As part of the festival, a botanical exhibition was opened in Tsaritsyn, where you can see rare medicinal herbs and shrubs and take part in special excursions.
The “Garden of Medicinal Plants” is located between the First and Second Greenhouse Buildings on the territory of the Tsaritsyno Park. More than sixty species of herbs and fruit bushes are planted in the garden; their beneficial properties have long been confirmed in practice. For example, monarda biforma, which North American Indians have used for centuries as an antiseptic, and modern dentists have used as an active ingredient in mouth rinses. Or Tibetan lofant - the strongest natural immunostimulant. Or the medicinal burnet, which has dozens of names - bloodsucker, arsenic, horror potion, blackhead - and which has a pronounced hemostatic effect. There is a map of the garden next to the plantings, making it easy to find your way around. Employees of the Tsaritsyn greenhouses conduct regular tours of the garden. They will talk about each sprout, each planting, explain which herbs are suitable for growing in a country garden, and which ones need greenhouse conditions all year round. A tour of the garden will imperceptibly flow into a tour of the Second Greenhouse Building, where rare spicy and fruit plants native to subtropical latitudes grow. For example, bay tree, pineapple, eucalyptus, guava, citronella and plectranthus, which is also called “room mint.”
Do you love flowers as much as we love them? Do you know how to care for a Japanese garden and when to plant peonies? Do you want to see how flowers are crossed and baptized? From June 29 to July 8, come to the Muzeon Art Park and get inspired.
The VII 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 masters and experts from all over the world. Visitors will be treated to an exhibition of works by the winners of the competition and original gardens of famous world-famous landscape designers, 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 theater”. The organizers of the festival could not ignore the main topic of this summer - the holding of the World Cup in Russia. In honor of this event, a giant soccer ball 3 meters high will be built from fresh flowers at the Moscow Flower Show.
On June 29, a presentation of a new variety of one of the most beautiful flowers in the world - paniculata hydrangea - will take place. 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 nursery Renault 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 theme day of Japan 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 refreshments for everyone, master classes on sumi-yo (drawing on rice paper) and creating temari balls , the educational program will include lectures on creating a Japanese garden, and a Japanese kimono made from 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 from 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 “The Voice. Children".
Where? Muzeon Art Park and Zaryadye Park
Tickets: from 300 to 600 rubles
Main gardens of MFS-2018:
James Alexander-Sinclair "Listening garden/listening theatre"
Landscape fashion star, designer James Alexander-Sinclair is the chairman of the jury of the world's most prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, a 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 invites them to listen to the sounds of nature, to understand how eloquent the language of plants can be, how similar the play of chiaroscuro in the garden is to theatrical effects.
Paul Harvey Brooks. "Prometheus Garden"
Another famous Briton makes a direct reference to the myth of Prometheus in the name of his garden. Walking through Paul Brooks's garden, visitors can find similarities to 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 Tatyana. "Beyond the seas, beyond the forests"
The authors of this garden were inspired by the works of the Russian avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova and, in particular, her sketches for the opera-ballet The Golden Cockerel. The garden is designed in burgundy, ocher and blue-gray palettes and transports visitors to a space of creativity and drama.
Oksana Khleborodova. "VDNKh - with love"
The designer was inspired by the "Floriculture and Gardening" pavilion, 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 option for its landscape arrangement.
Kordubaeva Maria, Noskova Oksana, Nikitina Anna. "Tea party in Sokolniki"
During the heyday of “tea shops” in Russia at the end of the 19th century, “Falcon tea parties” became popular throughout Moscow. In the depths of the parks, so-called “offices” were built, where families came with their snacks, and the owners of the “offices” provided them with a hot samovar and a kettle.
Lazareva Tatyana, Smirnova Tatyana. "Grain De Perle"
A tribute garden 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 with their symmetrical alleys, classic rectangular pond and decorative sculptures were very popular in Russia. "Grain De Perle" pays tribute to the romantic era and the great love story.
Kravchenko Diana, Razevskaya Evelina. "Diving into Sleep"
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.
Leontyeva Lydia. "Partisan"
The dominant feature of this composition is the sculpture of a partisan girl who stood up to defend her Motherland. The garden is a floral boulengrin in the 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.
Despite such a cool, at times harsh and surprising summer with sudden climatic changes, the VI Moscow International Festival of Gardens and Flowers Moscow Flower Show was successfully held in the Moscow Art Park “Museon” from June 29 to July 9. Rains and thunderstorms did not at all affect the beauty organized by the festival, which over the 6 years of its existence received the title of the most authoritative platform in the field of Russian landscape design.
Our editorial team visited the Moscow Festival of Gardens and Flowers, we walked around the entire exhibition and received great aesthetic pleasure. It is worth noting that this year more than 200 representatives of the landscape industry from 12 countries took part in the festival.
Those who did not manage to get to the Moscow Flower Show 2017 will be able to enjoy photographs of the most interesting, in our opinion, competition entries and see the winners of various nominations. The projects were evaluated by an authoritative international jury, chaired by James Alexander-Sinclair, judge of the Royal Horticultural Society, and Princess Marie-Solle de la Tour d'Auvergne, vice-president of the French Parks and Gardens Foundation.
The shooting was taken during a light rain, which did not at all diminish the beauty of the compositions; all the plants demonstrate freshness and rich colors that did not have time to fade in the hot sun. A rainy and gloomy evening created a romantic mood. Some projects look like mysterious islands of a fairy-tale magical forest. Perhaps some ideas can inspire you to organize your own piece of paradise on a country plot.
Enjoy watching!
MALACHITE BOX
BEST GARDEN Moscow Flower Show 2017
WITHONCORDIA CONTRARIA
LIBELLULIDEA
Gold medal in the “SHOW GARGEN” category
MANUNKIND
Gold medal in the “SHOW GARGEN” category
COUNTERFORCE
Best garden and gold medal in the category “Large Exhibition Garden”
SCANDINAVIAN APARTMENT
Gold medal in the “Trade stand” category
MOLECULAR GARDEN
Gold Medal and Best Spa Garden at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
GEOMETRY OF NATURE
Gold medal in the “SHOW GARGEN” category
FORGOTTEN GARDEN
Silver medal in the “SHOW GARGEN” category
SCAVORA SAD
Landscape bureau "GARDIE": Tsukanova Olga
Executing company: School of Landscape Art "GARDIE"
FOREST CASTLE
Gold medal in the category "Art object"
DISCOVER YOURSELF WORLD-2
Bronze medal in the “Art Object” category
HOW DO THEY LIVE ON THE PLANET OF HOBBITS
Gold medal in the Space category
ADULT CHILDREN
Silver medal in the category “Small Exhibition Garden”
From July 1 to 10, the MUZEON Arts Park will host the V Anniversary Moscow International Festival of Gardens and Flowers “Moscow Flower Show” - the largest national event in the field of landscape design, gardening art and improvement of the surrounding space.
For 10 days, the best Russian and foreign landscape designers will create works of art from flowers. “Moscow Flower Show” is a riot of colors, dozens of designer gardens, unique flower arrangements, lectures, master classes and thousands of guests.
The festival area is a place where different eras, cultures, interests and people meet. But all participants strive for a common goal - to talk about important things with the help of art, beauty and plants.
Traditionally, the main competition program of the Moscow Flower Show, where professional architects, landscape designers and florists from Russia and Europe compete in the art of creating the most beautiful gardens, arouses the greatest interest among the public. Their work will be assessed by a high international jury chaired by the world-famous James Alexander-Sinclair, a judge of the Royal Society of Horticulturalists of Great Britain, a BBC TV presenter who decides the fate of all the leading gardeners in the world, including Prince Harry. The jury will also include Princess Marisol de La Tour d'Auvergne, a representative of one of the most noble families in France, vice-president of the Foundation for Support of Parks and Gardens of France, and other eminent persons.
Guests of the festival will be able to walk through Kandinsky’s painting “Meeting of Surfaces”, recreated by landscape architects, visit the “Garden of Forgotten Books”, where the usual library walls will replace tree trunks, relax under a lace canopy of cabbage leaves and inhale the aroma of strawberries in the “Sphere” garden, as well as see many other unique gardens.
Visitors will also be treated to a rich educational program; dozens of lectures, master classes, workshops and presentations will be held, during which those interested will gain new knowledge in the field of landscape design, garden art, floristry and much more. A separate exciting program has been prepared for children with many active games, competitions and trainings. Young visitors will be able to try themselves in the role of gardeners, designers, couturiers, poets and representatives of other creative professions.
The green market will sell plants, designer accessories, jewelry and decorative items for home and garden. In addition, at the food court you will be able to try food from festival partners.
Ticket prices:
- full - 500 rubles;
- preferential - 250 rubles.