Entente Florale
The Entente Florale Europe is an international horticultural competition established to recognise municipalities and villages in Europe for excellence in horticultural displays. Trophies are presented annually by tourist boards and horticultural societies of European countries. There are three categories:
- "Cities"
- "Town"
- "Village".
History
, 2006 gold medal in the villages category
In 1996, an international non profit association was founded under the name of Association Européenne pour le Fleurissement et le Paysage, with the responsibility of the overall organisation of the competition and to obtain support from official bodies in the different countries. The AEFP is incorporated under the Belgian Law of 8 September 1997, and the Statutes were published in the Belgian Monitor on 8 September 1998. The amended articles, by Law of 2 May 2002 were published in the Belgian Monitor on 28 April 2006.
Since 1998 under the aegis of the 'Association Européenne pour le Fleurissement et le Paysage', the association and the competition Entente Florale Europe are open to all countries in the European Union as well as to the EFTA members countries.
The competition has enjoyed the support of the International Association of Horticulture producers since its inception. In individual countries the competition is supported and organised by Ministries/Department of Agriculture, Tourism, as well as horticultural bodies and associations.
The President represents the association and is acting for 2 years. Each successive President shall be from a different country per alphabetic order.
Participation
Who can Enter ?The competition is open to all countries in the EU and in the EFTA subject to approval by the board of AEFP. There are three categories, every member country can put forward 2 entries from two different categories.
- Cities/Towns
- Towns
- Villages
- Applications are made by the national organisation in charge of the competition.
- New members are elected by the Board of Directors of the AEFP, by simple majority, at its twice yearly meetings.
- Notification of entrants from existing members should reach the Secretariat before December 31 of the year prior to adjudication.
Organisation
Overall organisations is by the "Association Européenne du Fleurissement et du Paysage".
AEFP is a non-profit organization, incorporated under Belgian Law. Each participant country has its own organisation and is entitled to membership on the Board of Directors of the AEFP. The competition has enjoyed the support of the International Association of Horticultural Producers since its inception.
In individual countries the competition is supported and organised by Ministries/Departments of Agriculture, Environment, Tourism as well as horticultural bodies and associations.
The Aim of the Competition
The overall aim of the competition is the improvement of the quality of life for local urban and village communities. To this end the competition fosters:
- The greening of towns and villages
- Flowers, shrubs, green spaces, parks
- Development which is environmentally and ecologically sensitive
- Educational and communication initiatives which promote environmental awareness.
You will
- Enhance the reputation of your town, village, country
- Facilitate contacts of a tourist, cultural nature
- Improve the appearance and fabric of your towns and villages
- Foster community spirit and enhance the quality of life
- Enable citizens to assume ownership of their local environment
Jury members in 2015
- Martin Wagner, Horticultural engineer; Vice-chair of the jury
- Johanna Renat, Spatial planner
- Rudi Geerardyn, Landscape architect & Town planner; Chair of the jury
- Inka Truxova, Landscape architect
- Petr Šiřina, Landscape architect
- Jaroslav Brzak, Landscape architect
- Dr. Rüdiger Kirsten, Landscape architect & Town planner; Vice-chair of the jury
- Hildegunde Franziska Henrich, Landscape architect & Town planner
- Dr. Andrea BOCSI, Tourism expert & Economist
- Dr. Ildikó Réka Báthoryné Nagy, Landscape architect
- Szilvia Halász Spanyárné, Landscape architect
- Eamonn De Stafort, Tourism consultant
- Dr. Christy Boylan, Horticulturist & Landscape architect
- Anna Furlani Pedoja, Landscape architect
- Jacopo Fontaneto, Agriculture and Green Journalist, Tourism consultant
- Mauro Paradisi, Municipal urban designer
- Nico Anthony Brink Landscape architect
- Marjolijn Ruijs, Landscape contractor
- Anton Schlaus, Architect & Consultant for energy efficient building
- Martina Schlaus, Architect & Conservator for Cultural Heritage
- Peter Holman, Horticultural & Greenspace Consultant
- David Littlewood, Horticulturist
- Mark WASILEWSKI, Park Management
Previous winners
Towns/Cities
| Year | Austria | Belgium | Croatia | Czech Republic | France | Germany | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Netherlands | Slovenia | United Kingdom |
| 2017 | Schwaz Gold | Hamont-Achel Silver | - | Brno Gold | - | Duchroth Gold | Kaposvár Silver | Glaslough Gold Abbeyleix Silver Biodiversity award | - | Beek en Donk Gold | Piran Silver Žalec Gold | - |
| 2016 | Bad Ischl Gold | Turnhout Silver | - | Slavkov u Brna Silver | - | Wangerland Silver | Mosonmagyaróvár Silver | Tullamore Gold | - | Dalfsen Gold | - | - |
| 2015 | Mödling Gold | Genk Silver | - | - | - | Rheinfelden Gold | Siófok Silver | Trim Gold | Merano Gold | Bergen op Zoom Gold | Slovenj Gradec Gold | Henley Silver |
| 2014 | - | Eeklo Silver | Đakovo Bronze | - | - | Kitzingen Gold | Gyula Gold | Tralee Gold | Neviglie Silver | Amstelveen Gold | Slovenske Konjice Gold | Edinburgh Gold |
| 2013 | Kufstein Silver | Sint Niklaas Silver | Zagreb Silver | - | - | Dresden Gold | Hévíz Silver | Ballincollig Silver | Spello Silver | Weert Gold | Bled Silver | Birmingham Gold |
| 2012 | Fürstenfeld Silver | La Louvière; Hoogstraten Gold | Osijek Bronze | Uherské Hradiště Silver | - | - | Százhalombatta Silver | Clonmel Silver | Savigliano Silver | Ermelo Silver | Ptuj Bronze | Bristol; Rustington Gold |
| 2011 | Neusiedl am See Silver | Veurne Gold | Varaždin Silver | Broumov Silver | - | Bad Langensalza Gold | Balatonfüred Gold | Drogheda Silver | Grado Gold | Deventer Gold | - | Tameside Silver |
| 2010 | Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt Silver | Hasselt Silver | Požega commemoration certificate | Havířov Silver | Beauvais Silver | Westerstede Gold | Sopron Silver | Carrick on Shannon Gold | Avigliana Silver | Vlaardingen Gold | Mozirje Silver + Lucia Cikes award | Stockton on Tees Gold |
| 2009 | Deutschlandsberg Silver + special award | Nieuwpoort Silver | Mali Lošinj Silver | Krnov Silver | - | Weimar Silver + special award | Szombathely Silver | Dundalk Silver | Avigliana Silver | Arnhem Gold | Kamnik Silver | Buxton Silver |
| 2008 | Tulln Gold | Arlon Silver | Split Silver | Kyjov Silver | Tours Gold | Düsseldorf Gold | Gyula Silver | Letterkenny Gold | Cervia Gold | Uden Gold | Rogaška Slatina Silver | Plymouth Silver |
| 2007 | - | Mechelen Gold | Biograd Silver | Tábor Silver | Nancy Gold | Münster Gold | Eger Gold | Killarney Gold | Omegna Bronze | Amersfoort Gold | Novo Mesto Bronze + special award | Shrewsbury Gold |
| 2006 | Linz Gold | Kortrijk Gold | Opatija Silver | Plzeň Silver | Beaune Gold | Kiel Gold | Nagyatád Gold | Kilkenny Silver | Alba Bronze | Zwolle Gold | Šenčur Bronze | Cardiff Gold |
| 2005 | Baden Gold | Middelkerke Silver | Rab Silver | Litomyšl Silver | Le Plessis-Robinson Gold | Potsdam Gold | Makó Silver | Lismore Gold | 's-Hertogenbosch Silver | Radenci Bronze | Sheffield Gold | |
| 2004 | Donaustadt Gold | Lochristi Silver | Velika Gorica Silver | Brno Silver | Cahors Gold | Bad Kissingen Gold | Kaposvár Gold | Westport Gold | Enschede Silver | Žalec Silver | Bridgnorth Silver | |
| 2003 | Kindberg Gold | - | Kastela Bronze | Prachatice Silver | Hyères Gold | Bad Säckingen Gold | Zalakaros Silver | Malahide Gold | Venlo Gold | Slovenj Gradec Silver | Harrogate Gold + Lucia Cikes award | |
| 2002 | Pinkafeld Gold | Tielt Silver | Frýdek-Místek Bronze | Évian-les-Bains Gold | Celle Silver | Paks Silver | Ennis Gold | Alphen aan den Rijn Gold | Ptuj Silver | Bath Silver | ||
| 2001 | Tulln Gold | Gent Silver | Limoges Gold | Luckau Silver | Győr Silver | Killarney Silver | Sittard Silver | Kamnik Gold | Sunderland Gold | |||
| 2000 | Frohnleiten Gold | Schoten Silver | Grande-Synthe Silver | Heilbronn Gold | Sárospatak Silver | Letterkenny Bronze | Leusden Silver | Nova Gorica Bronze | Solihull Gold | |||
| 1999 | Sankt Veit an der Glan Silver | Oudenaarde Silver | Cesson-Sévigné Gold | Fulda Gold | Tata Silver | Westport Silver | Doetinchem Silver | Velenje Gold | Wetherby Gold | |||
| 1998 | Kitzbühel Silver | Blankenberge Bronze | Montbéliard Gold | Rheda-Wiedenbrück Silver | Héviz Silver | Kilkenny Silver | Voorburg Silver | Slovenske Konjice Gold | Nottingham Gold | |||
| 1997 | Kindberg Silver | Diest Bronze | Rueil-Malmaison Gold | Augsburg Gold | Siófok Gold | Ennis Silver | Veenendaal Gold | Oxford Silver | ||||
| 1996 | Bregenz Silver | Malmedy Gold | Cabourg Silver | Duderstadt Silver | Székesfehérvár Silver | Skerries Gold | Breda Bronze | Barnstaple Gold | ||||
| 1995 | Köflach | Bruges | Mâcon | Grevenbroich | Sarvár | Clonakilty | Heiloo | Bournemouth | ||||
| 1994 | Tulln | Roeselare | Metz | Burchau | Balatonföldvar | Letterkenny | - | Perth | ||||
| 1993 | Hall | Enghien | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | Veszprém | Kenmare | Driebergen | Port Sunlight | |||||
| 1992 | Sankt Jakob im Walde | Eupen | Aix-les-Bains | Eger | Westport | Thorn | St Ives, Cornwall | |||||
| 1991 | Steinfurt | Malmedy | Beaune | Kecskemét | Limerick | - | Saintfield | |||||
| 1990 | Frohnleiten | Saint Kathrein Spa | Les Avirons | Budapest | Malahide | Voorst | Telford | |||||
| 1989 | Baden | Hasselt | Angers | Carlow | Asten | Bury St. Edmunds | ||||||
| 1988 | Bregenz | Genk | Épinal | Killarney | Dordrecht | Stratford upon Avon | ||||||
| 1987 | Pottenbrunn | Ossongne | Créteil | Kill | Shrewsbury | |||||||
| 1986 | Klagenfurt | Bruges | Cabourg | Kinsale | Torquay | |||||||
| 1985 | - | Westrozebeke | Mareil-sur-Loir | Ardee | Sampford Courtenay | |||||||
| 1984 | Mönichwald | - | Ferrières-les-Bois | Galway | Kelso | |||||||
| 1983 | Leoben | Hasselt | Vélizy-Villacoublay | Birr | Eastbourne | |||||||
| 1982 | Wenigzell | Profondeville | Viriat | Kilkenny | Dary | |||||||
| 1981 | Millstatt | Kortrijk | Courrières | Malahide | Exeter | |||||||
| 1980 | Wien | Durbuy | Nantes | York | ||||||||
| 1979 | Reith im Alpbachtal | Bruges | Vichy | St Andrews | ||||||||
| 1978 | Antwerpen; Duffel | Orléans; Thonon-les-Bains | Bath; Aberdyfi | |||||||||
| 1977 | Bruxelles; Leuven | Cannes; Yvoire | Harrogate; Falmouth | |||||||||
| 1976 | Kortrijk; Ghent | Nice; Évian-les-Bains | Douglas | |||||||||
| 1975 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | Aberdeen; Nantwich |
Villages
Links of participating nations homepages
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Other Language Wikipedias
- :fr:Concours des villes et villages fleuris|Concours des villes et villages fleuris - French National Competition article