NEWSLETTER
MAY 2009
   

INDOC. Documentation Centre about Art and Nature
     
 

Ponte de Lima International Garden Festival to get underway 29 May

  
 

The municipal council of Ponte de Lima (in the North of Portugal) is organising an international garden festival that will run from 29 May to 31 October 2009. The theme of the fifth edition of the event is As artes no jardim (arts in the garden). The festival has gradually developed into one of the most important held on the Iberian Peninsula.

  
 

Ponte de Lima, the oldest town in Portugal, was founded by the Romans in the region of Alto Minho, which shares a border with Galicia. Visitors will experience an event that brings together art and nature, the two elements at the heart of the international garden festival.

The idea is to combine artistic creation and landscape in order to explore how imagination can be expressed within the parameters of a garden. Given that artistic activity in a natural setting is an ideal way to increase our understanding of and respect for nature, it’s hoped that the festival will help promote social and environmental balance.

In 2009, the organisers have received over 67 submissions from 19 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. This international response highlights how important the festival has become for the global landscape design community.

More information and contact

Festival Internacional de Jardins Ponte de Lima
Municipio de Ponte de Lima
Praça da República
4990-062 Ponte de Lima
Portugal

Tel.: +351 258 900 400

Fax: +351 258 900 410

E-mail:
festivaldejardins@cm-pontedelima.pt

Source: texts and photographs courtesy of Ponte de Lima International Garden Festival. Photos of the 2008 edition of the festival: Energy in the Garden.

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