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From paradise to urban landscape

Last year's edition, held in Alicante, focused on the distinctive aspects of Mediterranean gardening. This year the congress will take place in the Andalusian city of Cordoba and will devote a day to historical gardening, a day to contemporary gardening, and a day to the future of public gardens and the challenges that lie ahead.

The first day of the congress will focus on Yesterday's Gardens in Today’s City and will include the following presentations:

·         The patio garden – patios of Cordoba: the living history of gardening

·         Historical recreation of exceptional gardens

·         New technologies applied to historical gardening

On the second day the focus will shift to Gardens of Today in the City of Tomorrow, with presentations on:

·         Quality standards in public gardening

·         Use of urban facilities for play

·         Computerised management and new technologies

The theme for the third day will be Gardens in the Urban Landscape, and presentations will be given on:

·         The digital green footprint in urban environments

·         Adapting gardening to meet new urban challenges

·         Diversity versus simplification of urban landscapes

For the last day of the congress, the organisers have scheduled an excursion to visit Madinat-Zahra, the Castle of Almodóvar, and the Moratalla Gardens.

More information and contact

Asociación Española de Parques y Jardines Públicos

C/ Madrid s/n, esquina calle Rio-Humera
28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón (MADRID)

Tel.:  +34 917990394
Fax: +34 917990362

• Asociación Española de Parques y Jardines públicos website

• Program of the congress in PDF format

Source: Texts based on information provided at the website of the Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens. Photo extracted from the website of Andalucía Imagen: traditional patio of the Puerto de Santa María in Cadiz.

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