for children
10:00-18:00 Horse-riding and horse carriage rides
12:30-18:00  Marton Géza Sundial workshop for children (Stand F5)
13:00-18:00 Endrey Irma
Paper flowers workshop (Stand U6)
14:00-18:00
Gardening workshop for children (Stand 4)
16:30-17:30
Elves world” (Stand 25)
19:00 Closing of the stands

Sunday, June 3rd

9:00 Opening of the stands and the seeds exchange

11:30  Book dedication: (Stand U8)

Lectures main theme:
Flowers  (Ballroom)

14:30 Schmidt Tibor (Victoria Regia Vízinövény Kertészet): With water in Gartens, something else. Water flowers”

15:00  Dr. Nagy Ágota: The flower clock”

16:00 Lencsés Rita: Medicinal plants in gardens, forests and open fields”

14:30 Gaja Környezetvédő Egyesület, a Humusz Szövetség Fejér Megyei Tagszervezete, Székesfehérvár (Stand 6b)

Compost preparation demonstration
Ecological advices, water analysis
Ecological footprint calculation

15:30 Botanical walk in the park: Windisch Mária / Imre Gábor (indulás / departure Stand 2c)

17:00 Awarding of the Prize of the Most Beautiful Stand (Sponsored by the Joseph Károlyi Foundation and the Hungarian Balassi Institute, Paris)

Programs for children:

10:00 - 18:00 Horse-riding and horse carriage rides
10:00-18:00 Workshop about trees, mushroms and birds : Budakeszi Arboretum  (Stand 22b)
13:00- 18:00 / Paper flowers workshop
10:30 -11:00 Marton Géza Sundial workshop for children (Stand F5)
14:00-18:00 Gardening workshop for children (Stand 4)

19:00 Closing of the stands

All day long: open air buffet and indoor Restaurant

Buffet open until 8 pm  / Restaurants open until 9 pm

For further information : www.karolyi.org.hu and info@krolyikastely.hu,
Tel 06 8576 81 05.

Venue:  Károlyi Stately Home Park,
8052 Fehérvárcsurgó, Petőfi u. 2. 

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