21 April Thursday

Professional events subject to registration

Programmes open to the general public

8.00-9.00

REGISTRATION

9.00-10.30    

PRESENTATIONS – Greetings, the role of heritage gardens, tourism trends

• Gergely Fodor (Várkapitányság)
• Ágnes Herczeg (MKA – Hungarian Garden Heritage Foundation)
• Szabolcs Juhász (Hungarian Tourism Agency)
• Zsolt Füleky (Prime Minister’s Office, Deputy State Secretary for Architecture and Heritage)
• Luigi Latini (Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche) – The work of the Benetton Foundation, an international research center for landscape
• Jaume Dulsat (European Route of Historic Gardens) – Historic Gardens as tools for the cultural promotion of the territories

Free programmes:

• Poster exhibition  – historic gardens, ornamental kitchen gardens around the world;
• Poster exhibition  – MLA students’ research (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
• art exhibition: selection of Rita Kesselyák graphic artist’s botanical works

Exclusive programmes for pupils:
Booths with environmental education and art activities and demonstrations:

• GYIK Workshop
• Rita Kesselyák graphic artist
• Anna Makovecz painter
• Meseszó Association
• Archabbey of Pannonhalma
• National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation – “The heritage of the goldfields”

10.30-11.00

COFFEE BREAK

11.00-13.00    

PRESENTATIONS – Tourism trends, historical introduction, definitions, historical landraces

• Zsolt Füleky (Prime Minister’s Office, Deputy State Secretary for Architecture and Heritage) – Heritage database
• Albert Fekete (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) –  Kitchen gardens in castle gardens
• Borbála Baktay (National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation) – The heritage of the Carpatian basin – the role of gene banks in kitchen gardens and opportunities offered to landscape architecture planning
• Zsolt Szani (National Food Chain Safety Office, Directorate of Agricultural Genetic Resources) – The fruit and its tree. The cultural and ecological potential of fruit varieties for the revitalization of historic gardens.

13.00-14.00

LUNCH BREAK

14.00-14.30

Opening of exhibition, Press event

14.30-16.00      

WORKSHOP
historical vs modern, residents vs tourism, visiting gardens during / after covid, today’s tourism trends

Free programmes:

• Poster exhibition  – historic gardens, ornamental kitchen gardens around the world;
• Poster exhibition  – MLA students’ research (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
• art exhibition: selection of Rita Kesselyák graphic artist’s botanical works
• Archabbey of Pannonhalma
• “The heritage of the goldfields” – the booth of the National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation

16.00-16.30

COFFEE BREAK

16.30-17.00

“The heritage of the goldfields” – snippets from the gene bank in Tápiószele. The exhibition will be presented by Lajos Horváth, Head of Department of the National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation

17.00-18.00

PROGRAMME IN THE GARDEN – The garden of Várkert Bazaar with István Steffler designer and Gábor Alföldy garden historian

18.30-20.00  

PUBLIC PRESENTATION:

• Presentation and talk by Lajos Ambrus and Marcsi Borbás on the relationship between gardens and culture, including literature
• Balázs Istvánfi – András Németh duo – historical Hungarian melodies from the 16th and 17th centuries on Hungarian bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy

22 April Friday

Professional events subject to registration

Programmes open to the general public

8.00-9.00

REGISTRATION

9.00-10.30  

PRESENTATIONS – Management, maintenance

• Tamás Vásárhelyi (Hungarian Society for Environmental Education) – The role of pollinators in plant diversity
• Attila Vincze (Hungarian Association of Landscape Architects) –  Ecological design
• Catherine Leonard (International National Trust) – INTO Gardening: Public engagement at national trust gardens across the world

Free programmes:

• Poster exhibition  – historic gardens, ornamental kitchen gardens around the world;
• Poster exhibition  – MLA students’ research (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
• art exhibition: selection of     Rita Kesselyák graphic artist’s botanical works

Exclusive programmes for pupils:
Booths with environmental education and art activities and demonstrations:

• GYIK Workshop
• Rita Kesselyák graphic artist
• Hungarian Society for Environmental Education
• Meseszó Association
• Archabbey of Pannonhalma
• National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation

10.30-11.00

COFFEE BREAK

11.00-13.00    

PRESENTATIONS – Tourism, brand, communication, programmes, development plans

• Márk Bokros OSB (Archabbey of Pannonhalma) – The role of the gardens and tourism in the Archabbey of Pannonhalma
• Maria Matos Silva (Associação Portuguesa dos Jardins Históricos) –  Historic Gardens of Portugal: qualification and structuring of a new touristic offer
• Bianca Maria Landi (Boboli Gardens) – Cultivating history. The botanical heritage of Boboli Gardens, from the roots to future perspectives
• Anna Eplényi (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) –  Jártamban… kertemben. Garden pedagogy and adaptability in historic gardens

13.00-14.00

LUNCH BREAK

14.00-16.00

WORKSHOP
everyday issues of accessibility, smart developments, garden programmes, garden education, environmental education, ecological solutions

Free programmes:

• Poster exhibition  – historic gardens, ornamental kitchen gardens around the world;
• Poster exhibition  – MLA students’ research (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
• art exhibition: selection of Rita Kesselyák graphic artist’s botanical works
• Archabbey of Pannonhalma
• “The heritage of the goldfields” – the booth of the National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation

16.00-16.30

COFFEE BREAK

16.30-18.30

PROGRAMME IN THE GARDEN – Buda Castle Gardens (Southern, the so called “Ormos” and Western gardens)

23 April Saturday

Professional events subject to registration

Programmes open to the general public

9.00-10.30

PROGRAMME IN THE GARDEN – Szent György Square: biodiverse beds demonstration, Hunyadi Courtyard: joint flower seed sowing

with Attila Vincze and Balázs Mezős

Várkert Bazár – FAMILY DAY, 10.00-17.00
Free programmes:  

• Poster exhibition  – historic gardens, ornamental kitchen gardens around the world;
• Poster exhibition  – MLA students’ research (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
• art exhibition: selection of Rita Kesselyák graphic artist’s botanical works
• Booths with various activities and demonstrations:
  – 10.00-12.00, 12.00-14.00 creative activities organised by GYIK Workshop (capacity: 15 persons/session)

– 11.00-12.30, 15.00-16.30 botanical drawing workshop by Rita Kesselyák graphic artist (capacity: 15 persons/session)
– 10.00-10.50, 11.00-11.50, 13.00-13.50, 14.00-14.50 Fairytale gardens, garden tales..….

Storytelling with songs, riddles and games with Maya Bumberak and Ágnes Szabó Meseszó Association – not just for children

– 10.00-17.00 Natural science playhouse – Pollinators travelling nature trail by the Hungarian Society for Environmental Education

– 10.00-17.00   “The heritage of the goldfields” – the booth of the National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation

– 10.00-17.00 Archabbey of Pannonhalma – products and museum education programmes

11.00-12.30

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME – DANUBE CRUISE

• Professional programme: drafting a memorandum
• Views of the UNESCO World Heritage Danube riverside
• Informal discussion