The city of Vienna’s flowery photo competition took place for the 16th time this year: around 700 hobby gardeners took part
In Vienna, everything is planted, cared for and, ideally, harvested with a lot of heart. The City of Vienna’s “Blooming Home” photo competition has been correspondingly well received, with around 700 hobby gardeners photographing and submitting their green oases this year. On the occasion of the 16th edition of the flowery photo competition
“Gardening has a long tradition in Vienna. This is not only because more than half of the city is green space and Vienna’s parks and gardens have always been an invitation to linger and relax. It’s especially up to the Viennese, who often create their own little plant paradise with a lot of love. These natural jewel boxes bring joy when strolling through the streets and at the same time gardening together strengthens social cohesion in our city. With the photo competition ‘Blooming Home’, Vienna’s private green oases are the center of attention for the masses they deserve. No matter whether it’s a balcony, terrace, garden, indoor garden or window sill – it’s always a feast for the eyes to see the enthusiasm and love with which the Viennese care for their green oases,” says Vice Mayor and Housing Councilor Kathrin Gaál.
Wiener Wohnen director Karin Ramser is also very concerned about greenery in the city and especially in Vienna’s municipal buildings, although the word “large” should be taken literally: “Wiener Wohnen looks after around 610 hectares of green space, which is roughly the same size as Vienna -Währing. Among other things, we look after around 68,000 trees – around 37 per residential complex – and a million bushes. The most common tree species are black pine, Norway maple, white birch, sycamore maple and winter lime.”
5 main categories, 2 social media awards, 3 awards for urban gardening,
2 recognition awards and 10 kindergarten awards
Chaired by the popular organic gardener and author Karl Ploberger, an expert jury determined the winners of this year’s flower competition. There were a total of five awards in the main categories “Flower Box”, “Balcony”, “Terrace”, “Garden” and “Indoor Garden”. Three prizes were awarded for urban gardening, two for social media and two recognition prizes for special gardening achievements . The award ceremony to the winners of the 16th “Blooming Home” photo competition took place as part of a celebratory evening gala in the Vienna City Hall.
“For me, this competition is a visible sign of how much the Viennese care about their city. I find the community gardens particularly impressive, in which greenery is created with a lot of love, which benefits so many people. Since I have been since the first “Having taken part in this competition 16 years ago, I am particularly pleased about the development that more and more young people are taking care of the greenery in the city. You can see that the participants are making Vienna their ‘Blooming Home’,” he said Karl Ploberger.
10 kindergarten groups were honored in advance for their entries. The most beautiful entries were honored at an awards ceremony with popcorn and an Okidoki children’s show in the Arkadenhof. Each child received their own medal as an award. In addition to the impressive handicrafts, the children themselves were the focus of the award ceremony with show character.
Flowery awards for hobby gardeners
The most beautiful Blumenkisterl This year the city belongs to Eduard Dworschak from the third district. He was born with a talent for gardening; at the age of 7 he was already planting cacti. Since retiring, he has enjoyed gardening on his windowsill even more.
The most beautiful balcony is a balcony this year and belongs to Andreas Distl. He has created his own green oasis in the 12th district on just one square meter. The seeds, including chili peppers, were souvenirs from his vacations. “A green oasis is good for the soul,” is Andreas Distl’s credo.
Bianca Stocker has been gardening for ten years and this year she received the prize for the most beautiful Terrace. She prefers local nature and a jungle-like style; fruit and vegetables are also grown here. Her focus is on plant diversity and a good home for bees and insects.
The most beautiful Garten The city is in the 13th district and belongs to Teodora Krohn. She has been managing her green retreat for six years and has specialized in geraniums, hydrangeas and roses. She enjoys the good climate in her garden and has decided to produce her own honey in the future.
The most beautiful Indoor Garden Lea Lindner from the 2nd district can call her own. This started with a plant as a gift, and now the offshoots are being given away. It is a particular challenge to accommodate all the plants in her one-room apartment – now they grow tall on shelves.
Die Social Media Awards This year went to the following Instagram accounts: www.instagram.com/andikrenn (Andreas Krenn, 1170 Vienna) and www.instagram.com/neulich_auf_balkonien (Eva Lee, 1030 Vienna)
In the category Urbanes Garteln Sultan Saglam, among others, was pleased to receive an award: a total of eight women look after several mobile beds in a community building in the 20th district. Sengül Gürdal-Erensoy received another prize: she and her group look after a raised bed in the 8th district. The third prize in this category went to Gertraud Goldmann: she and her neighbor are planting a small green area right in front of their front door in the 22nd district.
One each Recognition Award Ruth Waldmüller received for her lushly planted courtyard in the 2nd district and Leopold Pauswek for his magnificent community building garden in the 10th district.
The winners were able to look forward to vouchers and prizes from Bank Austria, Obi and Cewe as well as gardening books from Karl Ploberger.
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