Jury European Award for Ecological Gardening 2019
The nominated projects
Category 1: Municipal green areas – ecologically designed and cultivated
Natural and Herb Village Irschen, Municipality of Irschen (AT, 1992 – 2019) Edible Herb Village Irschen
Looking back on a history of almost thirty years and located on an area of approx. 33 km² in the Alpine region, the Carinthian village project with a huge variety of plants shares its knowledge with everyone interested - in more than 300 gardens and in public sphere.
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Rainer Häffner / Pater-Alois-Grimm School, city council Külsheim (DE, 2014) Hortus Pagsis
This 3-zone-garden was created according to the pupils´ whishes, offering the most diversified living spaces and being a place of silence, of research, of observation but also a place of community.
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Town of Waidhofen a/d Ybbs (AT, 2019) Grün. Raum. Waidhofen (Green. Space. Waidhofen)
Various aspects of a sustainable beautification of the locality, reaching from the school garden to the park, are shown by the Lower Austrian town of Waidhofen a.d. Ybbs, involving all social classes.
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Town of Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains (DE, 2019) Implementation and realisation of near-natural and sustainable management of public spaces
As in times of global warming classic spa gardens are a thing of the past in the spa town of Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains in Germany, the town is presenting alternatively and sustainably designed areas.
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Municipal Authority of Linz – Stadtgrün (City Green) (AT, since 2000) Flower Meadows
The local recreation areas of Linz for the preservation of nature, flora and fauna are being upgraded across the entire urban area by flowering fields with changed mowing cycles and traditional cultivation.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
www.linz.at
Town of Klosterneuburg (AT, since 2015) Öko-Soziale Stadt-Oasen für Klosterneuburg (Eco-Social Urban Oases for Klosterneuburg)
With trees, community gardens under the motto “Nibbling strictly allowed", shrub bee petrol stations etc., “Öko-Soziale Stadt-Oasen“ (“Eco-Social Urban Oases“) offers an added value for humans and nature alike.
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Ing. Werner Sellinger / grünplan gmbh and municipality Tulln (AT, since 2015) Art- and Recreational Area Donaulände Tulln
With its lively hiking, running and cycling paths with 19.300 climate-friendly, locally adapted plant and design ideas, the bank of the Danube river has become a diversified, attractive free space.
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Market town Rankweil (AT, since 2010) Natural diversity in the market town
Open spaces and roadside greenery are continuously being designed in a near-natural way using indigenous shrubs and seedings, and the care of meadows, fringes & beds has been appropriately adapted.
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Municipality of Baden (AT, 2017 – 2019) Garden Town Baden – Garden history meets artful ecology
In Baden, the change in thinking to ecological methods of cultivation is shown by resource-saving beds with ecologically valuable plants, which offer garden experiences for all senses the whole year around.
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Municipality of Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge (DE, 2015) Line in the Landscape – The Citizens´ and Family Park Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge
A park was created on a former freight yard in Oelsnitz in the German Erzgebirge, which takes up the linear structure, the already existing vegetation, relics of its former use, as well as historic buildings.
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Category 2: User-friendly green areas and garden projects in the field of gastronomy/the hotel industry & commercial areas
Christel Ehlers / ALB-GOLD Teigwaren/Kräutergarten (ALB-GOLD Pasta Products/Herb Garden) (DE, since 2005) ALB-GOLD Kräuter Welt (ALB-GOLD World of Herbs)
Cultivated according to purely ecological principles, the garden as a “natural oasis“ with spice, healing and crop plants builds a bridge to the topic of a balanced and healthy nutrition.
detailled project description (pdf)
Kontakt:
info@alb-gold.de
https://www.alb-gold.de/kundenzentrum/kraeuter-welt.html
Daniel Baur / BRYUM GmbH (CH, 2017) PEAK, Zentraler Park für den Campus Hoffmann La-Roche, Kaiseraugst (PEAK, the Central Park for the Hoffmann La-Roche Campus, Kaiseraugst)
PEAK, the representative central park complex of Hoffmann-La Roche AG, offers diverse areas of utilization and regeneration for humans, animals and plants alike as a habitat of unpredictable disturbances.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
mail@bryum.org
www.bryum.org
Michaela Reitterer / Boutiquehotel Stadthalle (AT, since 2009) Boutique Hotel Stadthalle – green in the heart
The hotel is designed with an eyecatching appearance thanks to its lavender roof, completely greened façades and bee colonies. The plant diversity is characterised by a cultivated garden and ecologically valuable design.
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Edit Éva Dr. Pink / Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre (HU, 2016-2019) Ibis Community and Healing Garden
In the hotel´s backyard, an ecological public community garden and at the same time a healing garden has been created, combining therapy with ecological horticulture.
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Erwin Rückerl / Hofgut Hafnerleiten (Hafnerleiten Farm) (DE, since 2004) HOFGUT HAFNERLEITEN (HAFNERLEITEN FARM)
On this sustainable farm, great emphasis was placed on an environmentally friendly construction method. A lot of space is granted to nature to develop freely, with care measures being reduced to a minimum.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
post@hofgut.info
www.hofgut.info
Gugler GmbH / Verena Anger, Helene Kraus (AT, since 2017) gugler*: ein lebendiges Firmengelände für eine lebendige Zukunft (gugler*: a lively company site for a lively future)
The main purpose of this ecological company site, planned and cultivated in accordance with permaculture guidelines, is to serve as a recreation area for nature and, as a second effect, as an oasis for humans.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
office@gugler.at
www.gugler.at
Ralf Gensicke / Daimler AG (DE, 2018/19) Umwelt-Erlebnis-Pfad: Biodiversität (Environment-Adventure-Path: Biodiversity)
In the Rastatt-based plant part of Mercedes-Benz, lawn areas have been gradually redesigned to become low-nutrient sites rich in species and structures, serving as a habitat for animals and plants.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
www.daimler.com
Fatima Frade/ Quinta Splendida Wellness & Botanical Garden (PT, 1993) Quinta Splendida Wellness & Botanical Garden
The Quinta Splendida Wellness & Botanical Garden is an island inside the island of Madeira: The green oasis presents a diversity of plants and organic cultivation methods.
detailled project description (pdf)
Fam. Madreiter (Madreiter Family) / Sarah Hampf. Bianca Weber (AT, 2016-2019) Garden project PURADIES Hotel & Chalets
Harmonically embedded in the mountain landscape, this 4-star-hotel in Salzburg offers, beside an organic swimming pond, a herb garden and meadow orchards, as well as a selection of trees and plants.
detailled project description (pdf)
Jan Nussbauer / Gärtnerei Herba Grata (CZ, 2014-2015) CZ Company garden of dm drogerie markt, České Budějovice CZ
Today, the small 750 m² company garden of the České Budějovice headquarters of dm is located on the former asphalt parking space, uniting the great diversity of garden elements for animals and humans alike.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
www.herbagrata.cz
Category 3: Urban Gardening – creative gardening in the city
Stadt Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs) (AT, since 2015) Kost.bares Waidhofen
A garden for all: Vegetable and herb troughs in front of kindergartens and schools, community gardens, a nibbling garden and workshops promote closeness to nature and quality of life in town.
detailled project description (pdf)
Österreichische Gartenbau-Gesellschaft (Austrian Horticulture Association) (AT, 2014–2019) Tower of Biodiversity
The project shows the possibility to create a living space for more than one hundred different species on just one square metre of land, thereby counteracting the loss of biodiversity.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
oegg@oegg.or.at
www.oegg.or.at
Ulreich Bauträger GmbH (AT, 2018) Favorite Jewel
During the refurbishment of the Gründerzeit house, the focus was particularly laid on ecological greening. This led to the creation of an oasis with a green façade, a pergola, beds and small gardens in this densely populated area.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
office@ulreich.at
www.ulreich.at
Barbara Hermanowski / Honorary citizens' initiative (DE, 2015) Münden is blossoming and humming
The purpose of even the smallest officially recognised flowering spots is not only to enthuse residents but also to be of value for insects. They are cared for by interested house owners.
detailled project description (pdf)
PFLANZ! garten & freiraum (AT, since 2011) Hotel Daniel - Gemüse im Garten, Honig am Dach (Vegetables in the Garden, Honey on the Roof)
This is where Urban Gardening meets humans and nature. The free space of the hotel is a haven of peace to the adjacent traffic, creating room for discussions and foods.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
office@pflanz.at
www.planz.at
Roswitha Wolf/ Gartentherapiewerkstatt (Garden Therapy Workshop) (AT, 2017) Das GartenWerk
A key objective of this project at the University of Agricultural and Environmental Teacher Training is to offer garden therapy to refugees and Assisted Living residents.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
info@agrarumweltpaedagogik.ac.at
www.agrarumweltpaedagogik.ac.at
Verein Gemeinsame Landwirtschaft Wilde Rauke (Association Collective Agriculture Wilde Rauke) (AT, since 2013) Collective Agriculture Wilde Rauke
This project is a dream come true of organic farming, sustainability, diversity, as well as nutrition souvereignty. Organic foods are jointly produced.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
wilderauke@gmx.at
www.wilderauke.at
Marie-Therese Fallast / ARGE Gries grünt (ARGE Gries is greening) (AT, 2017/2018) Gries grünt
This project shows what can be achieved in a city under unfavourable conditions: this place has been transformed into a diversified city oasis and a place of encounter with nature, with others and with oneself.
detailled project description (pdf)
contact:
www.gries-gruent.at
Gideon Corby (UK, since 2013) Regent's Canal Living Waterway
The canal in London was transformed with guerilla garden work in the beginning from a sewer into a blule-green corridor for wild animals with a functioning river ecology, open spaces and local plants.
detailled project description (pdf)
Birgit Schattling (DE, 2019) Bio-Balkon (Organic Balcony)
Two permaculture balconies in Berlin, as well as online information on balcony gardening, are to encourage everyone to use even the smallest spaces and, consequently, make cities become greener, more colourful, livelier, more diversified and healthier.
detailled project description (pdf)
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