Flower exhibition in Mikhailovsky. "Flower Assembly" in the Summer Garden. The program of events of the "Imperial Gardens of Russia" festival

XI International Festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" -

"Flower Assembly"

Summer garden

In the year of the 315th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg and the 120th anniversary of the opening of the Russian Museum, the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival will be held for the first time in the Summer Garden. The name "Flower Assembly" refers to the time of Peter the Great - in 1718, Peter the Great issued a decree on holding assemblies, the first of which took place in the Summer Garden. The Imperial Gardens festival will remind you of the traditions of Peter the Great's holidays, in turn, offering guests a pleasant walk and exciting leisure time in one of the most beautiful parks in St. Petersburg.

Flowers became the central element this time. The best teams of florists, artists, designers and decorators decorated the alleys, bosquets and fountains of the Summer Garden with their compositions. On the main alley, with the support of the European Garden Heritage Association (EGHN), which includes the Summer Garden, there is a photo exhibition of the famous European palace gardens.

Tickets for the Flower Assembly are purchased on the IGARDENS.RU website, at the Summer Garden box office, on the KASSIR.RU website and at the city box office KASSIR.RU

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In connection with the XI Festival of the Imperial Gardens of Russia "Flower Assembly"

Please note that June 26 the summer garden is open as usual, and the admission to the garden is carried out by visitors with tickets from the festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia

FROM June 28 to 29 The Summer Garden is closed for maintenance due to the end of the Festival.From June 30, the Summer Garden will be open as usual.

We also draw your attention to the fact that during the closing of the Summer Garden there is no opportunity to visit the Summer Palace of Peter I.

The key sponsors of the festival throughout the years of its existence have been Sistema JSFC and the Sistema Charitable Foundation.

PAO NOVATEK, PAO Severstal, PAO Power Machines, OOO Lukoil-Severo-Zapadnefteprodukt, AO Banca Intesa, Maksidom Company, OOO ORIMI also sponsored the XI International Festival Imperial Gardens of Russia ".

About the festival:

The holiday touched upon the main objects of the Summer Garden. For the first time, the bowls of five main fountains: the Crown Fountain on the Parterre and four on the Main Alley are filled with a variety of flower arrangements made using a unique technology. One of the blooming fountains, in the literal sense of the word, became fragrant and this happened with the participation of perfumers from St. Petersburg.

Four "intricate" Peter's bosquets at the Coat of Arms fountainflorists also did not go unnoticed.The Poultry Yard Bosquet has turned into a cozy Spanish courtyard. In the bosquet "French parterre" at the foot of the monument to I.A. Krylov, eight mini-gardens based on Krylov's fables grew up, In the "Menagerie" pond, the rays of pink and cream chrysanthemums stretched right on the water surface, and in the Krestovoye gulbische bosquet surrounded by fir trees - Peter's favorite trees, an installation of fresh flowers and plants on the theme "Seasons".

The sculptures of Diana and Apollo, which greet visitors at the entrance to the first Summer Garden, now have flower panels based on antique mosaics.

The famous sculpture Cupid and Psyche did not go unnoticed by florists! The Rose Museum is located near the foundation of the archaeological site of Lacoste. Historical rose varieties will be presented in 36 compositions next to the fountain, which survived natural disasters and palace coups.

A large-scale photo exhibition is located on the Main Alley -5 0 photos showcase the unfading beauty of the most famous historic gardens in Great Britain, Italy, France and Holland, Denmark and Sweden.

The paintings of the great-grandfather of surrealism, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, came to life in the Red Garden bosquet. The vegetable floristry workshop has recreated the famous portraits and fake paintings by the Italian artist. The exhibition is complemented by baroque flowerpots and installations in the form of trees with crowns of fruits, vegetables and herbs.

And at the Coffee House, everyone is waiting for the magic Firebird, making wishes come true!

Throughout the week, the Summer Garden will host concerts, master classes, flower fashion shows and photo contests.

The following categories of citizens have the right to visit the XI International Festival “Imperial Gardens of Russia” (upon presentation of the appropriate certificate):

Participants and invalids of the Second World War;

Awarded with the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad", as well as residents of besieged Leningrad; warriors-internationalists; conscripts; cadets of educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia;

Disabled persons of groups 1 and 2;

Preschool children, orphans and children left without parental care who are in children's homes, as well as in boarding schools;

Large families;

Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory;

- employees of state museums of the Russian Federation ".

On June 10, in one of the most famous and landscaped parks of St. Petersburg - Mikhailovsky Garden, the open IX International Festival of Floristics and Landscape Design "Imperial Gardens of Russia" will take place. The event will delight visitors with original flower arrangements, bizarre park figures made of living plants, and colorful installations. Within the framework of the festival, the "Flowers of Life" competition, an enchanting show program, unique master classes from the participants are planned.

Information about the festival Imperial Gardens in St. Petersburg

On June 10-19, the most significant event in the world of floristry and landscape gardening of the country and all of Europe will take place in the Northern capital of Russia - the Imperial Gardens festival.

The history of the event began in 2008, when the State Historical Museum together with the Charitable Foundation of a member of the British royal family - Prince Michael of Kent and the Union of Gardeners of the Russian Federation organized a grandiose flower exhibition for the townspeople. Since that time, the festival has been held annually, bringing together the best gardeners, architects and designers from all over the world, who want to demonstrate their skills to the public.

Every year, within the framework of the event, an exhibition-competition for the best landscape gardening composition is held. The organizers determine the theme of the exposition and the names of the nomination in which the participants will compete. The concept of the upcoming event will be the theme of childhood. Contestants will be invited to make their childhood dreams come true - to create play spaces, fabulous art objects, and bizarre figures from flowers and other plants.

What will surprise the 9th Imperial Gardens of Russia festival

The Imperial Gardens of Russia is a grandiose event on a global scale, which attracts more than 100 thousand visitors to the Mikhailovsky Garden every season. The organizers promise that this year's exhibition entitled "Flowers of Life" will be no less interesting than the previous ones.

During the festival, the park will turn into a world of children's dreams and fantasies. Here you can see real miracles from flowers and ornamental plants: fairy-tale characters and toys, a mysterious garden where the spirit of magic soars everywhere, fantastic sculptures and figures.

Citizens and guests of the region will not only be able to admire the works of talented masters of landscape design, but also attend concerts, open-air theater performances, exciting master classes for adults and children.

Where the event will take place, opening hours, information for visitors

A grandiose festival of flowers of international importance will be held from 10 to 19 June in St. Petersburg. The exhibition and accompanying events will be located on the territory of Mikhailovsky Park, at the address: st. Engineering, 4.

Information for visitors

During the days of the festival, the park will be open to the public from 10:00 to 22:00.
The cost of a full entrance ticket is 250 rubles, a reduced one - 50 rubles.

Outcome

The Imperial Gardens of Russia is a great opportunity to spend leisure time for the whole family in the clean air in one of the most beautiful parks in the city, admiring magnificent flower arrangements and installations. In addition, an interesting and rich program awaits visitors, consisting of theatrical performances, concerts, film screenings, interactive games and master classes.

Mikhailovsky Garden in St. Petersburg is one of the most popular and landscaped parks located in the very center of the city. In this rare monument of landscape architecture of the 18th - early 19th centuries, two different styles of landscape art are uniquely combined in one territory - regular or French, and landscape, English. The park is also characterized by the architectural harmony of the embodied plan of the great architect Karl Rossi - the unity of the Mikhailovsky Palace building and the natural landscape of the Mikhailovsky Garden. The garden is protected as a federal cultural heritage site.

Area: 10 ha

Where is

The territory of the garden is limited by Sadovaya Street, the Moika River and the Griboyedov Canal. To the south of the Mikhailovsky Garden is the Mikhailovsky Palace, as well as the buildings of the Ethnographic Museum and the Benois Corps. The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is located near the northwestern part of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

Entrance to the garden

Visitors can enter from Sadovaya Street or from the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal. Entrance fee: free.

History

Mikhailovsky Garden appeared at the beginning of the 18th century, by the decision of Peter I, at the same time as the Summer Garden. At first it was called the Third Summer Garden, because the first two gardens belonged to the tsar, and in this they began to build a castle for the tsarina, Catherine I. The master plan of the three Summer Gardens was executed by the order of the sovereign by architect Jean-Baptiste Leblon. In those years, the garden was more extensive than it is today, and the planners had to drain the site by constructing additional canals to drain water.

A compact Catherine Palace with a golden spire, which was called the "Golden Mansion", was built on the current site of the Rossi Pavilion. Fruit trees, berry bushes were planted around, and pineapples and bananas were grown in greenhouses. Nightingales caught in three provinces were brought to the garden. Alleys in the form of green corridors alternated with ponds in which live fish were bred.

Anna Ioanovna III, having reigned, started a large-scale reconstruction of the garden, allocating a large place for hunting wild boars, hares and deer - the jagdgarten. For hunters, special galleries were built, the stone walls of which protected from accidental bullets. Under her, a soap-room appeared in the garden - an imperial bath with a fountain and rooms for rest.

Years later, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli built the Summer Palace and the maze garden with the main alley leading to Nevsky Prospect for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The garden was laid out in the then fashionable regular style, with cruciform alleys, clipped trees, fountains and marble statues. The garden also had flower beds and pavilions, gazebos and slides with swings.

Since 1817, the construction of the Mikhailovsky Palace began, after which the garden began to be called Mikhailovsky. It was re-planned again, trying to give it a more natural, "landscape" character. Instead of fish ponds, an English lawn appeared; vegetable gardens were replaced by paths for horse walks. And in place of the "Golden Mansion" the architect Rossi built a pavilion-pier for small boats of the imperial family.

Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich settled in the palace with his wife Elena Pavlovna, who often organized extensive high-society celebrations in the garden. Mikhailovsky Garden was opened to the public in 1898, 3 years after it was handed over to the Museum of Emperor Alexander III. True, according to the sign on the gate, not everyone could visit the garden: soldiers and dogs were forbidden to enter.

Forged lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 1881, the People's Will fatally wounded Emperor Alexander II on the embankment of the Catherine Canal, near the Mikhailovsky Garden. In memory of the tragedy, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, known as the "Savior on Spilled Blood", was built on this site. In order to separate the temple from the Mikhailovsky Garden, an artistic lattice in the Art Nouveau style was made, which is an interweaving of fancy large flowers and leaves, decorated with gilded details. Forged elements of the fence alternate with columns, flowerpots and urns, and a memorial plaque is placed at the site of Alexander II's wound.

Video review of the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden

Modern garden life

In 1999, the Mikhailovsky Garden was transferred to the State Russian Museum. Since then, there has been a phased reconstruction of the garden with the aim of returning it to the appearance outlined by Carl Rossi. Over the years, new trees have been planted, and paths that distort the original plan of the architect have been removed. A bust of Karl Rossi appeared near the Rossi pavilion, and busts of artists Karl Bryullov and Alexander Ivanov, copying the original sculptural works of the 19th century, are also installed in the garden.

Events in the Mikhailovsky Garden

The garden regularly hosts mass events - concerts and festivals. Every summer in the Mikhailovsky Garden, the summer festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" is held, which demonstrates original ideas in the field of landscape design. Members of the British royal family who are related to the Russian imperial house have come to see the works of professionals and amateur gardeners.

In 2018, for the first time, the Summer Garden, not the Mikhailovsky Garden, was chosen as the venue for the XI Festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" (from 21 to 27 June). According to the organizers, the transfer of the event venue to the favorite garden of Peter the Great is symbolic for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Peter's decree on holding assemblies. In June 2019, in the Mikhailovsky Garden, you could show your creative abilities in creating costumes as part of the inclusive project "Art Transformation".

Exhibitions in the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 2017, as part of the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival, an exhibition of Russian avant-garde was held in the garden. And in May-June 2018, visitors to the Mikhailovsky Garden could admire the author's benches painted by artists who participated in the international action "Shop for Peace".

How to get to the Mikhailovsky Garden

The garden is located in the central area of \u200b\u200bSt. Petersburg, so it can be reached from different parts of the city by choosing the most convenient route of public transport.

Not far from the entrance to the Mikhailovsky Garden, there are stops for surface public transport: bus: No. 3, No. 22, No. 27, No. 49, K212, trolleybus: No. 5, No. 22 and tram: № 3.

From metro Gostiny Dvor" (Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya or green line): exit towards Gostiny Dvor, onto Sadovaya Street. Go straight, after about 350 m. On the left you will see the grating of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

From metro station "Nevsky Prospect" (Moscow-Petrogradskaya or blue line): go towards the Griboyedov Canal, walk along the embankment past the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. Then walk along the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden to the entrance.

From Palace Square: go to the side of the Moika river embankment near the Pevchesky bridge After crossing the bridge, turn left. Then follow the embankment, skirting Konyushennaya Square, to the second Sadovy Bridge.

On car: the garden is located opposite the Mikhailovsky Castle, you need to go by car to Sadovaya Street.

On taxi: It is convenient to get to the Mikhailovsky Garden using taxi-ordering applications operating in St. Petersburg (Yandex. Taxi, Uber, Gett, Maxim).

Video review of the Mikhailovsky Garden

Mikhailovsky Garden on google-panorama

During the white nights season, the city hosts many open-air events, which are not disturbed even by bad weather. One of the most beautiful is the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival.

This year the festival will take place a little later - from 21 to 27 June and not in Mikhailovsky, but in the Summer Garden. Each festival of past years had its own theme. We remember dedications to French, Italian, British gardens, the art of the labyrinth, the Russian avant-garde and revolution.

This year's festival is called "Flower Assembly" - in memory of the decree adopted by Peter the Great 300 years ago on holding assemblies. The format of the festival has also changed: instead of large-scale installations by landscape designers, chamber flower arrangements will dominate. This is a necessary measure.

The Summer Garden is not Mikhailovsky, it is impossible to create landscape installations on lawns here. Therefore, it was decided to make small flower arrangements, decorating fountains and bosquets, ”said Sergei Renny, head of the Sady branch of the Russian Museum. - The work in Letniy is carried out very carefully, since there are many restrictions on the part of KGIOP.

According to Olga Cherdantseva, the chief curator of the gardens of the Russian Museum, the queen of flowers, the rose, will occupy a special place.

The Museum of Roses will open in the Green Office (where the museumification of the Lacoste fountain is located). Historical rose varieties will be presented in 36 compositions.

Two entrances to Bersault (near the Parterre) will be decorated with flower garlands in the form of arches. And in the center there will be a chandelier of flowers.

As the organizers joke, here you can make dates.

The partners of the festival from the Vorontsov Palace in Crimea have come up with the exhibition "The History of the Rose". The public will see 22 panels depicting famous historical figures and roses associated with them.

The fountain on the Tsaritsynaya site is decorated with geometric compositions of white chrysanthemums and red roses. Eight objects created by children from social institutions will appear near the monument to Ivan Andreevich Krylov. The kids were offered to dream up on the themes of Krylov's fables: "Monkey and glasses", "Crow and fox", "Dragonfly and ant", "Swan, cancer and pike". According to Olga Cherdantseva, this is a reminder of the labyrinth with Aesop's fables, which was under Peter the Great in the Summer Garden.

All ponds of the Summer Garden will be decorated with flowers. For example, three compositions of pink and cream chrysanthemums, made in the form of rays, will appear in the Menagerie Pond.

In the central part of the Krestovoye Gulbische bosquet, they will create flower arrangements symbolizing the seasons. "Spring" and "Summer" will be made of flowers, "Autumn" - from herbs, vegetables and fruits, and "Winter" - from coniferous branches and cones.

An unusual exhibition in the Red Garden, the garden of Peter the Great, will also be dedicated to the seasons. There will be shown compositions of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and herbs, made in the style of the Italian Mannerist artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Helpful information

On the days of the festival, from June 21 to June 27, entrance to the Summer Garden will be paid. A ticket costs 500 rubles, for children under the age of 18, students and pensioners - 200 rubles, a family ticket for parents with children (2 adults and 2 children) - 800 rubles. It is more profitable to buy tickets in advance, before June 21. On the website of the gardens of the Russian Museum, tickets now cost: 430 rubles and 160 for privileged categories.

In addition, for three days before the start of the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival (June 18-20) and two days after its end (June 28-29), the Summer Garden will be closed due to the need to mount and dismantle decorations, respectively.

Comments

This week in the Mikhailovsky Garden at the Russian Museum the next annual festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia - 2016" is being held. This year, its main leitmotif is the world of childhood.
Throughout the park, there are children's playgrounds and compositions created according to children's drawings, an exhibition of posters "Flowers of childhood" and other objects related to the theme of children.

The center of the children's art project "There on Unknown Paths ..." is the Butter Meadow, in the center of which the historic English oak grows. He is 278 years old, he is much older than the Mikhailovsky Palace. A "golden chain" appeared on it, and a learned cat with a book in its paws settled down next to it.

There is also a mermaid descending from the branches, unprecedented animals, Baba Yaga, Koschey, Chernomor and other heroes of Pushkin's tales.

Next to them is the Blooming Fountain composition, and a little further "Dormanron and Kuafanshuk"

(This photo is not mine)

Dormanron was invented by the French writer and artist Claude Ponty, and it was realized in the form of a plant composition from decorative and edible plants by the French Institute in Russia in cooperation with the Vavilov Institute.
Glass is presented at the Rossi Pavilion in the "Transparency" project.

On the other side of the track is the composition "Dream of a Dragon".

I walk further along the Moika, on which a whole "flotilla" of ships is lined up, and I look at the "Game of Light", "Moon Flowers", "Silhouettes".

Then I resolutely turn to the Pond and - oh, joy! - I get to the Cat Museum.

The author of these "cat-pebbles" Elena Gromyko. Today they somehow ended up on the ground, although a few days ago they proudly sat on pedestals.
Behind them a whole army of photo-cats is proudly sitting on easels.

Photo by Nikolai Ivanov.

And this is a funny house of insects and behind it is the Hobbit House.

On the opposite side, visitors strive to get into an unusual car.

Romantics are attracted by the composition "The sea is calling".

Where was this sailing ship sailing? Of course, to the Desert Island for a chest with jewels and gold coins.

And at this point I was caught by rain with a thunderstorm. I still have time to run across to the next path, where I find a version of the classic flower bed of the 19th century.

There is a beautiful dining table at the corner of the walkway, but the increasing rain prevents them from being admired.

I walk quickly to the exit and suddenly I notice the Gnome's House. I can’t walk by without taking a picture, but the downpour does not allow me to take a good picture. This is where my trip ends, especially since the battery in the camera says goodbye. It is a pity that I was not able to see the entire exhibition, the weather did not allow me to do it.

What I didn't like this time was very few flowers in the flower beds and lawns.
Finally, I'll show you a few compositions. I wish there were a lot more of them.

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See you again, friends. Our festival and my good friend Nikolay Ivanov give you a traditional smile.