Festival de Jardins - Ponte de Lima 2009

5ヶ月間開かれるフェスティバル会場に11の新しいガーデンを制作、テーマは「Arts in the Garden」。毎年ポンテ・ド・リマで開かれているこのフェスティバルには、独創的な作品が集まり、さまざまな素材を用いて自由にテーマが表現されている。作品の制作は参加者自身で行い、フェスティバル会期中の管理も参加者自身が責任を負う。委員会が請け負うのは水まきなどの単純作業だけだ。本フェスティバルが、ガーデンアート地位向上の一助となり、ガーデンが都市生活者の日常をいかに豊かにしてくれるものか、価値再認識のきっかけになることが期待されている。

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/