ELCA Professional Excursion in Austria

This exclusive excursion invites ELCA members to explore Austria’s award-winning ecological gardening initiatives

This exclusive excursion invites ELCA members to explore Austria’s award-winning ecological gardening initiatives, including visits to ELCA Trend AWARD winners such as „Natur im Garten”, Kittenberger Showgarden, Garden Hotel & landscape company, BEGRÜNDER private garden and City of Tulln Donaulände and Nibelungenplatz, and innovative urban projects in Vienna. The Horticultural School and climate gardener training program will be presented. Participants will experience firsthand the integration of biodiversity, education, and sustainable landscape design, showcasing Austria’s leadership in ecological horticulture.

május 14:

  • 04.30 p.m. Guided tour DIE GARTEN TULLN in English and German
    Guided tour with Franz Gruber, Managing Director DIE GARTEN TULLN and experts from “Natur im Garten“
  • 06.00 p.m. Welcome drink
  • 06.30 p.m. Welcome dinner, DIE GARTEN TULLN terrace by the water lily pond
    Welcome address Mr Herbert Eipeldauer, President of the Austrian Association of Gardeners and Florists
    Welcome address Mr Henrik Bos, President of ELCA

május 15:

  • 08.30 a.m. Guided tour of the garden city of Tulln, Donaulände and Nibelungenplatz (ELCA Trend Award winner)
    Start: Best Western Hotel, Tulln
    Join us for a guided tour through Tulln, Austria’s garden city and a beacon of ecological urban design
    Guided tour with Peter Eisenschenk, Mayor of the city of Tulln and Cornelia Hebenstreit, Project Leader of the city of Tulln
  • 09.30 a.m. Departure from Hotel Best Western, Tulln
  • 10.00 a.m. HAMETER perennial nursery
    Guided tour with Xandl Schmidhammer, general manager HAMETER
    Coffee Break
  • 11.15 a.m. Departure
  • 11.45 a.m. Visit private garden in Innermanzing (ELCA Trend Award winner)
    Guided tour with Mr Peter Baumgarten, landscape architect, BEGRÜNDER
  • 12.30 p.m. Departure
  • 1.30 p.m. Lunch at Kittenberger Adventure Garden
  • 02.45 p.m. Guided tour at Kittenberger with Reinhard Kittenberger
    – Adventure Gardens
    – Chalets at the garden lake
    – Private Garden of Reinhard Kittenberger
    – Landscaping Company
    – Production
  • 6.30 p.m. Dinner at Kittenberger Adventure Gardens Restaurant
    Welcome address Mr Herbert Eipeldauer, President of the Austrian Association of Gardeners and Florists
    Welcome address Mr Henrik Bos, President of ELCA
  • 09.00 p.m. Departure to Tulln

május 16:

  • 8.30 a.m. Departure Hotel Best Western, Tulln
  • 9.15 a.m. Private Garden, Strebersdorf, Vienna
    Guided Tour by the owner and operator Franz Kubacek
  • 9.45 a.m. Departure
  • 10.15 a.m. Urban development project “Seestadt”, Vienna
    Coffee Break
  • 12.00 a.m. Departure
  • 12.15 p.m. Horticultural School
    – Lunch
    – Welcome address Mr Mario Steininger, Director Horticultural School
    – Presentation of the new Climate Gardener Training Program by Mr Herbert Eipeldauer, President of the Austrian Association of Gardeners and Florists
    – Guided Tour Show gardens of the horticultural school
    – Visit Austrian Horticultural Society
  • 2.30 p.m. Departure
  • 3.00 p.m. Research Center Schönbrunn: Sponge city experiment at the Schönbrunn Research Centre of the Federal Institute of Horticulture,
    – Welcome Address Mr Gerd Koch, Director Horticultural School and Head of the Austrian Federal Gardens
    – Information about the research projects and Guided Tour Thomas Roth
    – Coffee break
  • 4.30 p.m. Departure
  • 4.45 p.m. Guided Tour of the historic gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, focusing on tree damage caused by climate change
    During a walk through Schönbrunn Palace Park, the Head of the Austrian Federal Gardens points out the damage caused to trees by climate change and presents the Austrian Federal Gardens’ solution.
    Mr Gerd Koch, Director Horticultural School and Head of the Austrian Federal Gardens
  • 5.45 p.m. Departure
  • 6.00 p.m. Meeting Campus Tivoli, Vienna (address: Tivoligasse 73, 1120 Wien)
    Welcome address Wolfgang Sobotka, President „European Garden Association – Natur im Garten International“ and President Campus Tivoli
    Welcome address Mr Herbert Eipeldauer, President of the Austrian Association of Gardeners and Florists
    Gerold Hauser, Former President of the Austrian Association of Gardeners and Florists
    Welcome address Mr Henrik Bos, President of ELCA
    Dinner
  • 9.00 p.m. Departure
    Return transfer to Tulln

május 17:

  • VARIANT VIENNA
    9.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Guided Tour of Vienna by the bus with the Tour Guide Monika Burket
    – The most important buildings on the Ringstraße (Burgtheater, Volkstheater, Parliament, City Hall) and city centre parks (Walk to the Volksgarten and Burggarten).
    – Option to get off at Vienna Central Station at the end of the tour (1 stop by train to the airport) or return trip to Tulln
  • VARIANT TULLN
    9.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. Guided Tour in Tulln
    The guided tour once again highlights Tulln’s impressive green spaces, followed by a visit to the Egon Schiele Museum and the House of Digitalization.

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