- Exhibition
International garden festival – Chaumont-sur-Loire (France)
The international garden festival’s 30th birthday
After 30 years (1992-2022) of creations fostered by historical, poetic, educational and ecological themes alike, has the time not come to give thought to what could or should constitute the “ideal garden”, now that our relationship with nature and the plant world has evolved so much due to intensive urbanisation, global warming, an increasing yearning for nature, and concerns over food security?
An artwork? A nourishing vegetable garden? A therapeutic space? A showcase for organic cultivation? Can the ideal garden unite all our expectations and requirements, whether philosophical, aesthetic, ecological or gustatory? Be beautiful, good, organic, healing, comforting, innovative, and water and energy efficient all at the same time, and above all glorify harmony and taste, and generate wellbeing and happiness?
Might it be possible to bring all these properties together or is the idea merely illusory? Realistic or contradictory? Such was the challenge thrown down to garden designers for the 2022 edition, who had to propose projects attempting to synthesise all these qualities and provide a concentrate, a synopsis of what humankind and other living organisms can create together in order to generate a better world.
Domaine Régional de Chaumont-sur-Loire
41 150 Chaumont-sur-Loire
