Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners
The Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners is the umbrella organization of the nine regional horticultural associations. It is a private interest group and organized as an association.
| Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners (BVÖG) |
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| purpose | Representation of the interests of agricultural gardeners |
| Chair: | Gtmin. Ulrike Jezik-Osterbauer |
| Establishment date: | 1947 (first 1933) |
| Seat : | Vienna |
| Website: | www.gartenbau.or.at |
history
Until 1933, the horticultural profession was not regulated. Neither the Ministry of Agriculture nor the Ministry of Commerce declared that they were responsible for horticultural issues. Since horticulture was affected by severe sales losses due to the economic stagnation, the professional representatives fought for membership in agriculture. After decades of struggle, an agreement was reached that horticulture is part of agriculture . An important representative in the negotiations was Michael Walla - later a member of the National Council - at whose instigation the first Viennese vegetable cooperative was founded in 1930/1931. From this association developed after the Second World War, the LGV fresh vegetables . In the summer of 1933, the assembly of delegates of the horticultural cooperatives and horticultural associations decided to found the Federal Association of horticulturalists in Austria. The first president was Michael Walla. After the Second World War, on August 3, 1947, the Federal Association of Commercial Gardeners Austria was re-established in Salzburg.
timeline
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| 1946 | Establishment of the agricultural vegetable and fruit processing cooperative for Vienna and the surrounding area (today: LGV Frischgemüse ) Establishment of the Upper Austrian cooperative for commercial horticulture in Wels |
| 1947 | Foundation of the federal association on 3.8. in Salzburg, the first president was Michael Walla, the first managing director was Leopold Schmidt from the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture |
| 1948 | Founding of the Association Internationale des Producteurs de l'Horticulture (AIPH) as an international interest group, Michael Walla becomes a board member |
| 1949 |
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| 1951 |
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| 1958 |
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| 1961 | AIPH Congress in Vienna |
| 1962 | Foundation of the Styrian Horticultural Cooperative Flower Exchange |
| 1964 | On April 16, the opening of the Vienna International Horticultural Exhibition ( WIG 64 ) took place in the 22nd district in the Donaupark. The exhibition was the first major international event of its kind since the garden show at the 1873 World's Fair. |
| 1965 |
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| 1968 | Foundation of the Salzburg horticultural cooperative “Salzburg Blumenhof”, founding chairman ÖR Erich Zmugg |
| 1969 | Opening of the municipal flower wholesale market in Vienna-Inzersdorf |
| 1973 |
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| 1974 | Vienna International Horticultural Exhibition ( WIG 74 ) in Vienna-Oberlaa with 41 participating nations |
| 1975 | Election of Josef Jedletzberger as President |
| 1977 | As a countermeasure to the increasing imports from Holland, the federal association stepped up public relations and advertising. |
| 1979 | Founding of the working group for energy recovery, with a project study on the prospects of using waste heat in horticulture |
| 1980 |
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| 1984 | Organization of the 25th European Young Gardener Congress in Hollabrunn |
| 1986 | Complete collapse of the vegetable market due to the Chernobyl disaster . Due to the efforts of the chambers of agriculture and the federal association, the vegetable growers received compensation payments for unsaleable goods. |
| 1987 | 39th AIPH Congress as part of the Tulln horticultural fair |
| 1990 | Conference of the International Perennial Union (ISU) in Austria |
| 1992 | Election of Kurt Weber as President |
| 1994 |
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| 1995 |
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| 1998 | Foundation of the professional group of Viennese gardeners in the federal association |
| 2001 | Change of the name of the association from "Federal Association of Commercial Gardeners Austria" to "Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners" |
| 2004 | Relocation of the association from 1230 Vienna-Inzersdorf to 1110 Vienna, Haidestrasse |
| 2005 |
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| 2006 | Takeover of the Austrian cooperative for agricultural horticulture (OGE) by the GartenBauCentrum (GBC) Wels |
| 2007 |
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| 2008 |
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| 2010 | Restructuring of the association: Relocation to the premises of the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture , Dipl.-Ing. Karin Weigel takes over the management |
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| 2012 |
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| 2013 | The association participates in the organization of the Horti Vienna from October 8-10, 2013 in Vienna. |
| 2014 | Start of the new master course system in whose development the association played a key role. |
| 2015 |
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| 2018 | • Albert Trinkl resigns from office, Ulrike Jezik-Osterbauer is elected as the new president. Karl Auer remains Vice President and Karl Grossbötzl is newly elected. |
structure
The Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners is an umbrella organization and has the following members:
- The gardeners of Burgenland
- The Carinthian gardeners
- Gardeners Association of Lower Austria
- The Upper Austrian Gardener
- The Salzburg gardeners and vegetable farmers
- The Styrian gardeners and tree nurseries
- The Tyrolean gardeners
- The Vorarlberg gardeners
- The Vienna Gardeners - State Horticultural Association Vienna
- Association of Cemetery Gardeners
- Flower Marketing Austria
- Working group of Austrian young gardeners
- Working group of Viennese gardeners
- Association of Austrian Tree Nursery and Perennial Gardeners
Bodies
Bureau
The presidium consists of the nine provincial chairpersons of the national organizations, the chairperson of the Flower Marketing Austria, the chairperson of the Association of Austrian Tree Nursery and Perennial Gardeners, the chairperson of the Vienna Gardeners Association, the President of the Association of Austrian Young Gardeners , the chairman of the Association of Cemetery Gardeners, the chairman of the Federal Section for Indoor Greening and Hydroculture and the managing directors of these organizations in an advisory capacity.
| Period | president |
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| 1947-1958 | Michael Walla |
| 1958-1975 | Rudolf Schwarzrock |
| 1975-1990 | Josef Jedletzberger |
| 1990-2008 | Kurt Weber |
| 2008-2018 | Albert Trinkl |
| Since 09.2018 | Ulrike Jezik-Osterbauer |
Assembly of delegates
The delegates' meeting is the annual general meeting. National organizations send at least three delegates, whereby the country chairpersons must be delegates. Country organizations with more than 200 members send an additional delegate for every 200 members or part thereof. All other members send a delegate. The assembly of delegates is responsible for the following tasks:
- Admission and exclusion of members
- Appointment and acceptance of supporting members and honorary members
- Advice and decision-making on technical and economic matters
- Approval of the annual report and the accounts
- Resolution of the budget and the amount of the membership fee
- Election of the officials of the presidium
Work areas
The association has the task of advising and promoting professional gardeners in professional, technical and economic relationships, maintaining the feeling of togetherness among all horticultural companies and raising awareness of their status. The association represents the interests of politics and business.
- Dissemination of information to members
- Representation of horticultural interests towards third parties at home and abroad
- Advertising and public relations
- Organization of further training measures
- Submission of reports, proposals, expert opinions
Relationships with other organizations and groups
The association is a recognized specialist organization by the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture with its headquarters on its premises. The president of the federal association is a member of the committee for special crops and chairman of the ornamental plants / tree nurseries working group of the LKÖ.
In June 2007, the platform of special crops was founded by the Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners, the Federal Vegetable Growing Association, the Federal Fruit Growing Association and the Federal Viticulture Association. The platform is used for the exchange of information and more powerful lobbying on common topics.
In 1965 the first Austrian horticultural fair took place in Tulln. Since then, the Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners has been a co-organizer and partner of Tullner Messe GmbH.
At the European level, the federal association is represented by the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture in the working group for flowers and plants of COPA-COGECA .
Officials of the federal association are represented in committees of the GartenBauCentrum, the Gärtnerbank, the LGV-Frischgemüse and the Austrian Hagelversicherung .
literature
- Gardener + florist. Österreichischer Agrarverlag, 1996–2012.
- The horticultural industry. Episode 9, Österreichischer Agrarverlag, 1947.
- The horticultural industry. Österreichischer Agrarverlag, 1967–1995.
- 50 years of the Federal Association of Austrian Gardeners. Festschrift on the occasion of the Federal Horticultural Conference 1997.