Festival de Jardins - Ponte de Lima 2009

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 2009 "Arts in the Garden"

Category Other Competition / Open to Students
Type International, Project, Open, Single-Stage, Onymous
Genre Landscape
Country Portugal
RegDeadline 30 October 2008 GoogleCal iCal
30 October 2008 (Must be Received)
Eligibility All

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
The Selection Board shall be formed each year by five members, preferentially from the following fields: 2 Specialists in Architecture Landscape, Gardening or Green Spaces, 1 Specialist in Earth Sciences, Forestry, Botany or Horticulture, 1 Specialist in Architecture or Design, 1 Artist.

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
Drawings (an A1 poster and digital format) and the project description (no more than 6 A4 pages). Model, samples or other illustrative material is optional.

Timetable
Announce the results of the competition: 15 Nov 2008
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

Promoter
The Ponte de Lima Municipal Council

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