Chemnitz allotment gardeners face state competition
On Wednesday 31 July, the allotment garden sites "Morgenröte" and "Sonnige Höhe" will be judged by an evaluation commission of the state competition "Gardens in Urban Development". Organised by the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology and the Saxon State Federation of Allotment Gardeners, the competition is about the importance of allotment garden sites in urban development. In addition to their utility value for individuals, allotment gardens also have a social and spatial function in cities and naturally serve above all as a refuge for flora and fauna.
A jury will be travelling from Dresden tomorrow to assess the Chemnitz allotment garden sites mentioned with regard to their urban development, the design of the sites in terms of allotment gardening and with regard to social association projects. The experts will meet at 9.30 a.m. with representatives of the associations in the Morgenröte clubhouse on Kreherstraße to inspect the garden sites.
Representatives of the media are welcome to attend this inspection. Hans-Peter Prosch, head of the allotment garden department, will be the contact person for the City of Chemnitz green space department.
The assessors attach particular importance to the publicity of the sites and their attractiveness. In both cases, the allotment gardeners have done a lot with the support of the city to be successful in the competition. Although they did not qualify for the national competition the last time they took part, they are now hoping for a prize and the opportunity to take part in the 23rd national competition. Like the state competition, this nationwide comparison, which takes place every four years, is organised under the motto: "Gardening together - growing together". Chemnitz allotment gardeners have already successfully participated once before with the "Green Mile Sonnenberg" project. In 2002, the city of Chemnitz received the silver medal for the "Green Mile Sonnenberg" project from the then Federal Minister of Construction Manfred Stolpe and a special prize for the "Laube Leopold Wassermann" project. This type of arbour was developed by Christian Leopold Franz Wassermann (1884-1945) and defined the image of many local garden clubs in the 1920s and 30s.