The garden has always been a place of creative dialogue between architecture and landscape. To promote this dialogue without compromising nature is of my upmost concern.

Lower Austria deputy governor Wolfgang Sobotka

The international competition best private plots 10 – Die besten Gärten 2010 is being held for the fourth year. The prize honors exceptional achievements in the design of sustainable private outdoor spaces and gardens.

The prize highlights the garden as a place of innovation, as a space for creative expression and action, and as contemporary dialogue between architecture, ecology and landscape. The award criteria include: idea, artistic and conceptual quality, ecological quality, use of plants and materials, relationship between inside and outside, delimitation of space and organization of open space, and sustainability. Special attention will also be given to diversity of individual uses and functionality.

The open space must be clearly identifiable as intended for private residence and use and must have been completed after January 1st, 2000. Awards are given in recognition of newly designed gardens or of redesign of existing gardens.

The competition is open to landscape architects, architects, designers, artists, gardeners, florists, landscaping firms and plant nurseries, as well as to garden owners, or teams consisting of a combination thereof.

Nominations online from July 15, 2010 

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Award Ceremony:

best private plots 10 – Die besten Gärten 2010

September 25, 2010, 7:00 p.m., conferred by
Lower Austria deputy governor Wolfgang Sobotka
Loisium, Langenlois, Austria

Moderated by: Mercedes Echerer

Submitting Questions

Questions regarding the competition may be sent to info@privateplots.at through May 3. The responses will be posted on this website in the FAQ Section by May 10.

• Dr. Karin Standler (office for landscape architecture)
• DI Robert Froschauer (architecture)
• info@privateplots.at