For the announcement of the nine award winners and the presentation of the award, the following programme is scheduled from 17:00 in the park of Schloss Dyck: BEGRÜßUNG | WELCOME: Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke (Landrat, Rhein-Kreis Neuss I County Governor, Rhine County of Neuss) Roswitha Arnold (Vorstand, Europäisches Gartennetzwerk EGHN I Vice-Chairman, European Garden Heritage Network EGHN)…
20 years of the European Garden Network EGHN – 20 years of promoting cross-border exchange: this anniversary was celebrated together on 12.5.2023 by the Stiftung Schloss Dyck as the project leader of the EGHN and the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL). The venues were the venerable Knights’ Hall and the park of the moated castle of Anholt,…
The European Garden Network EGHN, Stiftung Schloss Dyck and LWL-Denkmalpflege, Landschafts- und Baukultur in Westfalen cordially invite you to celebrate the 20th anniversary of EGHN together. With an event on 12 May 2023, we want to once again “cross borders” in terms of content and geography with lectures on two current topics, guided tours and…
20 Years: European Garden Heritage Network – EGHN “Save the Date”: The Foundation Schloss Dyck and the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe LWL are using the anniversary of the EGHN as an opportunity to invite you to a joint event “Crossing Borders” in the western Münsterland on 12 May 2023. The venues will be the parks around the…
Extraordinary ensemble invites you to visit and to gain new experiences The Schlosspark Bad Homburg and the Landgräfliche Gartenlandschaft of the City of Bad Homburg were jointly included into the EGHN during a ceremony on 5 October 2022. The Schlosspark, which was designed over the course of several centuries, is very attractive with its numerous…
International experts report on “Ornamental Plants” and “Trees in Climate Change” The international partnership invites you to these webinars: 15.11.2022: “Ornamental Plants in Historic Gardens” The pallet of plants available to gardeners has grown exponentially. How do the heritage gardeners of today make sense of this resource as they restore or recreate the historic gardens…
Nine happy winners from seven countries have been awarded during the ceremony at Schloss Dyck on the 24th June 2022. Category “Protection or Development of a Cultural Landscape”: 1st Prize: Urbancows Category “Special Award of the International Jury”: 1st Prize: Jardins de la Paix Category “Climate Mitigation Measures in Parks and Gardens”: 1st Prize: Enghaveparken…
Laudation by Roswitha Arnold for Gardens of Peace (PDF) Gardens of Peace (France, Belgium) During the meeting in March, the jury spontaneously decided to hand out a “Special Award of the International Jury” to honour the “Gardens of Peace” and their important admonition and message. “Gardens of Peace” is a unique landscape project on the…
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is one of the world’s leading botanic gardens. Visitors can discover its history dating back to 1670, learn about its plantings and walk around 28 hectares of beautiful landscape. Founded in 1670 as a Physic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a world-renowned centre for plant research,…
The Erasmus+ project “Craft Skills for Garden Conservation” (CSGC) gives all people interested in heritage gardens upskilling opportunities. Join us for the webinars and apply for the workshops! Heritage gardens encapsulate so much of the natural and cultural capital and require a huge amount of knowledge and skill. But both are in increasingly short supply.…