Garden shows: the driving force for landscape management, urban development and industry

The role of international, federal, state and regional garden shows in the promotion of landscape management, urban development, and industry within German is reviewed and discussed. [UMN]

"The role of international, federal, state and regional garden shows in the promotion of landscape management, urban development, and industry within Germany is reviewed and discussed.

"Since the post Second World War period, Germany has developed a tradition of garden shows as the impetus for ecological, cultural and economic development of urban areas and their environs. Initially, garden shows were used to stimulate the regeneration of bombed areas by restoring devastated urban parks and public amenities and by controlling dust and pests. From the late 1950s onwards, the focus shifted towards urban regeneration with the creation of green spaces and green corridors in densely populated areas. In the 1980s, the debate on ecological aspects of green areas started and this is now a focal point of all regeneration projects.

"Currently there is debate as to the future of garden shows in Germany. The requirements of strategies to continue the tradition of garden shows are discussed." [Summary]