Singapore Garden Festival

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The Singapore Garden Festival (Chinese: 新加坡花卉节) is an international garden and flowers show organized by the National Parks Board of Singapore. Unlike other garden shows around the world, which tend to feature mainly domestic designers, the Singapore Garden Festival is unique in being the first in the world to gather top international and local award-winning garden and floral designers to showcase their creations under one roof.

The inaugural show will be held at the Suntec City Convention Centre from December 16 to 25, 2006 and is expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors. Positioned to be the premier garden and flower show in the Tropics, the organizers have benchmarked it against noteworthy shows such as UK’s Chelsea Flower Show and USA’s Philadelphia Flower Show, which are held in temperate zones.

The Festival will be held at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay when it opens in phases from 2010.

Contents 1 Concept 1.1 Landscapes Gardens 1.2 Fantasy Gardens 1.3 Floral Windows to the World 1.4 Garden Fiesta 1.5 Singapore Orchid Show 1.6 The Marketplace 2 Activities 3 Festival Highlights 3.1 Best of Show Designer Gardens 3.2 Floral Windows to the World 3.3 Singapore Orchid Show 3.4 Festival Marketplace 4 Garden Designers participating at Singapore Garden Festival 2006 4.1 Australia 4.2 France 4.3 China 4.4 Holland 4.5 Japan 4.6 Malaysia 4.7 Philippines 4.8 Singapore 4.9 United Kingdom 4.10 United States 5 Floral Designers participating at Singapore Garden Festival 2006 5.1 Australia 5.2 Canada 5.3 China 5.4 Denmark 5.5 Germany 5.6 Japan 5.7 Korea 5.8 Malaysia 5.9 Singapore 5.10 UK 6 External links

[edit] Concept

The Singapore Garden Festival is a floral fiesta of beauty and cultural events to please the eyes and delight the senses. Positioned to take its place amongst the top flower and garden shows on the international calendar, the Singapore Garden Festival is a unique showcase of outstanding creations by top award-winning landscape and garden designers, florists, and horticulturists specially invited to the festival. These professionals and garden enthusiasts will work alongside Singapore’s own talented residents to create outstanding displays and activities to please the eye and delight the senses.

Six focus areas are planned, namely:

• Landscape Gardens
• Fantasy Gardens
• Floral Windows to the World
• Garden Fiesta
• Singapore Orchid Show
• The Marketplace

[edit] Landscapes Gardens

Landscape Gardens will feature creations of top award-winning garden designers from garden shows around the world and local designers. The Singapore Garden Festival will be the first show in the world to gather the “Best of Show” designers in one event.

[edit] Fantasy Gardens

Fantasy Gardens will provide the "wow" factor to the event by the creative use of plants, flowers, lighting and props.

[edit] Floral Windows to the World

Floral Windows to the World will showcase colorful and vibrant cut-flower displays to excite and "wow". Singapore Garden Festival will feature floral masterpieces by international and local designers, complemented by stunning set design and lighting.

[edit] Garden Fiesta

Garden Fiesta offers educational, recreational and entertainment activities catering to the public, serious gardeners as well as hobbyists.

[edit] Singapore Orchid Show

The Singapore Orchid Show illuminates strong Singapore flavor with orchids. The Singapore Orchid Show at the Singapore Garden Festival will also build up publicity for Singapore, who has won the rights to host the 2011 World Orchid Conference.

[edit] The Marketplace

The Festival Marketplace will offer a wide array of plants, gardening products, landscape services, garden-related books and lifestyle products.

[edit] Activities

Other activities planned include:

• International Design Hour, where international landscape and floral designers give talks alongside floral arrangement demonstrations
• Time with Orchid Expect, where talks on orchids are given
• Gardening Guru, which features gardening-related talks such as water gardening and growing African Violets, Terrariums and Gingers
• Floral Art for Occasions, which is a floral arrangement demostration
• Young Gardeners, which features activities for kids or by kids, such as story-telling, art & craft, X'mas dish gardening for kids and a floral demostration by Nanyang Primary School
• Culinary Art with Plants, which is a cooking demonstration
• X'mas in the Gardens, where carolling and X'mas activities are conducted
• Retailer's Special, which features talks and demonstration by retailers on gardening-related products & services

There will also be floral design competitions for professions, amateurs and students, as well as plant clinics by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority.

[edit] Festival Highlights

[edit] Best of Show Designer Gardens

Landscape and Fantasy Gardens specially designed and created by international designers from:

• UK
• USA
• France
• Holland
• Australia
• Japan
• China
• Southeast Asian countries

World-famous garden designers participating at the Festival include:

• UK’s Julian Dowle
• Australia’s Jim Fogarty
• Holland’s Nico Wissing
• Singapore-based designers who have won accolades at the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects (SILA) Design Awards and the Landscape Industry Association (Singapore) (LIAS) Awards of Excellence.

[edit] Floral Windows to the World

Colourful and vibrant cut-flower displays and floral masterpieces with set design and lighting by 14 international and local floral designers, including internationally-renowned award-winning master floral artists Gregor Lersch from Germany and Singapore’s Damien Koh.

[edit] Singapore Orchid Show

The annual Singapore Orchid Show will be held in conjunction with the 2006 Festival. It will showcase Southeast Asia’s rich biodiversity of tropical orchids, the most important plant group in the international floriculture industry. Winning exhibits and displays will be awarded prizes such as Heritage Challenge Cups, which have been handed down from past winners over the years.

[edit] Festival Marketplace

Gardening professionals and enthusiasts will find a wide array of plants, gardening and landscape products, gardening accessories, and arts and crafts.

There will also be educational, recreational and entertainment activities for all ages, including talks and demonstrations and Christmas celebrations.

[edit] Garden Designers participating at Singapore Garden Festival 2006

[edit] Australia

Jim Fogarty

• Multiple award-winner including two Best of Show Awards, two Design Excellence Awards and four Gold Medals at Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.
• First Australian show garden designer to win a Chelsea award
• Holds a number of Golds from Melbourne and Sydney Flower Shows

Jamie Durie

• Over 20 garden design awards in Australia and internationally
• Host of Backyard Blitz and The Block, two of Australian TV's highest-rating garden shows

Carolyn & Joby Blackman

• 20 awards, including 11 Golds at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
• Carolyn co-hosts the Landscape Design and Gardening talkback show for radio station ABC774 (3LO)

[edit] France

Sibila Jaksic

• Art director with Signes, an acclaimed landscape design firm whose award-winning designs include the Thames Barrier Park (UK)
• Top awards in European garden and flower shows

[edit] China

Huang Feihu

• Gold awards in shows such as China’s Flower Exposition and Dubai Shopping Festival
• Participated at 2006 Beijing World Flower Garden

[edit] Holland

Nico Wissing

• Pioneer of the “Green City” concept, advocating greening as integral to building and urban planning
• Top awards in European garden and flower shows

[edit] Japan

Jun-Ichi Inada

• Design Award at 2004 Hamamatsu International Flower Show and Garden Festival
• Grand Prix Award 2004 from the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture

[edit] Malaysia

Alvin Phang

• Three Golds at Malaysia International Landscape and Garden Festival 2004

[edit] Philippines

Nonito A Dolera

• Multiple awards at flower and garden shows in the Philippines

[edit] Singapore

Henry Steed

• Winner, 5th SILA (Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects Design Award Competition

Stephen Caffyn

• Winner, Gold & Silver at 5th SILA Design Award Competition

Sherman Stave

• Multiple awards for design excellence, including Gold Medals from Singapore’s Building & Construction Authority (BCA) and the SILA Professional Design Awards 2006

R P Jickky

• Gold Award, Landscape Industry Association (Singapore) (LIAS) Awards of Excellence

Michael Teh

• Gold Award, LIAS Awards of Excellence

Peter Cheok

• Gold Award, Retail Nursery category, LIAS Awards of Excellence

[edit] United Kingdom

Julian Dowle

• 26 award-winning entries at Chelsea Flower Show including a record 11 gold medals
• Has judged at the world’s top flower shows including the Chelsea and Melbourne Flower shows

Christopher Bradley-Hole

• Multiple awards, including three Chelsea Gold Awards

[edit] United States

Michael Bruce

• Two consecutive Best in Show (Floral Design) Awards at Philadelphia Flower Show 2005 and 2006

William Troy Taylor

• Several accolades at Philadelphia Flower Show, including Best Achievement and People’s Choice Awards

[edit] Floral Designers participating at Singapore Garden Festival 2006

[edit] Australia

Richard Go

• Multiple awards, including three golds and nine first prizes from floral design competitions in Australia and abroad
• Affiliate of prestigious floral associations including the American Institute of Floral Designers and World Flower Council

[edit] Canada

Jacqueline Headecker

• Member of the American Institute of Floral Design and past president of Flowers Canada

[edit] China

Wang Suizhi

• Multiple prizes, including a special prize, 8 golds, 9 silvers and 3 bronzes

[edit] Denmark

Hanne Hosbond

• 1994 Danish Champion at Modern Floral Design show
• Invited to participate at European championships, Hamburg
• Participated at 8th World Cup, Melbourne 2004
• Co-author of The Floral Designer, published in 2001 for the Danish Florist Organisation

[edit] Germany

Gregor Lersch

• Record 7 big gold medals, over 30 golden, 22 silver and a number of bronze medals
• Has published several books on floral topics

[edit] Japan

Naoki Sasaki

• Multiple awards, including first runner-up at 2001 Asia Cup in Seoul
• Winner, Grand Championship, at 50th Anniversary of Japan Florists Telegraph Delivery Association 2003

[edit] Korea

Jin-Young Park

• Multiple award winner of national competitions such as Cheonga Flowers Cup Flower Design Contest

[edit] Malaysia

Cheng Yoon Sen

• Multiple award winner at Malaysia’s Laman Festival

[edit] Singapore

Damien Koh

• Member of the American Institute of Floral Designers

Gui Heng Sonng, Benny

• Has held several exhibitions and demonstrations in Singapore and abroad, and participated in major floral events such as the Singapore Flower Festival and Bloom Singapore

Irene Hee

• Runs the Tropifame Floral Design School

Floral Designers Society (Singapore)

• A non-profit organisation established in 1997 to promote the art of floral design as a professional career
• Its biennial FDSS Cup Floral Designing Competition, launched in 1998, will be held during Singapore Garden Festival 2006

Singapore Hortiflora Federation

• Formed in September 2001 to represent all facets of the floral and horticultural industries
• Seeks to promote activities such as flower festivals, shows and trade fairs and identify regional partnerships for members

[edit] UK

Chris Jones

• Has showcased floral designs throughout the world, with a following in Europe and Japan

[edit] External links

• Singapore Garden Festival
• NParks media release on Singapore Garden Festival 2006
• Gardens by the Bay
• National Parks Board, Singapore