Festival de Jardins - Ponte de Lima 2011

The creation of eleven new temporary gardens in Ponte de Lima, each year from the last Friday in May until 30 October, theme for the Festival 2011 "The Forest in the Garden"

Description
The objectives of the Festival are to contribute on a local, national and international level to greater awareness of the art of the garden and to an increase in the importance of gardens and of green spaces in improving the quality of life of citizens, creating a movement that brings flowers, plants and art into closer contact with the urban space and is simultaneously a force for the preservation and enhancement of the values of the rural landscape.
At the end of the Festival, the property of the Municipality of Ponte de Lima, and may be placed in public spaces, donated to Schools, Local Authorities or Communities that serve the public interest, or sold to private individuals at the highest price offered in closed letters or by public auction. The gardens built entirely at the expense of the competitors or with sponsors that they have themselves recruited shall remain the property of the competitors, if they so wish.

Jury
Francisco Manuel da Fonseca Caldeira Cabral, Landscape Designer
José Daniel Rosas Campelo da Rocha, Agricultural Engineer
José Manuel Castro Carvalho Araújo, Architect
José Rodrigues, Artist
Mário da Conceição Rocha Silva, Artist
Teresa Andresen, Landscape Architect

Prize
Financial aid or aid in the form of the supply of materials and plants up to a maximum of €10,000 for constraction of the garden

Entry Fee
None

Entries
An A1 poster and the project description(no more than six A4 pages)

Language
Portuguese, English, French or Spanish

Timetable
Announce the results of the competition: 15 Nov 2011
Submit the detailed final design: within no more than 30 calendar days, after the reception of the letter confirming the selection of the proposal
Under the construction: after 15 January - 45 days before the start of the Festival

Links
Past winners

Organizer
The Ponte de Lima Municipal Council

Official Website
http://www.festivaldejardins.cm-pontedelima.pt/