The seventh Moscow flower festival in the museum. 7th Moscow Flower Festival in Muzeon Best garden and gold medal in the nomination "Large Exhibition Garden"

One of the brightest events of the summer of 2018 is the VII Moscow International Festival of Gardens and Flowers Moscow Flower Show 2018. This year it was held from June 29 to July 8 at two venues: in the Muzeon Park of Arts (on an area of ​​almost 4 hectares) and in Zaryadye park. The organizers could not get around the theme of the World Cup in Russia, so several huge soccer balls made of flowers flaunted in the park.

The Moscow International Garden Festival is not only participants and professionals in the field of landscape design, floristry and architecture from all over the world, but also a rich business program, including lectures, master classes, meetings, the Park Forum and much more. The International Park Forum, which will be held in Zaryadye, will discuss the participation of residents in the improvement of the city and their yards.

As part of the Moscow Flower Show 2018, a nationwide competition of landscape design and gardening among schoolchildren “Planet of Flowers” ​​was held. Schoolchildren from all over Russia aged 6 to 17 presented individual or group projects and a sketch on the theme “City through the eyes of children”, nomination “Dream Park” (1.5 m x 1.5 m). According to the results of the qualifying round, 30 finalist gardens were built in the Muzeon Park of Arts and took part in the final of the competition.

On the stage of the Green Theater on June 29 at 15.00 there was a presentation of a new variety of hydrangea paniculata "Pearl of the Festival" `Renvagor` (the author of the variety is Jean Reno), the company Pépinières Renault. During the year it will be sold exclusively on the Russian market!

The main theme of the Moscow Flower Show 2018 festival is the Green Theatre. Designers created their works in several categories:
- "Special projects";
– «SHOW GARDEN»;
- "Russia Gardens";
- "Large Exhibition Garden";
– “Small Exhibition Garden”;
- "New names";
- "Trade stand".

Two special projects were presented within the framework of the festival. One of them - "The Garden of Sound" - was supported by Sidlip. Author: James-Alexander Sinclair - Chairman of the jury, judge of the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain, TV presenter of the BBC channel (Great Britain).

When we asked one of the participants which project he remembers the most, he didn't hesitate to name "The Garden of Sound"! In general, the project causes children's delight! This is a garden that you do not hear, but see! “The composition is based on 6 simple containers with water, surrounded by airy and delicate meadow grasses, easily swaying in the wind. If you get closer, you can see how the water moves, forming ripples, whirlpools and waves. The secret of this effect is the speakers submerged in water, which create resonance from waves of different frequencies. This is a combination of science, art, design,” – this is how the author himself describes the effect.

The second special project is “Francis of Assisi Reading a Sermon to the Birds” by Anna Filimonova (France), dedicated to Marisol de la Tour d'Auvergne.

Princess Marie-Sol de la Tour d'Auvergne - President of the jury of the children's competition "Planet of Flowers", Vice-President of the Foundation for the Support of Parks and Gardens of France .

In the landscape park of the Château de Aigne-le-Vieuille, Renaissance water gardens are located. Among the surviving old buildings there is a "meditation garden", organized around the fresco "St. Francis of Assisi reads a sermon to the birds." This mural is a symbol of love for nature and animals and a tribute to the four members of the family. In the nomination "Special Project" the work "Garden of the Castle of Aene-le-Vieil" - "Saint of the Castle of Aene.

Nomination "Gardens of Russia" presented by completely different beautiful works! One of them - "VDNKh - with love", author - Khleborodova Oksana. The concept was based on the theme of the reconstruction of VDNKh. This is a real fragment of the pavilion and a possible variant of its landscape design. The territory of the pavilion of the landscape industry "Floriculture and landscaping", built in the 70s of the last century in the style of Soviet brutalism, and now looks very modern, delights with courage and innovation. For example, an unfinished concrete surface with traces of formwork is today's trend. The connection of internal and external space through a series of architectural reservoirs, and the task of the exposition is a call to take care of our cultural heritage.

Work "Over the seas, beyond the forests", authors - Ozerova Olga, Dvoryadkina Tatyana. Be sure to go inside, go through the labyrinths of a fairy-tale cave, feel like visiting a fairy tale! In the evening, you can see the beautiful illumination of this composition.

Another work in this category - "Light. Traffic. City", the authors are Alexander Belyaev and Anna Gamurak from Belgorod. Just a paradise for an urbanist! The theme "Garden-theater" is revealed here as an illusion of movement, a theater of shadows. The garden personifies the city as a stage on which the action unfolds. Movement is like a transition from the same type of stone buildings to living and flowering objects. As you move deeper into the object, columns of light, shadows and mirrors begin to surround you, which allows you to create the illusion of movement and depth of space (this is how the authors describe their idea).

In the nomination "Show garden" many memorable objects, one of them is the Suite Loft project, authored by Russu Evgenia (Russia) on the theme of the one-act ballet Carmen Suite, which represents a modern interpretation of a classical work. The contrast of post-industrial space and the exaggerated luxury of the theater is reflected in the combination of materials used, such as brick, metal, wood, textiles and mirrors. The space is divided into three zones: the entrance zone is a shady torn alley from Irga Ballerina, located perpendicular to the direction of movement. The second is a relaxation zone, an open area with sun loungers. And the third zone is a stylized bar.

Work «NATURE MIRRORS» Claude Pasquier - landscape architect, sculptor, lecturer at the Versailles School of Landscape Design and Design - from a bird's eye view will be in the form of a theatrical mask. But in order to understand what the intrigue lies in, you need to go inside and find yourself in the mirror of the theater or in a temporary portal. And become either a spectator or an actor among flowers and mirrors. All materials are recyclable. These are walls made of pallets and mirrors made of plastic bottles. The painted canvases of the scenery are landscapes from the engravings of Jean Honore Fragonard.

On the central alley, you will see the works of children-graduates of the Zaryadye Park Lab landscape school – miniature gardens in domed spheres. All projects are wonderful, and the children who create such beauty are the future of our country. Not all works are presented in the photo gallery: there are a lot of them, but this does not mean that others are less interesting!

In the nomination "Small Exhibition Garden" a wonderful work "Alice in the Wonderland", author - Gyordi Olga, will delight visitors with a hidden cracker with water and a gravel chessboard.

work "Country Tsaritsyno" the author Elena Chirkova was introduced to us by Olga Orzhekhovskaya from the development department of Tsaritsyno. The word "dacha" appeared in Russian at the beginning of the 18th century. This was the name of the land donated by Peter I to his entourage for temporary buildings near St. Petersburg.

Shevchenko Vasily and Korbut Ekaterina presented the work "sekitei rock garden", reflecting the symbolism of Zen Buddhism in the style of karesansui (dry landscape). A paradox is hidden in Japanese gardens: being static, they carry great energy, yin and yang symbols and universal harmony.

Another nomination with interesting works is Trade Stand. An interesting interpretation of the “garden-theater” theme as a theater of military operations, for example, the composition “Sea Battle”, authors: Alexey Sayanov, Tatyana Kamanina, Anna Maksimova, Gnuni Andronik, Olesya Butserova. We managed to communicate with them and find out how they interpret their composition. "Battleship" is a stage where the heroes of the theater of war are modern materials used in landscape design, such as porcelain stoneware or corten steel planters. They fight for leadership, but the main characters of the play are living plants.

Another interesting project in this nomination is CONCRETIKA GARDEN: RE-CREATION, the authors are Alexey Buzhbetsky, Svetlana Klevnova, Elizaveta Andreiko, where the main idea is to get away from visual and informational noise and not complicate things!

Project "Salad bowl"(authors - Natalia Smirnova and Violetta Sadovskaya) everyone wanted to take a picture - the composition of balls, ceramic heads and fish turned out to be so interesting. The very idea of ​​"garden-theater" here is based on a play on words: a skit, a humorous performance and its own comic name - "salad". Where the beds are an amphitheater, and the main characters are vegetables grown in hydroponics.

Not included in any category, but very touching composition of hay by Mels Gevorgyan with pastoral motifs. As the author said: "Mowed grass (hay) gets a second life, comes to life in the hands of the master in his creations." For children on the 29th, Mels will be holding a master class for making straw figurines all day long!

Jazz music sounded at the gala opening of the festival, chic prizes were played, famous media people were present: Pavel Globa, Anastasia Myskina, Maria Golubkina, Ilona Bronevitskaya.

From June 29 to July 8, Museon Arts Park hosted the main landscape festival of the year - Moscow Flower Show-2018. We will stop at the garden competition, the theme of which was set in advance - "Garden Theatre". Gardens in the nominations Large Exhibition Garden, Small Exhibition Garden, New Names (college students) were subordinated to this theme. Two more major nominations - Show Gardens and Gardens of Russia implied an arbitrary theme. A competition of art objects and trade gardens was held separately. The works of the participants were evaluated by a professional international jury.

The main premieres of the festival were the participation of landscape fashion stars. Famous English landscape designers Paul Brooks and James Alexander-Sinclair built their own gardens at the festival. Prometheus Garden by Paul Brooks won a gold award, as did French designers Claude Pasquet and Corinne Detroyat's Mirrors of Nature. James Alexander-Sinclair is the chairman of the jury of the most prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in the world, the favorite of the English queen, he is also the permanent head of the jury of the Moscow festival. However, for the first time in Moscow, he will make his debut with his Garden of Sound garden with the support of a seedlip.

We introduce you to the winning gardens and other, less successful projects.

SHOW GARDEN

Immersion in Sleep (Best in the nomination and Gold medal)

The concept of refracted space, the use of non-standard solutions in the landscape, the combination of wood, stone, a mysterious glow and reflective surfaces create an atmosphere that immerses you in a state reminiscent of an amazing, mystical dream.

Mirrors of Nature (Gold Medal)

"Theater is the art of reflection"

Konstantin Stanislavsky

The theater is built on an artificial reality that is placed on the stage. The painted decorations in our garden are landscapes from engravings by the French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard. Three scenery canvases create the effect of the depth of the garden. And the great improviser of French art of the 18th century invites the viewer to become an actor in a unique garden theater and its main character. In the garden, he finds himself surrounded by flowers and mirrors. The whole universe opens before him. His reflections are everywhere. The game has begun! He is bewildered. Who is he: Actor or Spectator? Or a time traveler? The 18th century breaks into the 21st century and opens a portal to the Future. The adventure is just beginning...

The garden reminds us that our world is illusory and fragile, paradise due to human intervention can turn into a lifeless desert. Resources on the globe are exhaustible, so we must take care of nature. We have applied creativity and ingenuity in the creation of the garden and used recycled products. For example, in our garden, industrial pallets serve as walls, and mirrors and masks are made from recycled plastic bottles. After all, plastic can be recycled an infinite number of times. Today it is a decoration for a beautiful garden, and tomorrow it will turn into interlining or polyester, from which clothes will be created.

Believe me, after visiting our garden, your idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe nature of yourself will not remain the same.

Prometheus Garden (Gold Medal)

Prometheus, who saved the human race from extermination, taught people crafts, sciences and arts, brought fire from the almighty gods, and also gave the ability to hope and believe.

Loft Suite

Implementing company: OOO "Alveder"

The concept was based on the theme of the one-act ballet Carmen Suite. This is a relatively modern interpretation of a classic piece.

The contrast of post-industrial space and the exaggerated luxury of the theater is reflected in the combination of materials used, such as metal, brick, wood, textiles and mirrors. The planning decision is made in simple geometry. The main structure is created by beautiful, elegant and uniform blocks of trees and trimmed shrubs.

The space consists of three zones:

The first zone - the entrance - a shady torn alley from the ballerina irgi is located perpendicular to the direction of movement.

The second zone is relaxation. Outdoor seating area with sun loungers.

The third zone is a stylized bar.

pearl grain

Implementing company: ZELENKA STUDIO, Nursery "Leskovo" (LLC "SiM")

“The temple of virtue her soul was…”

For more than two centuries, there has been a legend about the acquaintance of a simple peasant woman Praskovya Ivanovna Zhemchugova with Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev near the stream.

The artistic solution of the garden is based on the interweaving of two leitmotifs: the serf theater of the count and the fate of one of his outstanding actresses. The creation of a garden-tribute to the "people's countess" Praskovya Zhemchugova arose for a reason. 2018 marks the 250th anniversary of her birth.

Intermission! Intermission!

Implementing company: Europark LLC

The theatrical theme of the festival set the direction in which part of the exposition is occupied by "performance" - a pond with fountains, trees, which are the main scenery, the other part - "auditorium" from which the audience watches the stage. If you are not too pathetic about your role in art, you should add an intermission to the garden performance, in which you can sit at the bar and drink a cup of coffee or a glass of champagne.

Tea drinking in Sokolniki

Implementing company: Sokolniki Culture and Leisure Park

In the 70s of the 19th century, tea shops appeared in Russia - unique establishments that had no analogues in the world.

Falconer's tea parties are becoming famous all over Moscow. In the depths of the park, special "tea rooms" appeared - spaces with tables and benches, separated from each other by partitions and acacia bushes. Families would come to such "offices" with their snacks, and the owners of the teahouses would provide them with a hot samovar and a kettle.

RUSSIA GARDENS

VDNKh - with love (Best Garden and Gold Medal)

The concept of the garden was based on the theme of the reconstruction of VDNKh and, in particular, the profile pavilion of the landscape industry "Floriculture and landscaping". Built in the 70s of the last century in the style of Soviet brutalism, the pavilion delights with the boldness of architectural thought and the innovation of constructive ideas, which allows it to look very modern to this day. In particular, the current trend, unfinished concrete surface with traces of formwork as a full-fledged decor element, is presented here in all its splendor. The theme of connecting indoor and outdoor space through a series of architectural reservoirs remains fresh. The building is currently being reconstructed. The garden "VDNKh - with love" is a real fragment of the pavilion's environment (at the main entrance) and a possible variant of its landscape arrangement. The purpose of the exposition is to call for attention and love to our cultural heritage, carefully preserving everything valuable, and, at the same time, filling the space with new meaning.

Integration (Gold medal)

Integration (lat. integratio - restoration, replenishment, from integer - whole) is a development process associated with the unification of previously dissimilar parts and elements into a whole. In Spencer's philosophy, it means the transformation of a dispersed, imperceptible state into a concentrated, visible one.

Garden "Integration" is a game of nature and civilization. The main word is "GAME". The game is a fascinating, intriguing process. The process of transformation of materials, functions, volumes and fillings, absolutely unusual, unusual for our initial knowledge about them. In our garden, industrial elements are introduced into natural elements and become a single "living" object.

Beyond the seas, beyond the forests (Silver medal)

The garden takes us to the space of creativity and dramaturgy. Its lines and colors are inspired by the works of the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova, her sketch for the opera-ballet The Golden Cockerel. The garden palette is burgundy, ocher and gray-blue hues of textural shrubs and grasses. The graphics of the paths, the triangular shape of the reservoir and the open gazebo create the dynamic character of this garden poem.

Light. Traffic. City (Silver medal)

Garden - shadow theater, the illusion of movement. The garden personifies the city as a stage on which the action unfolds. Movement is like a transition from the same type of stone buildings to living and flourishing objects. As you move deeper into the object, the observer begins to be surrounded by pillars of light, shadows and mirrors, which allows you to create the illusion of movement and depth of space.

NEW NAMES

Theater of Emotions (Best Garden and Silver Medal)

The garden is divided into three zones, symbolizing 3 human emotions: SAD, PASSION, JOY, where the actors are plants. The zones have a similar layout, which determines the integrity of the garden. In each zone there are two chairs and a table on which lies a player with music corresponding to the emotion. The garden maximally interacts with all human senses. We see the emotional coloring due to the primary colors of each zone, we hear the music through the headphones, feeling completely involved in the performance. In the zone "Passion" - plants with thorns and thorns, which have an intoxicating aroma. In the "Sadness" zone, as if weeping, slightly damp cereal plants in the fog, there is a bitter smell of wormwood. In the "Joy" zone, fragrant plants of bright colors were used. In each zone, the visitor has the right to evaluate the theatrical performance, their emotions, and leave their feedback on the theatrical masks located along the path.

Garden of Emotions (Silver Medal)

Emotions and feelings paint our life with bright colors, saturate it with meaning and completeness. Pride and admiration, joy and inspiration, harmony and delight. Our garden is individual, it subtly adapts to the inner world of people, their lifestyle, habits and needs.

The importance of the emotional perception of the Garden can be traced in the philosophy of the oriental garden, which provides for zones that evoke different emotions: a garden of joy, a garden of fear, an idyllic or contemplative garden. The change and fullness of emotions help to achieve harmony and inspiration.

Architecture of Nature (Bronze Medal)

The concept of space structuring is the main idea of ​​the garden. The main elements are simple geometric shapes. The cube is an artistically decorative element that unites all directions, as well as a place that forms the main resting place for visitors. Modular groups for flowering plants will be a good color accent, and thuja plantings will become a natural isolation from the external environment. In the garden it will be good to spend time relaxing or working.

Piece of another world (Bronze medal)

Our garden "a piece of another world" is something non-standard. We wanted to convey to you the atmosphere of some Looking Glass.

The garden can be divided into two zones:

1. Leisure garden.
2. Alpine hill.

A place to rest is not only a place to hide from the sun, but also acts as a decorative element. It is a decorative arch with a mirror installed in the center and four seats. All this is hidden from human eyes by thujas and a small hedge. Behind the mirror are plantings of cotoneaster, ficus and euonymus. At the same time, despite the low size of the plants, the whole composition is arranged so that everything is visually at the same height. As for the Alpine Hill, it is a tiered composition consisting of flowering plants such as ivy, cotoneaster, lilac, etc.

LARGE EXHIBITION GARDEN

Partizanka (Best garden and gold medal)

The exhibition garden is part of the historical landscape composition "Partisan", which existed in the central part of Gorky Park since 1955. In the anniversary year, Partizanka Park was recreated with the aim of reviving the Soviet school of landscape design.

This is a vivid example of the synthesis of a planning solution, a three-dimensional composition, small architectural forms (urns, benches, lanterns, sculptures), landscaping, color and assortment solutions, the famous carpet flower beds of the Stalinist Empire style into a single monumental ensemble.

Garden "Partizanka" is a frozen history, the history of the Stalin era, the war, the Great Victory, our memory and its preservation for future generations.

The dominant of the composition is a sculpture of a fragile partisan girl, who stood up with weapons to defend her homeland.

In this feminine image of a young girl, recreated from archival photographs, traits of courage and heroism, calmness and determination, steadfastness and courage appeared ...

Circlestance (Best garden and silver medal)

The Garden of Circlestance is the garden of the game of chance, the situation in which the viewer finds himself. Getting into the theater (translated from English circle - circle, circlestance - case, situation). The stage is not only the center of the garden, but also the heart of the theatre. The place where magic is created, where you can be in any era.

The scenery for the performance is green hedges, against which bright yellow arches give the stage a special theatricality. The circular path around the stage creates dynamics, and the reservoir serves as an accent not only for the garden, but also for the performance.

But the magic cannot last long, and neither can our performance. The actors left, leaving only some props on the stage. These things give the garden a touch of sadness and surprise, and the poster at the entrance to the garden will tell the viewer when the unique play of actors will return to the green theater again.

SMALL EXHIBITION GARDEN

Living Art (Best Garden & Gold Medal)

The compositional solution of our theater partly repeats the green room, the so-called "Ballroom", arranged in one of the bosquets of the Versailles Park. In the Versailles amphitheatre, guests sat comfortably on the lawn-lined steps of the amphitheater, listening to the musicians and watching the dancing couples. We have also created some visual spaces on the lower tier. Fountains were installed on the middle steps. For paving, they chose a stone overgrown with moss. It creates a special feeling - it seems that this story began many years ago.

Modern theater leaves room for interpretation, it is an invitation to become a co-creator and immerse yourself deeply in the personal experience of living history. Landscape space is closest to the idea of ​​immersiveness. Here one sees, touches and feels. We moved away from static decoration and endowed our object with a double function. Stage and auditorium at the same time, the strawberry amphitheater will give you a unique sensory experience.

Sekitei Rock Garden (Silver Medal)

Reflecting the symbolism of Zen Buddhism, the Japanese rock garden was created for contemplation and achieving a state of enlightenment.

In rocky gardens, water is absent, it is imitated by pebbles, fine white gravel or sand, on which patterns depicting waves are made using bamboo rakes.

The harmonious arrangement of stones of different sizes creates pictures of the surface of water or the surf, a slowly murmuring stream or a stormy waterfall, and stone bridges complete this illusion.

Karesansui, a dry landscape style, occupies one of the leading places in traditional Japanese gardens and is the most popular in Japan.

Japanese gardens are fraught with a paradox: despite their static nature, they carry great energy. The Japanese and Chinese considered this interaction of the forces of yin and yang to be the unity of opposites, a symbol of universal harmony.

Theater Cafe (Silver Medal)

The theater cafe garden is designed as a creative space for creative youth. The place where the most daring ideas are born and find their embodiment. The garden will be to the taste of a large cheerful company, as well as one romantic nature. “Realize yourself in your space.

Shadow theater (Silver medal)

We present to your attention the green Theater of Shadows. This garden will not leave you indifferent. Here you can not only relax and enjoy beautiful plants with a variety of crown shapes, but also become spectators of the color performance of such actors as lindens, maples, firs, bonsai. See how they play with their bizarre crowns, reflecting on the paving. Perhaps they want to tell you something?

In addition to the main actors - plants, you can also play a role here. Give free rein to your imagination, loosen up and make a little face, feel on stage. Release your shadow, don't hold it.

Alice in Wonderland (Bronze medal)

The garden is based on the fairy tale "Alice in Wonderland" by British writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. The idea of ​​creating a garden is based on playing up phenomena and events through the prism of absurdity. On the territory of the garden there is a vertical gardening of roses, orchids and lavender. The center of the object is made in the form of a chessboard, personifying a chess game, the entrance to the park is closed by a waterfall with a comic surprise that stops flowing when visitors approach.

Dachnoye Tsaritsyno (Bronze medal)

The word "dacha" appeared in Russian at the beginning of the 18th century. Dacha was the name given to the land donated by Tsar Peter I to his entourage for temporary buildings near the newly built St. Petersburg.

When creating the Dachnoye Tsaritsyno booth, we wanted to introduce visitors to one of the wonderful places of "existence" during the summer period of the Tsaritsyno Architectural Ensemble. The attractiveness of Tsaritsyno as a summer cottage was ensured by its proximity to Moscow, convenient transport links, and the presence of "big water", i.e. the famous Tsaritsyno Ponds, and an extensive park. The ruins of the Grand Palace and the architectural ensemble of Bazhenov gave a special romantic atmosphere.

Home theater "Reflection" (Bronze medal)

This is a place for performances in a private garden (musical numbers, reprises, readings). The terrace-stage is decorated with a water mirror, which enhances the impression of what is happening. Plant filling is minimalistic. A low sheared array of brilliant cotoneaster delineates the border of the theater, but does not interfere with seeing the stage from afar. The back is made up of dense palisade thuja. An important role is played by the deliberately disheveled wings of reed lightning. Sufficiently massive pergola adds intimacy and allows you to install the top spotlights.

Game of contrasts (Bronze medal)

The game of contrasts is an unusual combination of styles and eras, in which elements of ancient architecture - majestic columns, graceful bas-reliefs, harmoniously fit into a modern minimalist garden with straight lines and clear regular shapes.

Theater as a reflection of life (Bronze medal)

Our life flows like sand in a clock. Time is changing, and a theater that does not reflect modern life is in danger of becoming academically dead. If the meaning of the theater was only in an entertaining spectacle, then it would not be worth investing so much work into it. But theater is the art of reflecting life.

IN AND. Nemirovich-Danchenko, K.S. Stanislavsky

Theater (Bronze medal)

The garden reflects how in the rapid flow of events the boundaries of what is happening become blurred. The imaginary is intertwined with the real. Life becomes like a theater, it becomes more difficult to distinguish where is truth and where is fiction. Where is the edge? Where is his real place?

Alone with nature, everything freezes, conventions dissolve. A person stops and begins to realize all the facets of what is happening.

TRADE STAND (TRADING STAND)

Salad bowl ("5 stars" and the Best in the nomination)

A salad bowl is a comic name for a skit (kapustnik is an amateur, usually for a narrow circle, a comic performance based on humor and satire).

Despite such a cool, sometimes harsh summer, surprising with sharp climatic changes, the VI Moscow International Festival of Gardens and Flowers Moscow Flower Show was successfully held in the Museon Park of Arts in Moscow from June 29 to July 9. Rains and thunderstorms did not affect the beauty organized by the festival, which for 6 years of its existence has received the title of the most authoritative platform in the field of Russian landscape design.

Our editors visited the Moscow Festival of Gardens and Flowers, we walked around the entire exhibition and got great aesthetic pleasure. It should be noted that this year more than 200 representatives of the landscape industry from 12 countries of the world took part in the festival.

Those who did not have time to get to the Moscow Flower Show 2017 will be able to enjoy photos of the most interesting, in our opinion, contest works and see the winners of various nominations. The projects were judged by an authoritative international jury, chaired by Royal Horticultural Society Judge James Alexander-Sinclair and Princess Marie-Sol de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vice President of the French Parks and Gardens Foundation.

The photo was taken during a light rain, which did not diminish the beauty of the compositions at all, all plants demonstrate freshness and rich colors that did not have time to fade in the hot sun. Rainy and gloomy evening created a romantic mood. Some projects look like mysterious islands of a fabulous magical forest. Perhaps some ideas can inspire you to organize your own piece of paradise in the countryside.

Happy viewing!

MALACHITE BOX

BEST GARDEN Moscow Flower Show 2017

FROMONCORDIA CONTRARIA

LIBELLULIDEA

Gold medal in the nomination "SHOW GARGEN"

MANUNKIND

Gold medal in the nomination "SHOW GARGEN"

COUNTERFORCE

The best garden and a gold medal in the nomination "Large Exhibition Garden"

SCANDINAVIAN APARTMENT

Gold medal in the nomination "Trading stand"

MOLECULAR GARDEN

Gold Medal and Best Spa Garden at RHS Malvern Spring Festival

GEOMETRY OF NATURE

Gold medal in the nomination "SHOW GARGEN"

FORGOTTEN GARDEN

Silver medal in the category "SHOW GARGEN"

SCAVORA S.A.D.

Landscape bureau "GARDIE": Tsukanova Olga
Implementing company: School of Landscape Art "GARDIE"

FOREST CASTLE

Gold medal in the nomination "Art object"

DISCOVER WORLD-2

Bronze medal in the nomination "Art object"

HOW THE HOBBIT PLANET LIVES

Gold medal in the nomination "Space"

ADULTS CHILDREN

Silver medal in the nomination "Small exhibition garden"

Love flowers as much as we love them? Do you know how to care for a Japanese garden and when to plant peonies? Want to see how flowers are crossed and baptized? From June 29 to July 8, come to Museon Arts Park and get inspired.

The 7th Moscow Flower Show festival of gardens and flowers will be held on the territory of our park and Zaryadye Park. This is the main event in the field of landscape design in Russia, which brings together the best craftsmen and experts from all over the world. Visitors will find an exhibition of works by the winners of the competition and the author's gardens of famous landscape designers with a worldwide reputation, a competition of mini-kindergartens, master classes and a show program. Moscow Flower Show-2018 will be the largest in its history.

English landscape designers Paul Brooks and James Alexander-Sinclair will build their own gardens at the festival - Prometheus Garden and Listening garden/listening theatre. The organizers of the festival could not ignore the main theme of this summer - the holding of the World Cup in Russia. In honor of this event, a giant 3-meter-high soccer ball will be built from natural flowers at the Moscow Flower Show.

On June 29, there will be a presentation of a new variety of one of the most beautiful flowers in the world - hydrangea paniculata. According to existing practice, the new variety will undergo a “baptism” procedure with the participation of three godmothers at once: the Ambassador of France to Russia, Madame Sylvie Bermann, the President of the festival, Karina Lazareva, and the representative of the French Renault nursery, Tatyana Smirnova. The new variety was named "Pearl of the Festival". During the year, from September 1, hydrangea will be distributed only in Russia.

In 2018, Japan will participate in the Moscow festival for the first time. July 5 will be the Japan-themed day at the festival, there will be a tea ceremony from the masters of the famous Omote Senke school (one of the three main schools in Japan) with treats for everyone, master classes in sumi-yo (drawing on rice paper) and the creation of temari balls , lectures on the creation of a Japanese garden will be included in the educational program, and a Japanese kimono made of fresh flowers will appear on one of the main alleys of Muzeon Park.

This year, for the first time, two children's projects are planned for MFS-2018 - "Gardens in Miniature" and "Planet of Flowers". "Planet of Flowers" is a traditional competition of gardens made according to children's drawings, this year they were invited to create their own sketches of gardens on the theme "Dream Park".

On the opening day of the Moscow Flower Show, all contestants will be congratulated by the participants of the show “Voice. Children".

Where? Museon Arts Park and Zaryadye Park

Tickets: from 300 to 600 rubles

MFS-2018 Main Gardens:

James Alexander-Sinclair "Listening garden/listening theater"

The star of landscape fashion, designer James Alexander-Sinclair is the chairman of the jury of the most prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in the world, the favorite of the Queen of England and the permanent head of the jury of the Moscow festival. For the first time in Moscow, he debuts with his garden and this is certainly the event of the year. The name of the garden immediately sets the audience in the right mood - the designer offers to listen to the sounds of nature, to understand how eloquent the language of plants can be, how the play of chiaroscuro in the garden is similar to theatrical effects.

Paul Harvey Brooks. "Garden of Prometheus"

Another famous Briton in the name of his garden makes a direct reference to the myth of Prometheus. Walking through the garden of Paul Brooks, visitors can find similarities with the landscape, where the mythical hero suffered torment for daring to give people fire and independence from the will of the gods.

Ozerova Olga, Dvoryadkina Tatiana. "Over the seas, beyond the forests"

The authors of this garden were inspired by the works of the Russian avant-garde artist Natalya Goncharova and, in particular, her sketches for the opera-ballet The Golden Cockerel. The garden is made in burgundy, ocher and gray-blue palette and takes visitors to the space of creativity and dramaturgy.

Oksana Khleborodova. "VDNH - with love"

The designer was inspired by the pavilion "Floriculture and landscaping", built at the country's main exhibition in the 70s. According to the author, the building delights her with its brutality and boldness of architectural thought. The garden is a fragment of the real environment of the pavilion and a possible variant of its landscape arrangement.

Kordubaeva Maria, Noskova Oksana, Nikitina Anna. "Tea drinking in Sokolniki"

During the heyday of "tea shops" in Russia at the end of the 19th century, "falconer tea parties" became popular throughout Moscow. In the depths of the parks, so-called "cabinets" were built, where families came with their snacks, and the owners of the "cabinets" provided them with a hot samovar and a kettle.

Lazareva Tatiana, Smirnova Tatiana. Grain De Perle

Garden-tribute to the "people's countess" Praskovya Zhemchugova. 2018 marks exactly 250 years since her birth. The amazing love story of a serf actress and Count Sheremetyev became the basis for the creation of this garden. In the 18th century, French regular gardens were very popular in Russia with their symmetrical alleys, classic rectangular pond and decorative sculptures. "Grain De Perle" pays tribute to the romantic era and the great love story.

Kravchenko Diana, Razevskaya Evelina. "Dream Dive"

One of the most unusual works at the Moscow Flower Show festival. The mystical atmosphere of the garden is created by the concept of refraction of space and the use of wood, stones and light-reflecting materials.

Leontieva Lydia. "Partisan"

The dominant feature of this composition is the sculpture of a partisan girl who stood up for the Motherland. The garden is a flower bulengrin in traditional contrasting colors of the Stalinist Empire style. A unique element of the garden is the lanterns, recreated according to the design of the architect Dmitry Chechulin.