GARDENIA 2010 - GARDEN INSPIRATION

Garden from A to Z, GARDENIA 2010 is over

At the moment GARDENIA Garden Fair is the biggest meeting of the gardening trade representatives in Poland. Within the area of almost 6,5 thousand square metres, 260 exhibitors from Poland and from abroad  presented over 150 novelties on the market. Within three days the exhibition was visited by nearly  24 thousand professionals and greenery lovers. Among the visitors there were also many guests from abroad.

The rich offer presented at the fair included for instance plant materials, equipment, gardening tools and accessories, gardening chemicals, small garden structures, furniture, irrigation accessories and decorative elements. Stands that enjoyed lots of interest were those of garden designers and creators.

A day for business

For the comfort of business discussions, the first day of the GARDENIA Fair was dedicated to professional visitors. On this day the fair was visited mainly by owners and employees of gardening wholesalers, gardening centres and shops, authorities responsible for greenery in cities and within residential areas, as well as landscape architects and garden design specialists.

MORE THAN JUST AN EXHIBITION

„THE ART OF URBAN GARDENING. Modern parks"

This year edition of the seminar gathered numerous, over 500 people group of housing estates managers, greenery designers, gardeners and architects. This year edition was dedicated to modern parks. The programme covered for instance presentations on the present condition and the future of the parks in Poznań. There were examples of Polish and foreign parks realizations, as well as examples of methods for plants selection and of modern technologies implementation in establishing of parks. The seminar speakers were recognized researchers, practitioners and technology suppliers from the world of horticulture.

The architects have been awarded - the „Greenery in the City" competition has been judged

Traditionally, the Poznań gardening meeting included competition for landscape architects called "Greenery in the City". The co-organizers of the event were the Polish Association of Garden Creators and GARDENIA Garden Fair. The focus of this year's competition was selecting the best project for public greenery at the Plac Akademicki in the city of Bytom. From almost 450 projects submitted from Poland and from abroad 20 works qualified for the final.
Two awards and one distinction were handed-out. The winning projects and their virtualizations could be viewed during the fair at a specially prepared exposition. The competition was carried out under the auspices of Mister Ryszard Grobelny - The Mayor of the City of Poznań, Mister Piotr Koj - The Mayor of the City of Bytom and Mister Andrzej Byrt -Chairman of Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie. 

Gardening trade without secrets

The owners of gardening stores and wholesale outlets, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers for the gardening market were trying to find answers to puzzling, trade related questions during the "Garden Trade Development- opportunities and threats" conference.

Garden in practice - workshops for experts on garden architecture

The fair programme was complemented with „Garden for a city dweller" design workshops addressed to garden designers.  The subject taken up by the participants of the workshops was residential estates with terrace houses and designing of private and social space. Their ideas were committed to specially prepared sheets and made available to visitors at GARDENIA Garden Fair in the Linden Alley.

Show me your garden and I will tell you who you are:  „Garte and Gardenia Show Gardens"

The exhibition was complemented with four garden arrangements called „Garte and Gardenia Show Gardens". Three of them presented modern style gardens adjacent to houses;   the forth garden served as a cafeteria for the visitors. Rectangular spaces were arranged along an alley of trees imitating a road and along a row of small garden structures in form of benches. The miniature quarters were arranged into spaces of dualistic character; the geometrical simplicity met a free line of flower beds. The arrangements answered the question of how to create an interesting and multidimensional space for rest and relaxation or additional space, another interior that is an extension of the apartment. Moreover, the visitors could see for themselves how many types of materials can be used in garden designs.

Meeting with floristics

Variety of flower arrangements, modern and traditional ideas of the florists, properly matched flowers and colours drew attention of numerous visitors. Between 25 and 28 February the GARDENIA Garden Fair was accompanied by the VIth Polish International Floristic Championship organized  by the Management Board of the  Stowarzyszenie Naukowo - Techniczne Inżynierów i Techników Ogrodnictwa Oddziału Poznańskiego (Science and Technology Association of Gardening Engineers and Technicians in Poznań). „Chopin Variation" - the leading subject of the Championship was inspired by Fryderyka Chopin's creative activity. Apart from the competition between recognized florists this edition of the championship included shows that gather great audience every year.

Valuable Trophies Handed-Out

The exhibitors participating in GARDENIA Garden Fair competed for valuable and prestigious awards, in competitions organized by Międzynarodowe Targi Poznańskie. The exhibitors were awarded for their effort on the Professional's Day, during a formal gala.  The value of products was emphasized by awarding of the MTP Gold Medal. Among those nominated for this most prestigious MTP award, the Competition Jury declared that seven products as worthy of the prize. Acanthus Aureus statuettes were given to those stands that were best prepared for realizing company's marketing strategy.
Also the authors of best projects in the "Greenery in the City" competition received awards and distinctions during the ceremony.

Regional delicacies and hand-made craft - taste and buy

Dairy products, bread, cold-cuts and meat, honey and many, many other regional delicacies produced with natural and ecological methods were available for purchase on Saturday and Sunday (27 - 28 February) during Regional Products Fair. Again together with the Marshal's Office of the Wielkopolska Voivodship we promoted broadly defined culinary art of wielkopolskie voivodship.  Apart from the regional delicacies one could also purchase hand-made craft and many decorations for home and garden.

GARDENIA Garden Fair 2010 was organized under the honourable patronage of: Polish Nurserymen Association, Polish Association of Garden Centres, Polish Association of Garden Creators, Polish Association of Gardeners and Poznań University of Life Sciences.

For the co-operation during the fair we would like to thank the Marshal's Office of the Wielkopolska Voivodship.

We sincerely invite you to take part in GARDENIA Garden Fair 2011 that will take place from 25 to 27 February next year.