International horticultural exhibition 2017

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International horticultural exhibition 2017
place Berlin -Marzahn
opening April 13, 2017
Opened by Frank-Walter Steinmeier
graduation 15th October 2017
surface 103 ha
Investments 40 million euros
The Gardens of the World cable car station with an exemplary green roof
Flowers for the color beds

The International Garden Exhibition 2017 ( IGA 2017 for short ) began on April 13th and ended on October 15th, 2017. It included the Berlin Marzahn Recreation Park with its Gardens of the World , the Kienberg and parts of the Wuhletal. A special attraction was a cable car that will continue to operate after the exhibition has ended.

motto

In mid-November 2015, the IGA image film Sea of ​​Colors came out as a music video by the band Berge and was presented for the first time at the handover from BUGA Havelland to IGA Berlin 2017 GmbH in October 2016. The IGA's motto was “A MORE from colors”.

program

There were numerous concerts and special events during the exhibition. At the opening in April 2017, the traditional cherry blossom festival was celebrated for two days in the Gardens of the World . Concerts and shows could be experienced in the newly built amphitheater with 5000 seats. Among other things, director Christoph Hagel performed Carl Orff's Carmina Burana together with 100 young people from Marzahn-Hellersdorf . Dance and yoga events were also held throughout the park .

mascot

The mascot Stecky had the shape of a plant pin with a sun hat and was colored orange. It was presented to the public at the handover of the BUGA to the IGA Berlin 2017 in October 2016. Stecky is around 130 centimeters tall, 50 centimeters wide, 30 centimeters deep and is made of the same foam material that is used for sleeping mats . It is covered with soft doll fleece . The Cologne company derArt GmbH designed the figure.

Buildings (selection)

IGA cable car to Kienberg

arena

In the arena, which was built in the style of a classic amphitheater , up to 5000 spectators can be seated on the lawn steps of the spectator area. It stands between the visitor center and the English Garden. The architecture firm Paul Böhm from Cologne provided the design. The new stage has two side wings and, with the curved, green roof, blends smoothly into the park landscape of the entire site. The area of ​​the arena can be enlarged if necessary and then offers space for a whole orchestra. Pop and classical concerts as well as sporting events take place there. The arena will remain a permanent venue even after the IGA. On April 13, 2017, the opening ceremony of the garden show took place here, which was held by the Federal President and IGA patron Frank-Walter Steinmeier in front of invited guests.

Flower hall

The flower hall is near the main entrance to the Gardens of the World on Blumberger Damm . The Gorenflos Architects from Berlin designed the temporary exhibition building. It consists of three individual halls with a length of up to 90 meters. On 3500 m², flowers are shown there every week, and there is also a catering area with 1000 seats inside and outside. The translucent hall with the catering area is 58 meters long. Overall, the facility is 62 meters wide and the supporting structure consists of curved glued wood beams that stand on concrete foundations. It is being dismantled and implemented.

Visitor center

The visitor center houses visitor information, an exhibition area, a souvenir shop and an outdoor restaurant as well as an event room with a varied program. The construction plans come from the architects from the ww + office in Luxembourg .

Information center Marzahn-Hellersdorf / tourist information

The tourist information office, previously at the park entrance on Eisenacher Strasse, moved into the new premises in April 2017 directly at the main entrance to Kienbergpark on Hellersdorfer Strasse. It is operated by the district office's control center for economic development. At the new location, the information center Marzahn-Hellersdorf shows the history, present and future of the district in an exhibition on an area of ​​around 120 m². There is also a multifunctional room for up to 100 people. The building was designed by Günter + Finkbeiner Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH . After the IGA, the information center will remain.

Natural toboggan run

The natural bobsleigh run was built on the summit of the Kienberg next to the cable car station and the cloud grove . It has a length of 500 meters and speeds of up to 40  km / h are possible on it. After the first straight stretch, the rails continue to the panorama roundabout at a height of around eight meters. In the roundabout, visitors can experience the view of the gardens of the world during two 360-degree laps . Then it goes back to the mountain, where the entry and exit point is located, via conveyor belt .

Nature experience space

A large, wild nature experience space for children and young people has been developed on the Kienberg. Playing with nature is possible on an area of ​​16,000 m² and offers plenty of space for interaction with nature and with other children and young people. The area was opened on April 13th and is freely accessible to the public after the end of the IGA. The Green Berlin GmbH is responsible at least to 2034 for the area.

Lake terrace with environmental education center

Wuhleteich with environmental education center

The lake terrace with the environmental education center is a 20 meter wide and 60 meter long platform made of larch wood at the end of the Wuhlesteg. Only supported by a few steel girders, the lightweight construction on the west bank of the Wuhleteich takes into account the vegetation in the Wuhletal that is worth protecting. Visitors can find out more about the steps down to the water in the environmental education center, which is integrated into the platform. An outside terrace is attached. The light-flooded open space is available for flexible use throughout the entire IGA. Lectures and workshops are held there. It is the central point of contact on the IGA campus. In addition, children and young people can, for example , examine water samples they have taken themselves in the so-called knowledge laboratory , for which the Joachim Herz Foundation provides funds .

Valley bridge

Wuhlesteg to Kienberg

The valley bridge is a connection to the north slope of the Kienberg, it stands on a pair of double central piers, is 85 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and ten meters high. She is the "little sister" of the Wuhlesteg. The bridge and the art installation will remain permanently beyond the IGA. The walk across the bridge becomes a sound experience.

Tropical hall

An energy-efficient tropical hall, which arose from the renovation and expansion of the existing hall in 2015, was opened on April 13, 2017. The new tropical hall is 14 meters high, has an area of ​​2000 m² and is four times the size of the previous hall. It is part of the Balinese Garden established in 2003 . Around 70 large tropical trees, palm trees that were seven meters high at the time they were planted, as well as a variety of shrubs and orchids can be admired in the hall. The hall is divided into two climatically independent areas: one is a Balinese greenhouse , the other a cold house with a multifunctional room for exhibitions in summer and as an orangery in winter . There is a restaurant in the entrance area .

Cloud grove

Wolkenhain viewing platform in Kienbergpark at the 2017 International Horticultural Exhibition

The cloud grove is an approximately 20 m high observation structure , the construction of which consists of around 170 steel nodes with 270 tons of steel, which hold  the bracing of the "cloud" together. From around 120 meters above sea level, you can see the historic center of Berlin and Brandenburg . The ascent takes place via stairs or by elevator. On the base of the building there is a building with visitor information and a restaurant.

Wuhlesteg

The approximately 300 meter long Wuhlesteg spans the Wuhletal as a bar and connects Hellersdorf with Marzahn without barriers . The Wuhlesteg connects the Kienbergpark with the foot of the Kienberg. At both ends are the lakeside terrace with the environmental education center (west) and the Belvedere (east).

New structures

Further structures were added to the park area:

  • Stage at the Korean Garden
  • Pavilion between rhododendron grove and Karl-Förster-Garten
  • Flower theater
  • House of the countryside

Exhibitions (selection)

Flower hall shows

In the flower hall , a total of 28 exhibitions are held in weekly rotation over the 186 days of the IGA. You can see perennials, colorful bedding and balcony plants, flowering trees and shrubs, exotic green plants, bonsais and cut flowers . The visitors can be there live when the weekly productions are created, receive horticultural information and can talk to the gardeners.

Dahlia garden

The dahlia garden is located opposite the orchard of the English Garden on the northwest corner of the IGA site. The exhibition area is around 1350 m², begins in the north with cool color compositions and changes to warm colors in the south. The beds are laid out in an irregular spiral shape and are reinforced by the height differences of the overall dramaturgy. Because the dahlias are not hardy , early bloomers or frost-resistant plants are shown first in spring . In addition, beds are framed by leaf structure plants.

International garden cabinets and climbing gardens in the world

Garden architects from different countries around the world have each designed a 380 m² garden. They have mostly chosen plantings from their home countries and given the gardens a motto. The facility extends on the west side of the IGA site parallel to Blumberger Damm.

Woods

The woody exhibition near the catering tent shows colorful blossoms in the season change: fruit trees such as apples or cherries as solitary trees in spring, in summer special topiary and flowering shrubs and in late summer trees with colored foliage can be admired.

The mixed forest display area was set up in the southeastern area of ​​the IGA .

Grave design and memorial

On an area with 90 sample graves, visitors get a glimpse of the grave design and memorial exhibition area in the north of the IGA site. Urn graves as well as single and double grave sites were designed as contemporary places of remembrance on four elliptical surfaces. In addition, in the pavilion of the cemetery gardeners and stonemasons, visitors found information and suggestions on grave design, care and use of plants and were able to get professional advice.

Grass ribbon

The grass strip is located on an area of ​​1900 m² in the New German Style between the garden promenade and the water gardens. The garden style is made up of closeness to nature , robust and easy to care for , ecological and aesthetic . Depending on the season, it changes with grasses and shrubs typical of the landscape. In spring, tulips , hyacinths and daffodils are shown and in May the ribbon of grass was supplemented with prairie lilies with a delicate blue veil of flowers . In early summer, steppe lily and tall ornamental onions and in summer grasses and perennials are presented. The bright color of the grass should come into its own in autumn.

Märkischer Garten

At the main entrance of the Kienbergpark, the companies of the Berlin-Brandenburg Horticultural Association have created a new Märkischer Garten on an area of ​​700 m². The garden is based on the Brandenburg natural and cultural landscapes, wild shrubs, heather and grasses and also the Brandenburg garden culture can be admired in a classic, unusual selection such as summer flowers, vegetables, herbs and magnificent perennials in strong colors. On the gourmet days, visitors receive typical Brandenburg specialties such as asparagus , cucumber , strawberries and herbs .

Urbanity and diversity

This garden area forms a separate area east of the Wuhle and recreates a hilly landscape.

More gardens

  • Karl-Förster-Garten,
    laid out according to the motto of the Potsdam perennial expert Karl Foerster : "It will flower through"
  • Christian garden
  • The existing Chinese Garden , Korean Garden , Japanese Garden , Oriental Garden and the labyrinth and maze were partially renewed and fully integrated into the new landscaping.

new hits

The display area for green newcomers is located next to the flower hall. You can discover, for example, the new breeds of petunias , verbenas , pelargoniums and fuchsias for bedding and potted plants. The gardeners show their offspring in the raised beds .

Rhododendron grove

The rhododendron grove, in various plant forms such as tree and umbrella rhododendrons and azalea plantings close to the ground , was laid out across from the tropical hall on an area of ​​around 1400 m². The old trees such as oaks , birches , magnolias as well as Cornus, Malus and Prunus were included in the redesign. In addition, climbing plants such as clematis and geophytes , such as wild garlic , as well as grasses, multi-colored ornamental leaves, white-flowered perennials and ferns were added. The area of ​​700 m² forms a good basis for the wave-like modeled soil in the depressions.

rose Garden

In the rose garden there are six areas around a square, in which dwarf and small shrub roses , bed and climbing roses, hybrid tea roses and English roses are displayed.

Flower color bed in summer 2017

Perennial and alternating planting

On a total area of ​​more than 15,000 m², perennials and alternating pile are exhibited in various themed areas . Soft colors, airy grasses, Wiesenzauber with be "combined Wiesenzauber and Wild" under the motto Burnet and meadow rue, purple moor grass and cranesbill shown and merge on the coupling flow wild perennials with breeding. Around the garden cabinets, perennials appear as summer flames and phloxes with matching accompanying perennials . Under the motto “Flow”, perennial assortments are presented in a graduated color spectrum with flowing transitions. Plants from all over the world and alternating pile can be found under the motto “All World Plants”. The beds are strung together like a pearl necklace and invite you to take a vegetable trip around the world. Brazil shows zinnias , fire sage, ornamental baskets and dahlias , South Africa shows cape baskets, ornamental lilies and montbretias . The African savannah landscape shows grasses such as lamp-cleaner grass but also ivory thistle , the African lion's ear, silver sage or plume . In addition, special trees and structural plants, such as are hemp palm trees , lantana , giant palm lilies or Oleander shown.

Alternating pile on the cloud grove

Flowers for the alternating pile

On the summit of the Kienberg, the cloud is the leitmotif for the new viewing platform. On the way there, visitors are already attuned to the building and the airy experience. At the edge of the path there are many combinations of delicate plants in the colors of the sky. In spring, the cloud image can be seen in several layers of color staggered on top of one another. The blue forget-me-not is the blue of the sky, above it are white grape hyacinths and other cloudy hyacinth flowers. The daffodils and the tulips in white float at different heights above the cloud image. In summer, the sky is enhanced by the summer flora, adding silver cloud textures made of gypsophila, geysers , eucalyptus and wax flowers. In addition, through visible and airy plant shapes such as liver balsam and spider flower, it will continue to form the high layers of clouds with the white bells of tobacco, underneath hovering umbels of bishop's herb, white spotted milkweed and compact clouds of white snapdragons.

Alternating pile fire line

Visitors are accompanied from the Kienberg promenade to the Gardens of the World through the "fire line". The paths on both sides are made up of an alternating ribbon that changes into four plant areas depending on the season. In the spring, two traces of color running against each other from light yellow to orange to red will symbolize strolling between the exhibition areas. In summer, the alternating pile on the side of the path is supposed to represent the heat of the sun in fiery tones and the harmonious interplay of colors between leaves and flowers.

playgrounds

The following three playgrounds in each case relating to a branch of the children's book by Erich Kastner , the 35th of May or Konrad rides to the South Seas .

Water playground Konrad's trip to the South Seas

The 6000 m² forest playground near the maze gardens of the world has been equipped with imaginative play areas, they rise out of the lawn as islands and are designed as South Sea motifs . On the forest playground there is a plastic whale that is suitable for climbing, a splash pad, a water forest, a giant hammock, a trampoline and roofed seating in the form of South Sea huts. This varied design makes it suitable for every age group.

Elektropolis playground

The Elektropolis playground has a play area size of 1800 m² and is located at the IGA main entrance to Kienbergpark. The climbing structure is up to eight meters high, twelve meters long and five meters wide. Hammocks and a trampoline also complement the playground. This climbing construction is an inspiration for future fantasies and takes up the fiction of the automatic city in its design. The playground is suitable for children and young people from the age of twelve in the immediate vicinity. After the IGA, the playground was made accessible to the public. This project was financed from urban redevelopment east .

Forest playground Konrad and the Polynesian giant ants

The forest playground with the Polynesian giant ant, which is 13 meters long, 6 meters wide and 3 meters high and suitable for climbing, was built on an area of ​​1000 m². This giant ant from the children's book creates the scene in which Konrad enters the jungle. The climbing frame was assembled as three groups of ants. This project was also financed without planning from the urban redevelopment east.

Cable car

IGA cable car

The cable car in the park is a monocable gondola from Leitner AG , which covered the construction costs of around 14 million euros and operates the cableway with a local subsidiary.

Planning and awarding

In November 2008 the Berlin Senate decided to apply for the venue on the Tempelhofer Feld for the IGA 2017 and submitted the application in March 2009. The city of Aachen had also applied for the IGA 2017, but withdrew from the application due to contractual difficulties. On November 17, 2009, the shareholders' meeting of the German Federal Horticultural Show Association awarded the contract for Berlin Tempelhof Airport as the venue for the IGA 2017. After the successful decision, IGA Berlin 2017 GmbH was founded and the first concepts for the Tempelhofer Feld location were developed. The IGA team has also been expanded and expanded. In the meantime, the Tempelhofer Feld has become a much-used open space for the Berliners, who demanded a careful development of the area. The Senate therefore looked around for a new location and found a new venue in the Marzahn Recreational Park .

criticism

With the Wuhletal, the residents and neighbors had a local recreation area right on their doorstep. Since the work for the IGA, people have been locked away from accessing the site and visiting the recreation park. After the end of the IGA, however, the local recreation area will again be free of charge for residents and accessible in an upgraded form. In addition, there were initially problems with IGA visitors who had come by car. They narrowed the parking spaces in the surrounding residential areas. The district office granted the residents special parking permits and referred to the visitor parking lot that had been set up on Landsberger Chaussee. From there there was a free shuttle bus to the park entrances.

Web links

Commons : International Horticultural Exhibition 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 15 ″  N , 13 ° 34 ′ 30 ″  E