The International Trade Fair for Plants , Horticultural Technology and Landscape Architecture Green is Life , which go steady back to 1993 , was held in Warsaw ( Poland ) from August 31 to September 2 . The personal organiser – the Polish Nurserymen Association and the Agencja Promocji Zieleni ( Greenery Promotion Agency ) – had thus the juncture to celebrate the 30th natal day of this diligence event , which coincided with the point of dynamical modification occurring both regionally and globally . Therefore , the anniversary was used to reflect not only upon the past , tradition , and previous achievements but also , even more exhaustively , to cogitate about the future of the dark-green industry . The fair was execute under the slogan " New time – new challenge , " with which the topic of the all-embracing program of the exhibition event corresponded .
Green is Life – thirty class have passedAt the opening ceremony of Green is liveliness 2023 , the fair ’s director , Joanna Filipczak , give thanks the participant of the green industry for the three 10 of their trust and fruitful cooperation . She stress that the exhibition was bear as the first step of just a few passionate mass and has developed into an outside , widely recognized major event .
Wiesław Szydło , the president of the Polish Nurserymen Association , remind that 30 years ago , Green is Life gathered 25 exhibitors , but the event was chop-chop growing year by yr . He mention its current strength , like the stability ( it will surely take place in a make place – the Warsaw Expo XXI Center , at a fixed clip ) and the beauty leave by attractively displayed plants during their lush vegetation period .
Exhibitors – from eleven countriesThe fair was serve by 159 exhibitioner from 11 countries : Poland , as well as Belgium , Denmark , Ecuador , France , Germany , Hungary , India , Italy , Lithuania , and the Netherlands .
As common , plant for gardens and landscapes formed the center of the expo , with 66 % of the participant showing them . Other sections of the funfair that stand out in terms of blank occupied were " Techniques , technologies , sales agreement support " and " Equipment , material , decorations . "
visitor – from various directionsThe fair was visited by around 9,600 people , 5,324 of whom were trade visitors ( an 8 % increase compared to last year ) . They came from 30 country , among which Lithuania and Belarus are to be distinguished , while visitors from the Far East constituted a specific group this year .
It looks like more guest ( from abroad ) will show up next class , in part because of the planned sojourn of the AIPH extremity – the one-year congress of this international horticultural organization will be give in Warsaw during the Green is Life honest .
As for the profile of professionals , the largest group among those visitors consisted of people who carry on with landscape painting and small architecture , the construction industry as well as contractors ( 30.5 % ) , followed by the next categories : industrial plant production ( 29.6 % ) , retail sales – garden centers , memory board , market ( 12.6 % ) ; government judicature , berth , living accommodations direction ( 6.4 % ) ; floriculture , florists , cut peak , potted plant ( 6 % ) .
The pastime in the exhibition was also get by its accompanying events , such as the seminar " Knowledge for Trade and Producers " ( take hold on Day 1 ) – attended by 264 people , the league " Green City " ( on Day 2 – 489 participants ) or florist shows organized by the Wholesale Market " Bronisze . "
Greenery , plants , noveltiesFrom the perspective of 30 yr , GREEN IS LIFE can be qualify by an increasingly ( bio)diverse assortment of plant presented . First of all , many specie and varieties of perennial , once almost absentminded at the exhibition , have appeared . Within this assortment , decorative grasses are more and more pop , and their strong market position has been seeable in 2023 too .
At present , however , the fairish is dominated by deciduous shrubs . At the same metre , in line with the current tendency , conifers are on the declining side , although Poland is still a large producer , consumer , and exporter of this type of nursery stock . accordingly , such greenery was not to be pretermit at the stands in 2023 either .
coniferous tree also distinctly differentiate their presence in the Plant Novelties Competition , which has been organized during Green is Lfe since 2004 . They made up almost 1/3 of the 21 entries of the 2023 PNC ’s edition .
This year , two Au medals were grant in the competition . They were welcome by Szkółka Roślin Ozdobnych " Daglezja " Artur Maj – for Miscanthus sinensis ' Silver Charm ' PBR and by Szkółka Szmit – for Acer truncatum ' Volcano ' PBR . Silver medals were pass to two exhibitors : Szkółki Kurowscy – for Spiraea japonica Double Play Doozie and Physocarpus opulifolius Panther , as well as to Szkółki Nowaczyk – for Thuja plicata ' Golden Whipcord ' . The bronze medallion was given to Vitroflora for Anemone ' Garden Breeze Pink Touch ' PBR . In addition , the jury of the Plant Novelties Competition accord two especial mentions – for Hydrangea macrophylla Pinky Binder ® ( submitted by Minier Professional Solutions ) and for Nepeta ' Cats Pajamas ' PBR ( from Gospodarstwo Specjalistyczne Panek Dariusz Panek ) .
The Journalists ' Award – from elector present Polish and foreign medium – praised Miscanthus sinensis ' Silver Charm ' PBR .
The winner of the net ballot , conducted among a wide online interview , was Phlox paniculata ' Skubianka ' PBR , entered by OGRODY O ZIELONYCH PROGACH Przemysław Godlewski - Szkółka bylin .
manifestation gardenThe honorable tradition of arranging a show garden in front of the Expo XXI Center ( which host Green is life-time ) returned this year after a few - season break . The 2023 garden received cracking attention . It fulfilled decorative purposes but , above all , presented specific solution in landscape painting architecture from which both professional person and non - master could profit .
The garden , appoint " Permeation of Space , " was create by Gardenphilia.com Ltd. and their get together partners . The chief idea of the arrangement was the climate change challenge . The domain was divided into two zones – the residential and the urban areas . Carefully selected plants , materials , textures , and colours formed a harmonious composition and made a good place for visitor to rest and relax .
clock time of turning points and challengesThe 2023 Green is life history slogan " New times – new challenge " is associated with a succession of events of recent turbulent years , start with the coronavirus pandemic , follow by the war in Ukraine along with geopolitical hullabaloo , and ending with economic difficulty . For a large group of Polish nurserymen , the current priority is still to front for alternatives to easterly European market place . craft fairs , such as Green is Life , are a place to meet likely new client and may allow the diversification of exportation destinations .
prove labor price and recruitment shortages have also become a fear for entrepreneurs , who admit plant growers . This progeny was deal with in a lecture gentle " Technique and technology in response to working class shortages in output , " which – during the seminar Knowledge for trade and producers – was present by Peter Morrenhof of Delphy . Some of the machine he relate upon , i.e. , robot used in horticultural product , seminar attendant were able to check out at the John Wilkes Booth of exhibitor , such as HariTech .
Today ’s challenges are also have-to doe with to climate variety and thus , the need for ever - increase business organization about biodiversity . This melodic theme , therefore , was the centrepiece of the GREEN CITY league , which , as always , addressed the current issues and needs of the industriousness , provide " pro - nature " root .
The well - known British architect Noel Kingsbury presented " Green Areas of the Future . " In his lecturing , he focused on a Modern vogue – biodiverse beds , which are established on poor mineral , flaxen , or gravel substrates , so as to boil down the overall expense of maintenance and upkeep of such amenity planting . This solution , at the same time make up one’s mind the sure selection of plant species , different from the presently prevailing ones .
During the same assembly , the disputation on the biggest challenges for landscape architects , contractors , and glasshouse pedigree suppliers was not to be missed . " We will remain interdisciplinary activity and even more in effect aim at them , " – emphasizes Joanna Filipczak , summarise this twelvemonth ’s fair and Green City group discussion . " We keep on engaging private and public developers as well as the construction sector into our activities clustered around the ' Green is Life ' brand so that it is obvious not only for our manufacture that ' there is no investment without greenery . ' Tightening cooperation seems the only logical approach in lawsuit of overlapping disciplines in which plants ( baby’s room ancestry ) are involved .
For more entropy : Agencja Promocji Zieleni Sp.z o.o . , Polish Nurserymen AssociationAl . Jana Pawła II 80 lok . 71 , 00 - 175 Warsaw , PolandTel . : +48 22 435 47 20 ( 21 - 22)Email:[email protected]www.zielentozycie.plwww.zszp.pl
