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Vladimir Gusev – Director of the Russian Museum Authors of the concept of exhibition-contest “CHILDREN: THE FLOWERS OF LIFE”

Elena Evgrafova – Head of the sector of socio-cultural development of the gardens of the Russian Museum Stakeholders:

Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture «The State Russian Museum»

The Foundation for the development of the State Russian Museum «Friends of the Russian Museum»

Project coordinators:

Elena Evgrafova – Head of the Sector of socio-cultural development of the gardens of the Russian Museum

Daria Savosteenko – Head of the PR Department

Olga Cherdantseva – Chief custodian of the Russian Museum gardens

Marina Pokhvalinskaya – Head of the Department for work with sponsors of the Russian Museum, Director of the Foundation for the development of the State Russian Museum «Friends of the Russian Museum» Contents SHOW-GARDENS...... 52 Greetings...... 7 ADMINISTRATION OF GARDEN AND PARK HOUSEHOLD, ST PETERSBURG COMMITTEE FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT...... 52 The concept of the festival...... 12 GARDEN AND PARK ENTERPRISE TSENTRALNOYE OJSC ...... 52 The jury of the festival ...... 14 Project “MAY THERE ALWAYS BE SUNSHINE!”...... 53 Children’s Jury of the Festival...... 16 LAPPEN NURSERIES & GREENHANCE ...... 54 Project “CHILDREN’S SAFARI”...... 55 Participants of the Festival...... 18 AFA LANDSCAPE GROUP (Alexander Frontov and Architects LLC) & FRUTTIS®...... 57 NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM...... 19 Project “LIVING WATER” or “INSIDE IS NOT SO AS OUTSIDE”...... 58 RUSSIAN MUSEUM. RUSSIAN CENTER OF THE MUSEUM PEDAGOGY AND LUCKY PROJECT LLC...... 60 CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY...... 19 Project «ZOOGARDEN»...... 61 Project “AND THERE, ON UNKNOWN PATHS …”...... 20 DIGITAL FACTORY LLC...... 63 FRENCH INSTITUTE IN RUSSIA...... 22 Project “CREATIVITY”...... 64 Project DORMANRON...... 25 CATS MUSEUM...... 66 NADEZHDA ANFALOVA WITH THE SUPPORT OF JSC BANK INTESA...... 27 «LUKOMORIE» Project...... 68 Project “CLASSROOM BOARD”...... 28 MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS...... 72 AGE OF GLASS. ANATOLY & IRINA PELIPENKO ...... 30 “LAND LAB” LANDSCAPE DESIGN STUDIO BY SENYA VEREVKIN PROJEKT...... 72 “TRANSPARENCY” Project...... 31 Project “FUN AND PLEASURES. YOUR TIME HAS COME!”...... 73 H&H CREATIVE ASSOCIATION & DryadaS LANDSCAPE DESIGN STUDIO...... 33 MARYINO MANOR...... 75 Project “DREAM ABOUT DRAGON”...... 34 Project “FLOWER OF HAPPINESS”...... 76 ALEKSEEVA ELENA...... 35 “GORKA” CREATIVE TEAM OF DESIGNERS: OLGA RIABCHIKOVA, YULIA Project “FLOWER”...... 36 MUSIFULINA, TATIANA POLKANOVA, ELENA STAROVOITOVA...... 77 SMOLNY INSTITUTE AT THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION...... 37 “STRAWBERRY PATH” Project...... 79 Project “SPILLIKINS”...... 38 PETER FINK & ANDREAS STIHL MARKETING LLC with the support of the SOCIAL PROJECT «GARDENS OF CHILDREN»...... 39 Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in St. Petersburg...... 81 “COLORFUL WORLD” Project...... 83 St. Petersburg State Residential Social Service Institution BOARDING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DEVELOPMENT DEVIATIONS No. 4...... 40 THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM BRANCH IN MALAGA...... 84 Project “WE LOVE OUR GARDEN”...... 41 “GARDEN OF 5 SENSES» Project...... 86 St Petersburg State Budgetary Residential Social Service Institution GLODYA VLADIMIR & INTEX LLC...... 87 PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY NO. 7...... 43 Project “DESERT ISLAND”...... 88 Project “TRADITIONAL FLOWERBED OF THE 19TH CENTURY”...... 44 OLGA PODOLSKAYA DESIGN STUDIO...... 90 BISHOP MALECKI CENTER OF SUPPORT FOR YOUNG DISABLED PERSONS...... 46 Project “OPEN THE WORLD YOURSELF” ...... 91 Project “HOLIDAY FEAST”...... 47 DROZD & ZHABA CREATIVE BUREAU...... 93 SOCIAL-REHABILITATION CENTER “OSTROVOK”...... 49 Project “FATHERS AND SONS”...... 94 Project “SPACE GARDEN”...... 50 ST PETERSBURG STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY...... 95 Project “THE SEA IS CALLING …”...... 96 SMALL GARDENS...... 98 NATALIA TSVETKOVA ...... 133 Project “MOON FLOWERS”...... 134 ART-SPACE “VNUTRI”...... 99 “THE FLOWER FOUNTAIN” Project...... 101 IRINA ZHUK...... 135 Original Sensor Project “SILHOUETTES”...... 136 NORDPARK LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGIES...... 102 “THE WORLD BEHIND THE LOOKING GLASS” Project...... 103 VERA VIGLINA...... 138 Project “THE GARDEN OF CHILDHOOD”...... 139 PUSHKIN LENINGRAD STATE UNIVERSITY ...... 105 Project “THE WORLD OF CHILDHOOD”...... 106 ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND RESTORATION ...... 140 Project “BABA-YAGA’S FAIRYTALES”...... 141 ART-ENVIRONMENT “SHELEST”...... 107 Project «GARDEN-PLAYGROUND “COLORS OF LIFE”»...... 108 TUZOVA IRINA...... 142 Project “DWARF HOUSE”...... 143 ANDREY N. KOVALEVSKY...... 109 Project “MOKHOSTROV”...... 110 RANDI & KATRINE...... 144 Project “TOWERMAN” ...... 146 Saint-Petersburg State State-Financed Professional Educational Institution GARDEN AND ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE...... 111 FONTANKA-32 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ART CENTRE Project “YOUNG FLORISTS’ WORKSHOP”...... 112 of the Central District of Saint-Petersburg...... 147 Project “THE CITY OF SUNNY BUNNIES”...... 148 SMALL INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE OF ST PETERSBURG STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY ANANTA LLC...... 113 OCHEN KHOROSHO THE WORKROOM OF VEGETABLE FLORISTICS...... 149 Project “WHERE DOES HOBBIT LIVE?” ...... 114 Project “MAGIC PETERSBURG” ...... 150 NIKA LLC...... 115 ST PETERSBURG ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HORTICULTURE Project “MINI-GOLFIK” ...... 116 AND VEGETABLE GARDENING...... 151 Playground Project “ABVGDeika”...... 152 GARDENER’S NON-COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP (GNCP) “ZVEZDOCHKA” ...... 117 Project “BEEP! BEEP! CAR!” ...... 118 CREATIVE PROJECT...... 154 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION “PRIMULA” NATURE LOVERS’ CLUB...... 120 CONSULATE GENERAL OF FINLAND IN ST. PETERSBURG...... 154 Project “THE KEY TO THE FORGOTTEN LAND”...... 121 Creative project “HAND IN HAND”...... 156 ART OBJECTS...... 122 NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM...... 157 INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DELIVERY NETWORK...... 122 CHETYRE STIKHII (THE FOUR ELEMENTS) CREATIVE UNION ...... 157 Project «FLORAL PANEL “HAPPY SMILEY”»...... 123 Project “HOW I LOVE MY LITTLE HORSE» ...... 158 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN (SAINT PETERSBURG)...... 124 Financial partners of the festival...... 159 Poster Exhibition “FLOWERS OF CHILDHOOD”...... 125 Partners of the festival...... 165 VOTSKY (GAVRILOV) VICTOR...... 126 Project “CHESS CITY”...... 127 Media partners...... 197 KRISTINA CHEMELOVA, NATALIA POTEKHINA AND EKATERINA BORODINA...... 128 Acknowledgements...... 214 Project “IMAGINAERUM”...... 129 Results of the exhibition-contest...... 217 DH DESIGN SCHOOL...... 131 Project “LITTLE GARDENS FOR LITTLE AND BIG ONES”...... 132 Внеконкурсная программа Средние сады от 60 до 150 м2

Социальные проекты Малые сады от 10 до 60 м2

Шоу-сады 150 м2 и более Арт-объекты

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2 36 46 Масленый луг 37 1 35 А 45 Вход с Канала Грибоедова 31 44 43 25 38 26 34 42 28 32 29 Мостик Росси 40 Детская 27 Берма Михайловского Главная сцена Шатер для площадка мастер- Шатер для 41 дворца лекций 33 классов Площадка 30 у мостика Росси Торговая зона 10 39 20 метров WC Greetings Dear friends!

I am happy to greet participants and guests of the 9th Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival! For years this extensive exhibition project has been unveiling the diversity of landscape architecture to citizens of St Petersburg and its guests. Owing to cooperation with large companies, consulates and cultural institutions from foreign countries, the international status of the Festival & Competition is growing stronger. This year it bears the name “The Flowers of Life” and dedicated to children. For the next ten days the Mikhailovsky Garden will turn into a bloomy island. Landscape designers from all over the world will present their advances in the garden and park art. The competent jury and public will have an opportunity to appreciate unconventional works of designers. The cultural and educational programme with participation of St Petersburg charity foundations will become a significant event of the Festival. Special landscape projects and playgrounds for children with disabilities will be implemented on the Festival’s venue. I am sure that once again the Imperial Gardens of Russia will become a bright event in the life of St Petersburg, promote strengthening of international cultural ties of our city. I wish participants of the Festival success in their creative endeavors, inspiration, rewarding work, and implementation of the brightest and boldest ideas!

Governor of Saint Peterburg Georgy Poltavchenko Dear friends!

This is the ninth time the Russian Museum has held the Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival. In previous years the Mikhailovsky Garden saw the bloomy gardens of France, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, and Oriental countries. This year we decided to take our mind off geography and chose the theme, which is universal and close to everyone, and offers a bundle of various interpretations, – The Flowers of Life. This Festival is about flowers, children, children’s dreams, it is for both children and adults. The Garden of Childhood is a definite concept wakening some personal reminiscences, and, at the same time, it is an abstract world of children’s dreams and fantasy. Traditionally, the center of the Festival is the exhibition-competition of garden and park art. This year fifty compositions are presented to the competition. The international jury consisting of landscape experts from Russia, Great Britain, and Spain will decide winners in several categories. The cultural and educational programme of this Festival has a pronounced social orientation: each of ten days will be held under the aegis of one of known charitable foundations (Advite, Anton’s Right Here, Alesha, Apelsin, Teply Dom, It’s Time to Help, Dobry Gorod Petersburg, In Search of Harmony). This will let visitors get an idea of high-minded and really necessary activity of these establishments of providing assistance to people who desperately need such assistance. Every day the visitors of the Festival will have a chance to see performances of musical bands and dancing groups, workshops, lectures, video shows. Over the years of existence the Festival has gained a reputation of a venue for sharing experience and strengthening of international cooperation. This year, the Danish Cultural Institute in Saint Petersburg, l’Institut Français, the Consulate General of Great Britain, the Consulate General of Finland are taking part in the Festival, as well as the Consulate General of Spain. In 2015 the Russian Museum opened its first foreign branch in Spanish city Málaga, and we are happy to continue our co-operation with Spanish colleagues in the Mikhailovsky Garden in St Petersburg. We express our warm appreciation to numerous partners of the Festival. Without their support, implementation of such large-scale project would have been much more challenging. Childhood is a universal theme, and we hope that it will attract citizens of St Petersburg and guests of the city to the Mikhailovsky Garden. We have exerted every effort to make the Festival interesting for everyone and, certainly, our young visitors are especially welcome.

Director of the Russian Museum Vladimir Gusev Dear friends!

There is hardly anyone who would dispute the fact that St Petersburg has always been and is the capital of Russian landscape architecture. Yet, every June the constellation of landscape masterpieces of the North capital witnesses another star – the Imperial gardens of Russia Festival, organized by the Russian Museum in its beautiful Mikhailovsky Garden – to light up for a short time. The great city acquires another, though ephemeral, landmark attracting dozens of thousands of visitors. Exhibition gardens are a special genre of landscape architecture. On the one hand they do not seem real, but on the other hand they are absolutely real and evoke your real emotions and sensations. Rather than anything else, exhibition gardens can inspire the unlimited flight of designer’s thought. If a large garden is a novel, the exhibition garden is a verse, which allows and even requires allusions, metaphors, hyperboles, and understatements, appeals to finish the author’s idea and enjoy a subtle rhyme. I have been taking a great delight watching the Imperial Gardens of Russia for several years as a viewer and as a participant and see how the quality bar of the garden compositions presented for competition is rising higher and higher year by year. This year I am enjoying the privilege to take the lead of the professional jury, each member of which is a high skilled expert in the area, and I may presume to assure you that our assessment will be unbiased and fair. The Festival of 2016 is about children. Childhood impressions are the most important in life, and children are creatures with exceptional abilities. In just several years they are able to learn a language or even two, they learn how to write, count, draw, sing, dance, swim, ride a bike and simultaneously they manage to learn what is good and what is not. And they start learning all these things from the ground. And they learn all these things with no much effort! Each child is a prodigy. Children learn the world around them with ease, while adults are not capable of that. That is why the task of an adult is to create conditions and space for merry and educational play, for an exciting, challenging and always changing play which make every child to show up, rather than make the life of a child simple. I hope that participants of the landscape competition will show their best, and visitors, both children and adults, will have a great time and takes thousands of beautiful photos and, certainly, selfie as it is already hard to imagine our life without them!

Head of the International Jury of the exhibition-contest «Children: The Flowers of Life» Artem Parshin Dear friends!

Gardening is one of the most noble activities to which mankind may devote their time and efforts. From the modest orchard that an old gentleman grows with passion and care in his backyard to the imperial gardens raised through centuries by the greatest landscapers, the making of a garden involves a high degree of humanistic culture, a keen knowledge of nature and a vision that goes beyond a lifetime. It calls for the best of virtues and enhances the highest dimensions of human life: creating a garden requires as much love of beauty, harmony and joy as the best of Art needs, but also a connection with the material world that Art often lacks. As a museum manager I feel many times privileged today. It is of course a privilege to work in close association with such an extraordinary institution as the Russian State Museum. But it’s also a privilege, and much less frequent in the world of Art, finding that this partner of us, unlike any other Museum in the world, holds in its custody not just a marvellous collection of art works but also the most extraordinary ensemble of historic gardens in Russia. For a team like ours, used to work in a controlled atmosphere on inert artworks, it’s a quite interesting change and a huge pleasure to move outdoors and get to know how our colleagues work in the open air with living works of art. And I also feel privileged, of course, to represent my country, Spain, as an honour guest of the Festival. We would like to bring with us in this edition some of our Mediterranean air, just like the Russian Museum has brought to our city some of the best of Russian culture. In this spirit of cultural exchange I raise my salute to all of participants, guests and visitors, hoping that they find in this friendly and artistic competition the inspiration to keep working, each in our own fields, to make this world a peaceful and happy place for the children to whom this edition is dedicated.

José María Luna Aguilar Director. Collection of the Russian Museum St Petersburg/Málaga The concept of the festival The IX Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival CHILDREN: THE FLOWERS OF LIFE Garden art & design exhibition-contest

«Childhood, that enormous territory from which everyone comes! Where did I come from? I come from my childhood, as though it were a country…» Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Childhood is a special world, a unique culture within a culture, a region full of riddles and incomprehensible events. It is a world with its own rules of behavior, a world of fantasy and games. Children are endowed with emotional freedom and creative potential that has not yet been constrained by the inertia of tradition and the social routine of everyday life. Children are the objects of socialization, but they are less burdened than adults by its norms occupying a space on the border between nature and culture. «Children are like flowers. You need to bend down to their level to understand them» Friedrich Fröbel The Education of Man (1826)

Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852) was a German pedagogue and a theorist on subject of early childhood education; creator of the concept of “kindergarten.” One of the decisive stages in the formation of personality is the interaction of a child with his surrounding environment, namely with the natural environment, where he can be free and in harmony with nature. One of the trends in contemporary landscape design that is currently at the forefront is the creation of varied spaces for children’s play, themed parks, and gardens that include essential elements of nature. The fundamental idea for the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival in 2016 is the creation in Mikhailovsky Garden of a harmonious space for recreation for adults and children, with an interesting and full-bodied program. The most important event will be the FLOWERS OF LIFE landscape design competition. Competition participants are invited to create a complete fantasy and bold visions of spaces for play, landscape compositions, and objets d’art: • for children • with children, nostalgically remembering their own childhoods. The jury of the festival International Professional Jury

Artem Parshin (Moscow, Russia). Head of the Jury Landscape Architect of the Botanical Garden of the Moscow State University “Herbal garden”. Member and permanent expert of the Moscow association of landscape architects. Magister of landscape architecture (Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh, UK) Multiple award-winner of the Russian National Landscape Architecture Award Nominee of the award “Landscape Architect 2012”

Boris Stolyarov (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Doctor of Education, professor, honored worker of culture, laureate of state prize in Literature and Art. Head of the “Russian Centre of the museum pedagogics and children art” at the Russian Museum

Renata Abdulina (Saint Petersburg, Russia) Chairman of the Committee for Youth Policy and Social Organizations Interaction.

Blanca Lasso de la Vega (Malaga, Spain) Botanical Research and Scientist Information Director of Botanical and Historical Garden La Concepción.

Matthew Childs (London, United Kingdom) Landscape designer, multiple award-winner of the famous Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court Flower Show in the United Kingdom, author of many famous landscape projects.

Honorary guest José María Luna Aguilar (Malaga, Spain) Director of the Public Agency for the management of the Birthplace Museum of Pablo R. Picasso, Collection of the Russian Museum St Petersburg/Málaga and Centre Pompidou Málaga. Children’s Jury of the Festival Children’s Jury

Alisa Dergacheva, 6th grade, School No. 210 of Central District, St Petersburg. Alisa is full of initiative, industrious, kind and gifted schoolgirl. She is able to set goals and achieve them. Alisa is a student of N. A. Dolgushin Ballet School and the Theater Studio (Additional Education Department in School No. 210). Through ballet the girl developed the sense of beauty and the skill of time valuing. Alisa is a participant of national and international competitions and festivals. She took part in The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty on the stage of the Hermitage Theater and the Variety Theater. In April 2016 she acted in Buratino on the stage of Zazerkalye Theater.

Alina Gurbenko, 5th grade, School No. 210 of Central District, St Petersburg. Alina is a polite, intelligent, communicative girl with an active civic and life position. She is fully engaged in the life of class, shows organizing abilities. Alina is a student of N. A. Dolgushin Ballet School and the Theater Studio (Additional Education Department in School No. 210). She is especially interested in humanity subjects. Alina writes verses and stories, takes a creative approach to any task. Alina is a participant of national and international competitions and festivals. She took part in The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty on the stage of the Hermitage Theater and the Variety Theater. In April 2016 she acted in Buratino on the stage of Zazerkalye Theater.

Mikhail Maniskalko, 3rd grade, Gymnasium at the State Russian Museum. Mikhail is interested in entomology and aeromodelling, likes to draw and sign. He does judo at judo club SKA.

Daniil Kostenkov, 5th grade, Gymnasium at the State Russian Museum. At leisure, Daniil is involved in sport, paints in water-colors, and reads books. He is friendly and open-hearted. Winner of academic competition “The World of Museum”. Multiple winner in category “The Student of the Month”. Winner of the Arts Festival in category “Bright Cameo Role”. Active participant of charitable actions “Collect Waste paper – Preserve a Tree”. The boy is proud to be a student of the Gymnasium, loves his city and the Motherland.

Ilya Kozminsky, 4th grade, Gymnasium at the State Russian Museum. Ilya is an intellectually curious boy, who is interested in military history. His favorite subjects are Science and Literary Reading. For two years Ilya has been studying art in the club at the Hermitage. At leisure, the boy likes to play football and he has a lot of friends. Ilya is fully engaged in the events of the class and the Gymnasium.

Valeria Nikitina, 6 years old, admitted to the first grade of Pavlovo Gymnasium No. 209. Valeria is a creative, intellectually curious and very active girl. She enjoys creative tasks, attends a dancing club, and takes part in various performances and events. Participants of the Festival NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

RUSSIAN MUSEUM. RUSSIAN CENTER OF THE MUSEUM PEDAGOGY AND CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY

10, Inzhenernaya str., St.Petersburg Tel.: 8 (812) 347-87-08; 8 (812) 595-42-30 Fax: 8 (812) 347-87-08 E-mail: [email protected] www.muzped.net vk.com/muzpedclub

Russian center of the museum pedagogy and children’s creativity an associate member of the Russian Academy of Education, is a department of the Russian Museum responsible for issues of art museum co-operation with the education system on the basis of the advanced museum and education technologies. The Center team has designed and developed “Hello, Museum!” project, a comprehensive set of museum educational programmes fully supported with teaching and learning materials. The project’s modules: “We Enter the World of Aesthetics”, “The World of the Museum”, “A Way Toward Fine Art”, and “Historical Development of Fine Art” are now implemented in 50 regions of Russia. Working together with world’s major museums, research institutes and educational organizations, the Center provides advanced training courses for museum educators and school teachers, as well as develops extra-curricular educational programmes. The Center occupies the East Corps de Guards of the St. Michael (Engineers’) Castle. This historic building of the 18th century now houses a multimedia library, exhibition areas, classrooms, art studios, a distance education center, and premises of the Collection of Children’s Artwork. The Collection comprises about 4,000 national and foreign children’s works of art dated from 1906 to nowadays. Among other activities, the Center holds an art club, known as “Meetings at the Russian Museum”, aimed at children from 4 to 17 years of age, as well as teachers, parents and art educators. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “AND THERE, ON UNKNOWN PATHS …”

The Mikhailovsky Garden, one of the oldest parks in St Petersburg, is full of mysteries and secrets. One of them is the story of an old oak which grows on the Maslyany Meadow of the Garden. It is an unusual tree, as it is 278 years old. Over these years the oak has seen a lot: wide open spaces of Swedish manor, fruit plantations of the Russian Imperial Court’s garden, and magnificent flower beds of the formal garden by Carlo Rossi. During the Festival, the oak becomes the center of Children’s Art Project “And There, on Unknown Paths …”. Together with teachers and artists children will create an installation based on Ruslan and Ludmila, poem by Alexander Pushkin. The sculptures of characters from this fairytale: the learned cat and the wood spirit-leshy, the mermaid and the knight, the princess and the Grey Wolf, Tsar Koshchey and Baba-Yaga. The Creative Writing Contest “Journey to the Fairytale” is held as a part of the project. Authors of the most interesting fairytales will be awarded with prizes of the Festival. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

FRENCH INSTITUTE IN RUSSIA N. I. VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 314-49-14 www.vir.nw.ru

N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) is a unique scientific organization aimed at systematic collecting, preserving in live condition, studying and applying genetic resources of crop plants and their wild counterparts in Selection and Plant Science to provide production safety of the country. VIR is the SERVICE FOR GREEN SPACES AND ENVIRONMENT (SERVICE DES ESPACES VERTS only Russian Genetic Bank of plants that have been collected from all the continents ET DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT DE LA VILLE DE NANTES) (Nantes, France) of the Earth; it is a recognized leader in the area of plant genetic resources. For 120 years of its activity, the Institute made 270 expeditions to 110 foreign The main areas of activity of the Service for Green Spaces and Environment involve countries, and more than 1280 trips across the territory of Russia and former USSR study, concept development, creation, and maintenance of all green spaces in countries. VIR collection is ranked the fourth in the world according to number of Nantes. preserved items, and it is ranked the first as for botanic, genetic and ecological The Service is engaged in cultivation of trees, shrubs, and plants used for diversity of the collection items. ornamentation of green areas and seasonal replenishment of floral arrays in spring In order to assure germinating power, the collection items are preserved at special and autumn. low temperatures (+4о, -18о С) and in cryogenic storage facilities, under condition Management of the Botanical Garden is the Service’s special commitment. It of tissue culture in vitro. establishes contacts with academic and professional communities and popularizes Out of 325 k collection items, more than 20% is made of cultivars and populations new species of plants. The Service often acts as Nantes’ representative at various that have already disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nearly 80% of all cultivars national and international events of horticulturists and gardeners. of Russian and CIS-countries (for the period from 1920 to 2016) have been created One of the most important projects of the Service today is development of the based on VIR collection. educational farm in the Parc de la Chantrerie, the project La Maison de l’Erdre à l’Ile de Versailles, guided excursions around the main parks, tropical green houses and green houses of the Botanical Garden. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

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SAMOKAT Publishing house searches the best children’s books throughout the world and brings them to Russia, discovers new Russian authors and artists for readers, insists on harmony of text and illustrations, and aspires to bridge cultures and generations. Samokat publishes intellectual and psychological books, which are interesting for children and adults. Bibliotherapists recommend many of our books for work on personal and family problems. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

CLAUDE PONTI

Claude Ponti (born in 1948) – a French writer, artist, caricaturist, illustrator. Award holder of Prix Sorcières Spécial 2006. Being the author of novels for adults, Claude Ponti made his first album for children at the age of 41 and dedicated it to his daughter Adele. At the moment more than thirty of such albums have been published. All albums are full of metamorphoses similar to the ones from books of Lewis Carroll and peculiar illustrations accompanied by the texts which are also peculiar. Claude Ponti believes that imagination is like a bike: if you learn to ride a bike at an early age, you will never lose this skill. Albums by Claude Pointi are such a success that in 2013 some topiary trees (fancy green sculptures) in the form of characters from his books appeared in the Botanical Garden of Nantes (France). You have a chance to see some of these topiaries on the website of the Green Spaces and Environment Service of Nantes. http://www.jardins.nantes.fr/N/Accueil/Ponti/Claude-Ponti-2014.asp NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project DORMANRON

Project DORMANRON (French dormir , sleep” + en rond “curled up”) La distance de communication maximum connue fut, en 1998, de 2850 Km environ. AND COIFENCHOUKS (coiffure, “hairdo” + en chou “from cabbage”) Précisément la distance entre Paris et Saint-Petersbourg. Ce qui est vraisemblable car la première Koiffanchou émigra clandestinement à Saint-Petersbourg dans les bagages de French Institute in Russia in joint with N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Pierre le Grand lors de sa visite en France en 1717. the Russian Museum and Princip Novo present a plant sculpture created by a French C’est la curiosité qui a poussé cette Koifanchou à ce voyage. Ainsi que tout une chacune writer and artist Claude Ponti. le sait, Pierre le Grand buvait tous les soirs sa tisane personnelle, l’Imperataee Augustiva, This joint Russian-French project, inspired by the experience of the Botanical cultivée sur un chariot doré à l’or fin qui le suivait en tous lieux et contrées. L’Imperata Garden of Nantes, unites landscape designers and scientists preserving diversity of raconta aux Koiffanchouks du Jardin du Roi à Versailles, que Pierre le Grand construirait à plant species. It combines technology, environmental science and poetry. l’estuaire de la Néva une ville somptueusement impériale, capitale de toutes les Russies, Partially made of edible plants supplied by N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic couverte de palais et de jardins qui feraient l’envie de toute l’Europe. Resources, Dormanron and Coifenchouks is a symbol of biodiversity. Aussitôt la plus curieuse des Koifanchouks s’installa dans le chariot avec L’Imperat, sa Their story is a story for both children and adults written by Claude Ponti and nouvelle amie, voyageant lentement, car Saint Perterbourg n’étant pas encore construite, inspired by St Petersburg. And it is just the beginning … il lui était inutile de se presser. Sinon elle se fut envolée comme toute Koifanchou sait le Who is Dormanron? faire lors de sa majorité légale (à l’âge de 17 jours et 3 semaines). St Petersburg Dormanron was created by the same turtle, which created Nantes Cette Koifanchu, ayant su avec un art consommé de la narration relater la magnificence Dormanron and is its cousin. So it goes. It should be told that Dormanrons are very des jardins Petersbourgeois, suscita chez ses consoeurs un désir irrépressible de vérifier choosy: the place they settle down is to be exceptionally beautiful, almost utterly ses dires. C’est depuis ce temps que, chaque printemps, nombre de Koifanchouks arrivées magnificent. Thus, be sure, that every time the selected place is absolutely magical. à maturité s’envolent vers l’estuaire de la Néva. And the fur Dormanron chooses is a perfect proof of his sophisticated taste. Depuis cette année, la rumeur se répand chez les Koifanchouks qu’un Dormanron, Who are Coifenchouks? cousin du Dormanron nantais, dormirait dans un jardin princier du Musée d’État Russe à La Koifanchou est curieuse. C’est une des deux meilleures détectives du règne Saint-Petersbourg même. végétal. L’autre étant la Pisteuse Frénétique (Pistosae Freneticae). C’est aussi une Les scientifiques qui n’ont toujours pas découvert par quel moyen les Koifanchouks incroyable correspondante par transmission de pensée mentale. communiquent sont incapables de savoir ce qu’elles se disent à propos du Dormanron. À ce jour, les scientifiques n’ont pas découvert par quel moyen les Koifanchouks Ce n’est pas grave, l’auteur de ce texte le sait. communiquent, y compris à des distances considérables. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Existe-t-il vraiment? Oui. Dort-il en rond? Oui. Est-il tout de plantes? Oui. Ronfle-t-il? Ce n’est pas certain. Rêve-t- il en russe? Oui. Et en six autres langues dont le français. Ressemble-t-il à un chat et un ours? Oui. Est-il des mêmes plantes que le Dormanron de Nantes? Non, chaque Dormanron est fait des plantes qu’elle souhaite, chaque année comme il veut. le Dormanron petersbourgeois est fait de plantes comestibles pour les humains cette année. Enfin, non seulement le Dormanron a très sommeil presque tout le temps, mais il aime ça et de plus comme dit le proverbe: «qui dort, dîne.» Donc il mange beaucoup. Il faut ajouter pour être complet que Saint-Petersbourg a en été des nuits infiniment longues, ce qui charme infiniment le Dormanron et l’a attiré dans ce jardin. L’auteur se doit de remercier pour toutes ces informations ses amies les Koifanchouks qui ne manquent pas chaque printemps de s’envoler pour Saint-Petersbourg et rapportent des faits inconnus des médias. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

NADEZHDA ANFALOVA www.nadyaanfalova.com WITH THE SUPPORT OF JSC BANK INTESA www.bancaintesa.ru

Nadezhda Anfalova graduated with distinction from the Graphic Department of the I.Ye.Repin St. Petersburg Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 2001, Member of the Russian Union of Artists and Artists’ Union of Russia. Works in the field of paining, silk-screen printing, photography, installations, media projects. Awards and nominations: - Institut Français, Residence Grant at Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris; - Sergey Kuryokhin Award 2015, Special award of French Institute (Institut Français) in St Petersburg; - 1st prize of the Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival 2014 for designer’s installation “Elizabeth Browning Dress”, Russian Museum, St Petersburg; - Participant of main project “Rewriting Worlds” of the 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Artplay, Moscow, 2011; - Nominee of Kandinsky Prize 2011 (Media Project of the Year); - Winner of Project Competition 2010 for Anna Nova Art Gallery, St Petersburg; - Nominee of Kandinsky Prize 2008 (Media Project of the Year); - Diplomas 2011, 2012 and 2013 for designer’s projects of the Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival, Russian Museum, St Petersburg. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “CLASSROOM BOARD”

There is hardly anyone who has never written a word or sentence, an equation or formula on the board in the classroom. There is hardly anyone who was brave every time when being asked to the board to solve a problem or retell the chapter from the home assignment. A classroom board is the screen through which we entered the world of knowledge and strict grading system, but we also used to draw some funny faces and write some rough words on it. So it is not just a board in the classroom but it can also be called a class board as everyone in the class can write something funny, peculiar and amusing on it. Our board is precisely this, and to get rid of any doubts, we decorate it with flowers and balloons. Here we do not have any teachers to put marks into the record book or call parents to school. Our board is your opportunity of creative self-expression. Besides, our classroom board is an interactive object allowing its multi- purpose use. It can be used as a decoration of the performance venue; the play and creative zone for visitors to be used during workshops, lectures, and meetings with interesting people, as well as the announcement board. It can be also effectively used to place company logos in a non- intrusive manner.

With the support of JSC Bank INTESA. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

AGE OF GLASS. ANATOLY & IRINA PELIPENKO

Tel.: +7-911-174-36-33; +7-911-170-19-31 E-mail: [email protected] www.glass-epoha.ru

ANATOLY PELIPENKO. Member of the Union of Russian Artists. Member of the Artists, Engravers and Glass Designers. In 1972 he finished the Kharkiv State School of Art. In 1981 he graduated with honors from Leningrad Higher School of Art and Design named after Vera Mukhina, and in 1986 he completed post-graduate studies there. Since 1982 to 1992 worked at the Chair of Glass of the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Design named after Vera Mukhina. Later he worked as Art Director of Rosvudesign Glass Gallery. Enlisted in international catalogue Who’s Who in Contemporary Glass Art, Munchen (1993). In 2013 he was awarded with the Certificate of Appreciation of the Committee for Culture of St Petersburg. Since 1994 until now – Deputy Director of Svetlana X-ray Stock Company Ltd. In 1994 in joint with his wife he founded Glass Epoha Creative Workshop.

IRINA PELIPENKO – Member of the Union of Russian Artists. In 1975 she graduated with honors from Leningrad Higher School of Art and Design named after Vera Mukhina. After graduation she conducted classes of glass and ceramics painting at the Chair of Ceramics of the Higher School of Art and Design. In 1991–1994 she worked as an artist at Rosvudesign Glass Gallery. Since 1994 – Chief Specialist for Glass at Svetlana X-ray Stock Company Ltd. Anatoly Pelipenko and Irina Pelipenko – participants of numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad, international glass symposiums. Works of the artists may be found in collections of the Russian museums, as well as in many cultural institutions of the country. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

“TRANSPARENCY” Project

The concept of works for the plain air is the unity of geometric shapes from glass and their inner content with the diversity of decorative methods of the wildlife. The magnificent world of wildlife and glass is the essence of our works. They are our broodings on the diversity of the world, its beauty and fragility of glass. The attraction to transparent glass of simple shapes (cylinder, sphere) is connected to the aspiration to get into the swing of structural- tentonic composition of the space. In solution of glass compositions in the landscape the light takes a special meaning: it is an essential condition for display of natural and art properties of glass works of art. Creating glass sculptures for gardens and parks, we aim at awakening imagination, dreams and a desire to create in our visitors (small and big ones). NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

H&H CREATIVE ASSOCIATION Tel./fax:+7-921-377-91-89 E-mail: [email protected]

H&H Creative association – is a creative union of Anna Pevnitskaya and Anastasia Gnilovskaya formed during years of studies at Chair of Geobotanics of Biology and Soil Department of St Petersburg State University and has been fruitfully existed for over 4 years. In their projects the designers combine live plants with sculptural elements, which adds the atmosphere of magic into everyday life! Anastasia Gnilovskaya – a staff member of Botanical Institute, in her free time she creates sculptures on biological theme. She exhibited her works at 8 exhibitions, including ZooArt at State Museum of City Sculpture and ZooKultura at the Union of Artists. Anastasia Anna Pevnitskaya works as a dendrologist at the landscape design studio and as a florist in winter Gnilovskaya season. For some years she has taken part in creation of costumes and scenery for one of St Petersburg street theaters from their design to implementation.

DryadaS LANDSCAPE DESIGN STUDIO Tel.: +7 (812) 927-36-33 www.dryad-s.ru

DryadaS Studio has been engaged in landscape design of private garden plots and has provided the full range of services from design to landscaping and subsequent handling of plants. We will be glad to take charge of your plot landscape. We will lift your heavy load of care of your plot: we will divide the plot into comfortable functional zones, purchase the best materials, and take care of young plants. While our employees with specialized biological education, practical experience, and artistic taste are busy creating the landscape design of your plot, you can enjoy your favorite pastime! DryadaS Studio also offers various courses of landscape design, seminars and workshops as for amateurs as for professionals. We never get tired of sharing our best practices with attendees! Anna Pevnitskaya NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “DREAM ABOUT DRAGON”

Project authors – Gnilovskaya Anastasia and Pevnitskaya Anna

There are plenty of fairytales …and the tales about Dragons are the brightest of them. Nations living in different places – from Northern Europe to China – independently created legends about these magic creatures. Doesn’t it mean that dragons existed in reality? And if this is true, where are they now? You just need to take a closer look, and it turns out that they are fast beside! The matter is that having grown up, people often stop believing in fairytales and do not notice them. And only children are able to see this miraculous world. We suggest that big and little visitors of the Festival should stop for a minute and be translated to the world of beautiful creatures living in harmony with nature. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

ALEKSEEVA ELENA

Tel.:+7-952-212-44-91 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Alekseeva Elena – artist. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia and of Teachers’ of Art Union. Graduated from Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named after V. I. Mukhina. Main areas of activity: ceramics, porcelain painting, teaching. Took part in more than 100 exhibitions of different levels: municipal, zonal, and republican. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “FLOWER”

I have created a splendid flower cup for the birds to satisfy their thirst on a hot day and then to fill the garden with their chirrup and flutter of wings. Looking at this large flower, a child will be amazed at it and an adult will become little for a while. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

SMOLNY INSTITUTE AT THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION

Tel.: +7 (812) 541-91-13

Smolny Institute at the Russian Academy of Education is situated on spaces of a former porcelain works of Kornilov Brothers Manufactory, which made a good production base of the Arts Department. The department develops two main directions – Applied and Decorative Arts and Folk Crafts specialized in art pottery, glasswork, artistic metalwork, textile and fashion design and Design with specializations of graphic design and environmental design. The programme of the Imperials Gardens of Russia Festival presents works of students and teaching staff of the Applied and Decorative Arts Chair performed in the workshop of Professor, Honored Artist of Russia, Academy Member Lev S. Solodkov, under the supervision of Dean of Arts Department, Professor Tatiana L. Solodkova. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “SPILLIKINS”

Everyone has heard a popular saying “play at spillikins”, which means to do nothing or be busy with trifles. But in actual fact the game of spillikins is an exciting activity requiring dexterity and special skills. Starting from the 19th century Russian turned spillikins were a family and even public entertainment. Spillikins were made of different fine wood, gem jade, amber, and even ivory. The rules of this exciting game are simple: spillikins are released on the table top randomly and players in turn remove sticks from a pile with a special rod. The player to disturb the neighboring stick gives the rod to the next player. The game lasts until the players remove all sticks. The winner is the player with the highest number of sticks picked up. Our spillikins are ceramic, made by the 1st year students on the pottery wheel. We invite our visitors to take part in this exciting game. The one who manages to fish out a spillikin with a special hook will receive a funny designed pot as a gift. (The game of spillikins is available on the Festival’s opening day and at weekends). SOCIAL PROJECT «GARDENS OF CHILDREN»

Project curator – Deputy Head of Saint Petersburg Public Charity Fund of Russian Museum Palaces Restoration – Natalia KULIKOVA Tel./fax:: +7-812-312-43-70 E-mail: [email protected]

ГChildren from schools, residential schools and orphanages for physically their own hands. Such active action of children is essential for their adaptation and challenged children from St Petersburg and its suburbs have always been welcome integration to and into the surrounding community. guests of the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival, held by the Russian Museum for This is the first time the Social-Rehabilitation Center “Ostrovok” (for disadvantaged the ninth time. children), the Bishop Malecki Center of Support for Young Disabled Persons, The landscape design festival brightens up the picturesque Mikhailovsky Garden operating under the patronage of Catholic Charity Center Caritas St Petersburg, with joyful bright plants, flower arrangements, and landscape decorations. For as well as Psychoneurological Residential Care Facility No. 7 have taken part in the our children, this cheerful world, full of positive emotions, has become very close Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival. and clear. Coming into the garden, children listened to the guide from the Russian Social project “The Garden of Children” sees its primary goal in drawing Museum with great pleasure. Thus, and idea for “The Garden of Children” project for the world of ordinary people closer to the world of people with special needs, in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival was born. disclosure of other worlds to visitors of the garden. People should know that people The project primary aims at adaptation and integration of children with special with special needs live near them. These people perceive the world at another angle, needs to and into the surrounding community, their involvement into the routine and they are able to show some aspects of their perception usually concealed from work of project creation along with the creative process, and their participation in perception of an ordinary person. compositions’ erection, which definitely contributes to their development. Having looked at the world familiar to you through the eyes of another person, The project concept involves the use of landscape elements to create a through the eyes of a person with special needs, you cannot help but to come to an specific garden environment comprehensible by people with special needs and idea that essentially we are all similar, we are the same, and we can get to grips with the exposure of ordinary people to this adapted environment. The exposure to the each other as soon as we want it… other world let people integrate into it, understand each other, become closer, more All projects are created with the assistance of Saint Petersburg Public Charity Fund tolerant, and sympathetic. of Russian Museum Palaces Restoration. It is not the first time the children living in Pavlovsk Children’s Home No. 4 (for The projects’ partner is Giuseppe’s Park, situated near the Mikhailovsky Garden. children with mental underdevelopment) have taken part in the Festival. Every time For several years they witnessed the festival, and this year they have decided to they amaze by their sincerity, warmth, and spontaneity. Many things they did with assist children with implementation of their projects. CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

St. Petersburg State Residential Social Service Institution BOARDING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DEVELOPMENT DEVIATIONS No. 4

Pavlovsk-St Petersburg Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 452-23-36 E-mail: [email protected]

Children’s boarding school No. 4 was founded in 1961. Today, it houses 350 pupils with reduced physical and mental capabilities aged 4 through 18. The orphanage provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for children in accordance with an individual programme. An individual rehabilitation route includes medical, pedagogical, psychological, labour, creative, health, fitness and sports rehabilitation, as well as social and legal support. Children from the Residential Care Home take part in international and Russian projects, in 2014 and 2015 they already took part in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival. The project goal is to attract attention of philanthropists to problems of children with disabilies. CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

Project “WE LOVE OUR GARDEN”

Our children who live in Pavlovsk Residential Care Home No. 4 are special, each of them has their own problems: some of them have difficulties with walking, others – with speaking... they cannot escape this, but the most important thing is that our children are full of enthusiasm and desire to try something new, to take part in different programmes, competitions, and festivals. This is the third time our children have taken part in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival in the Mikhailovsky Garden of the Russian Museum. The care home has a large green area with playgrounds, grounds for sports activities, flowerbeds, a small vegetable garden, and an apple garden. The children take care of their vegetable patches, and certainly they cannot do without buckets and watering pots, as they are the main assistants for work in the garden. With their help the garden is well-groomed, and flowers bloom. The composition is created using our assistants – garden tools, which were brightly painted by our children and have turned into works of art. Such buckets and watering pots may decorate any garden, and if added with some flowers put into them, such buckets and watering pots will make up beautiful garden compositions. Join us, use your creativity at your dacha, decorate patios, entry zones, and do not be afraid to express your imagination. Project “We Love our Garden” will provide you with ideas and practical advice, and if you visit our children, they will certainly show you how to turn an ordinary zinc bucket into a work of art.

With the support of the restoration of palaces Fund Russian museum and restaurant «Park Giuseppe» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

St Petersburg State Budgetary Residential Social Service Institution PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY NO. 7

Tel.: +7 (812) 744-36-03 E-mail: [email protected]

Psychoneurological residential care facility no. 7 was opened in October 1975 and is a residential social service institution providing social and medical services for the persons with chronic mental disorders in need of constant nursing care and supervision; disabled persons of the 1st-2nd disability groups aged 18 and older; elderly people in need of constant care and supervision. The institution can permanently house 851 people; it has up-to-date equipment, in-house laundry, and car fleet. The library, the movie and concert hall for 140 seats, creative and sport clubs, and modern fitness facility contributes to social adaptation of the residents. Creative and sport groups of the residential care facility are awarded with diplomas and prizes. A residential building is situated in the landscaped area. In the territory of the care facility you can find both a real forest and a well-groomed garden with flower beds, garden beds, paths, and benches. Residents of the care facility like to walk and spend their time in the green recreation area. The garden has become well- groomed thanks to the efforts of the team of young people who were trained to be professional gardeners, and now they work in the garden with great pleasure. CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

Project “TRADITIONAL FLOWERBED OF THE 19TH CENTURY”

Project Куратор curator – Emelyanenko Olga – Head of Sector of the Mikhailovsky Garden and Green Areas of the Russian Museum

This is the first time the young people–residents of Care Facility No. 7 have taken part in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival. The project they are implementing is a traditional flowerbed of complicated shape inspired by works of famous Russian landscape architect K. P. Epanchin published in 1878. Pearl grey carved leaves of cineraria emphasize pink petals of blooming begonia; clean lines of the flowerbed ornament create the impression of continuity and harmony. The center of the composition is agave, being a vertical dominant, which was typical of formal parks of the 19th century. Work on the flowerbed requires meticulosity, diligence and professional skills. The team of gardeners took up this challenging task with great enthusiasm, as they are happy to bring you, dear visitors of the Festival, the joy from the beauty observed. And should you decide to create a similar flowerbed in your garden, our gardeners will be happy to know that they have inspired you for creativity in the garden.

With the support of the restoration of palaces Fund Russian museum and restaurant «Park Giuseppe» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

BISHOP MALECKI CENTER OF SUPPORT FOR YOUNG DISABLED PERSONS

Tel.: +7-911-838-88-97 E-mail: [email protected]

Catholic Charity Center “Caritas St Petersburg” has been existed in St Petersburg for 20 years. It was established to provide assistance to people with disabilities, social adaptation of disadvantaged children. “Caritas” unites numerous non-profit organizations supporting physically challenged people. One of such organizations is Bishop Malecki Center of Support for Young Disabled Persons. People of different ages and abilities attend the Center, but all of them have one thing in common – childlike and direct viewing of the world. Head of the Center Olga Maksimenko translates true enthusiasm and love when it comes to integration and social adaptation of persons under her responsibility. In the Art Studio of the Center children learn and try different types of applied and decorative art under the supervision of Egle Shezhinite. At the moment children are painting on glass: they decorate plates, which are a popular decoration now and can be found in many houses, with glass paints. The choice of subjects for painting is really diverse: children paint fantastic checked cats, bright and fancy towns, exotic birds and flowers. This year children are taking part in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival, taking place in the Mikhailovsky Garden. For their creative work children are provided with a small corner of the garden, and using flowers and their handicraft items they will create an unusual composition.

CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

Project “HOLIDAY FEAST”

Concept author – Head of the Center’s Art Studio Egle Shezhinite

The composition presents a large table made of wood on which bright painted plates will intertwist with fresh flowers in an intricate ornament. It will be an unusually laid table recalling a mad tea party from the book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and a delicate smell of flowers will add greater festivity to the landscape “feast”. Children will be glad to receive guests and friends at their festive table.

With the support of the restoration of palaces Fund Russian museum and restaurant «Park Giuseppe» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

SOCIAL-REHABILITATION CENTER “OSTROVOK”

Tel.: +7 (812) 317-82-71, +7-911-700-1592 vk.com/ostrovokcaritas

Social-rehabilitation center “OSTROVOK” is a charity project of Catholic Charity Center “Caritas St Petersburg” established in 1999. We support children and teenagers with deprived backgrounds, children in difficult life situations and from migrants’ families. “Ostrovok” unites children and teenagers from 7 to 14. Some creative activities, the help with lessons, a well-cooked dinner, safe environment, and communication – children can find all these things in our center every day. Together, we learn to communicate, resolve conflicts, accept our differences, gain inspiration, and create. CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT»

Project “SPACE GARDEN”

This year children and teenagers from “Ostrovok” Center take part in the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival in the Mikhailovsky Garden of the Russian Museum. Children together with the teaching staff and volunteers will go on an exciting space journey. The mission of the space expedition is rather challenging – to create a space garden. It is known that during their space journeys cosmonauts make experiments on plants. And if you land on other plants, you will have a chance to see unusual space plants! The same way the children decided to grow up space vegetables and try to imagine what plants can grow on other plants. We invite you to our Space Garden! And we welcome new friends and volunteers in our “Ostrovok” Center.

Project curators – designers: Anna Selenkova, Kristina Levi, Svetlana Barinova. Staff of “Ostrovok Center: – Irina Levina, Svetlana Selezneva, Kira Podlipaeva, Antonina Nevskaia. Children participating the project: Angelina and Svetlana Zolotarevs, Ksenia Noskova, Natalia Geniush, Andrei Gerasimov, Polina Lebedko, Arslan Kudratov, Parizoda Ruzikulova, Vadim Konstsantinov.

With the support of the restoration of palaces Fund Russian museum and restaurant «Park Giuseppe» CATEGORY «SOCIAL PROJECT» SHOW-GARDENS

ADMINISTRATION OF GARDEN AND PARK HOUSEHOLD, ST PETERSBURG COMMITTEE FOR CITY IMPROVEMENT Tel.: +7 (812) 576-12-04; +7 (812) 314-60-13 E-mail: [email protected] www.gov.spb.ru

GARDEN AND PARK ENTERPRISE TSENTRALNOYE OJSC Tel.: +7 (812) 233-66-73 Fax: +7 (812) 232-04-36 E-mail: [email protected]

Enterprise specializes in comprehensive servicing of the green resources, performs minor and major repairs of vegetation plantations. It has provided services of landscape design, and solved problems of beautification and flower arrangement on sites of the Central District of St Petersburg for more than 50 years. SHOW-GARDENS

Project “MAY THERE ALWAYS BE SUNSHINE!”

“Bright blue the sky, sun up on high - that was the little boy s picture,” these are the words of a well-known song by L. I. Oshanin. Every child likes drawing, and the Sun, the star closest to us, which gives us warmth and the life itself, is a simple and clear object for children’s art. There is a good reason for that. While we are growing, we are stretching upward, looking to the sky, absorbing warm rays of the sun, and then... And then we grow up, and our pictures fall asleep in drawers of tables, in dusty boxes, or in odd corners of our memory... The Administration of Garden and Park Household of St Petersburg Committee for City Improvement proposed a very kind and bright project which let everyone to come back into the world of childhood. Into the world where everyone is able to believe in miracles and see them in reality just thanks to boundless imagination! Coming into the Mikhailovsky Garden, you will find yourself in the rays of the Sun of blooming marigolds. And the most pleasant thing is that these rays are shining in any weather! Isn’t this amazing? SHOW-GARDENS

LAPPEN NURSERIES GREENHANCE

GREENHANCE is the first Swiss landscape architecture bureau in Russia. Baumschulen Lappen The core business of the Company: design and implementation of integrated projects Herrenpfad 14 on general improvement and landscaping along with arrangement of irrigation systems, 41334 Nettetal illumination, and other landscape design elements. Tel.: +49 2157-8180 The Company was established in 2009 and has already had a sound experience in Fax.: +49 2157-818180 design of private gardens, business parks, roof terraces, as well as service maintenance. E-mail: [email protected] The Company attaches great importance to the quality of materials and plants used www.lappen.de and co-operates with the best European nurseries. The staff of Greenhance comprises representatives of the Swiss and German engineering schools following the highest Lappen nurseries is one of the largest and oldest nurseries in Europe existing European quality standards in their work, which has been proved by well-deserved for more than one hundred years. Established in 1894, the company specializes in awards at professional skills competitions. cultivation of high-quality plants to suit the finest taste. The Company has branches in Switzerland, Russia, and France. Our qualifications and expertise have won international recognition and specifically of Russian partners. The overall area of nurseries is over 650 hectares, on which we cultivate unique wayside trees, exclusive conifers and deciduous plants, as well as RU +7 926 900 7 009 GREENHANCE GmbH GREENHANCE SARL numerous bushes. The customized approach, streamlined production process, and CH +41 79 196 01 34 LLC 10, Rue du Colisée invaluable experience shared in Lappen Nurseries for generations is something the www.greenhance.ch Tel.: + 7 495 506 71 71 75008 Paris Company takes pride in. Our trees and topiaries adorn the streets and parks in Paris, greenhance gmbh ul. Nizhnyaya France London, Stockholm, Vienna, Luxembourg, Ankara, Moscow, and Berlin. Sandgrube 29 Syromyatnicheskaya Maintaining traditional methods, the Company does not rest on laurels and 9050 Appenzell 10, bldg. 9, «Artplay», gives much attention to innovations: the nursery is involved into breeding of new Switzerland Moscow selections which are well-adaptive, frost-resistant, and appropriate for Russian CH + 41 71 788 23 64 RU + 7 495 506 71 71 climate. Lappen Nurseries – we will be happy to assist you in implementation of any planned projects. SHOW-GARDENS

Project “CHILDREN’S SAFARI”

In childhood many of us were taken to the zoo by parents. Do you remember the excitement with which we were looking forward to this event? Unfortunately, not all zoos in Russia have appropriate infrastructure or clever and comfortable upkeep of animals. The child’s keen mind is seeking extensive images to develop, including the images of animals. So we have decided to show the children safari. Yet, there is no need to take them to Africa. It is much more practical to make an interactive playground and decorate it as a safari park. It will not only provide children with an idea about the sizes of animals and their living conditions, but also develop their curiosity and creativity. As in our landscape composition we have only managed to designate the lakes and plains conventionally, children during their games will have to think about details, enliven animals and invest them with some specific functions. Instead of standard playgrounds enclosed by fences and predominantly filled with metal or plastic stationary facilities, we are creating the natural space for child’s play. When added with play zones filled with sand, rocks and so called free moveable elements, we will have an integral playground promoting development of creative thinking, language competence and skills of collaborative work. SHOW-GARDENS SHOW-GARDENS

AFA LANDSCAPE GROUP (Alexander Frontov and FRUTTIS® Architects LLC) www.fruttis.ru

Tel./fax: +7 (495) 236-73-10 FRUTTIS® is not just a brand. This name stands for one of the most advanced dairy E-mail: [email protected] productions in Russia, technologies elaborated over the years, perfect ingredients, AFA is a landscape group involved in any kinds of landscape architecture activities: and, certainly, our love. design, construction, and maintenance of finished facilities. It all starts with milk, supplied by proven farmers. The milk is pasteurized, all The company has over 40 commissioned facilities. The list of the latest significant necessary ingredients are added, and the milk is fermented. projects implemented includes player spaces of Gorky Central Park of Culture and Some special bacteria called ferment are added into milk and the finished product Leisure (Moscow), key facilities of SOCHI-2014, including the theme park SOCHI- in many instances depends on this ferment, as it determines the texture of the PARK, general improvement of public spaces and hotel complexes. yoghurt product, its flavor and many other things. The ferment used for Fruttis® One of new lines of our activity is arrangement of psychologically comfortable and provides the product with a slightly sour taste and soft creamy texture – the taste developmental environment for children. In 2015 we launched non-profit project which is the most common for our Russian consumers. “Khochu Gulyat” (I want to go for a walk) for information support of specialists and We do not use any genetically modified organisms and ingredients or harmful wide audience – users of play spaces (http://playspaces.ru/). additives – the whole fermentation process is absolutely natural. In collaboration with experts of Moscow City Psychological-Pedagogical University and Moscow Toys and Play Research Center we developed the approach to children’s playground arrangement which considers the need of a child. Besides, we are official dealers of the best gaming equipment made of organic materials of German company RICHTER-SPIELGERAETE (http://richter-spielgeraete. de). SHOW-GARDENS

Project “LIVING WATER” or “INSIDE IS NOT SO AS OUTSIDE”

The project was inspired the idea of duality and the game of oppositions which are so common in nature. We made the composition to express our vision of the modern play space embodying the ideas of “external” and “internal”. “External” is represented by a tranquil green hill of irregular shape with purple flow beds. “Internal” is the garden for children – the area for exploration and creativity. The center of our garden is a round shallow water reservoir with green islands where children can play, splash and play with boats! It is the Game which makes water LIVING! The Archimedes screw and the Sight Tower with a telescope will certainly attract both young visitors and adults. We hope that plunging into the atmosphere of the garden everyone will be able to feel the space of lively game and the joy of children’s discoveries! SHOW-GARDENS SHOW-GARDENS

LUCKY PROJECT LLC NEVSKY STYLE – Patriotic Horse Club. Breeding of Orlov trotters, contact mini-zoo, participation of horses and animals Tel.: +7 (812) 925-76-42; +7-921-740-08-26 from the club in festive events. E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +7 (812) 910-88-22 www.project-lucky.ru E-mail: [email protected] www.horse-spb.ru Enterprise «Lucky Project» is specialized creative union of architects, engineers, designers, ecologists and constructors. More than 70 projects were successfully delivered with high assessment 100 GAMES LLC – Manufacturer of children play and sports from our customers as well as from our local and international partners in equipment – production of play structures, swings, slides, the last 6 years. merry-go-rounds, sports and gymnastics sets, small-scale We put our heart, spirit and soul in сreating trendy landscape, interior architectural forms and surfaces for playgrounds. and architectural design projects. Tel./ fax: +7 (812) 448-84-21; +7 (951) 640-98-65 Everything we do is harmonious, unique and emotional. E-mail: [email protected] http://cto-igr.ru/ Partners:

INTERIOR DECOR – Decorative plasters, paints, and façade materials. Tel.: +7-960-249-34-43 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.interiordecor.spb.ru

M ANUFACTORY COLAS BREUGNON – Woodwork. Tel.: +7 (812) 925-71-61 E-mail: [email protected] www.breunion.ru SHOW-GARDENS

Project «ZOOGARDEN»

Idea author – Mikina Olga Architects – Mikina Olga, Smirnova Elena

«You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed» Antoine de Saint-Exupery

We welcome you to the children’s fantasy world which is invented by kids and for kids. This mini zoo is created based on children’s drawings. Creation and careful attitude to the surrounding world is essential for the harmonious development of the child. So, the main idea of our composition is the idea of community of children, adults and nature which is brought through creativity and contact with animals. The exhibition place is set on large wooden terrace which is made in the shape of a lamb. Each house for animals (donkey, rabbits, goats) is designed by architects who are in collaboration with the winners of our drawing contest. Family zoo-space gives atmosphere of joy, spontaneity and gives an opportunity to every guest, even an adult feel himself like a child. SHOW-GARDENS SHOW-GARDENS

GLASS EPOCH – glass art-objects DIGITAL FACTORY LLC www.glass-epoha.ru Director General of the Company and Idea Author – Valentina Egorova, member of Association of Designers of Russia ТTel./fax: +7-911-214-53-72 E-mail: [email protected] SAINT PETERSBURG BOTANICAL GARDEN OF BOTANICAL www.cm-spb.com INSTITUTE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES – PROJECT “POPULAR BOTANICS” Digital Factory is in continuous search of new opportunities, materials, botaniqu-garden.livejournal.com/15476.html and technologies. It carries out design and implementation of objets d’art, objects, interiors, and gardens. It specializes in tailor-made integrated solutions and accomplishment of complex creative tasks.

The project was made with assistance of MOBILE SMITHY “ZHELEZNOYE DELO” – metalwork, workshops on hammer work, promotional gifts STATE MUSEUM OF CITY SCULPTURE, ANIKUSHIN WORKSHOP Tel.: +7-981-771-42-27 – sculpture and plastic theatrical performances www.cm-spb.com vk.com/sculptorstudio KOVALEBSKY WORKSHOP – Andrean Kovalevsky – volumetric and spatial composition Tel.: +7-911-212-41-05 www.cm-spb.com/team/permanent/andrean-kovalevskii SVYATOVIT NURSERY GARDEN – large-size plants vk.com/club17369215 HYDROLOGY LLC – design, construction and maintenance of water landscape facilities: water reservoirs, springs, pools, cascades, waterfalls, and fountains. E-mail: [email protected] OLGA KALITENKO – wooden objects www.gidrologia.ru www.cm-spb.com/team/partners/olga-kalitenko vk.com/ol_ka.wood PUBLISHING HOUSE OF GARDEN LITERATURE KRUSAR FIRM LLC – books and peonies Tel.: +7-921-942-99-11 SHOW-GARDENS

Project “CREATIVITY”

Artists – Andrean Kovalevsky and Olga Kalitenko Creativity is the space where the age does not matter; the space where adults become children as they perceive a new and unknown world the same way as children, and they do something they have never done before, whereas children work with such confidence as they have been done this before for millions of times, as true masters. Our garden is the area of Creativity, produced in real time by joint efforts of many masters: gardeners, artists, designers, educators, museum workers, and experts of the most diverse areas. During the festival, specially equipped grounds will host workshops, performances, concerts for adults and children, meetings with interesting people, and many other interesting events. SHOW-GARDENS SHOW-GARDENS

CATS REPUBLIC 10, Yakubovicha Str, St Petersburg CATS MUSEUM Tel.: +7 (812) 312-04-87; +7 (812) 945-19-51 www.catsrepublic.ru

214, Koltushskoe Shosse, Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region Cats Republic, residing at is a representative office of Cats Museum in the center Tel.:+7-921-947-38-74 of Saint Petersburg as the main building of the Museum itself is located outside the www.catmuseum.ru city, in Vsevolozhsk. It is the first European cats café sheltering 25 cats, including 10 VK, fb, Instagram-Catsmuseum Hermitage ones. Cats Republic does not duplicate expositions of the Museum – it is an independent original place combining several functions: an exhibition space, a Cats Museum is a museum-type establishment uniting under one roof an exhibition club, an art café, a library and a whole hall of cats! space, an information and touristic center and a cats café. Moreover, it is an alternative to a shelter, an original show-window and a horn for Museum exposition where several thousands of cats get along introduces visitors cats searching a Person of their own. into a centuries-old history of the Cat and the Man as neighbors. Special pride of Events aiming to settle animals from shelters are organized in the Republic on a museum is materials on cats in Rus, in particular, in Leningrad-St. Petersburg. monthly basis. 7 four-legged guardians protect the museum, including 3 legendary Hermitage cats. Cats Museum annually participates in different inter-museum programs. Most of such programs take place in the yard of it – where the Lukomorie project created at LEGO-GO DESIGN AND ROBOTICS CENTER the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival will be transferred to after the Festival is over. Тел.: +7-921-874-15-45 vk.com/legogo

Lego-go design and robotics center is an innovator of the year in nomination ‘Education’ according to version KidsReview. Found in 2013, the Lego-go Center offers kids to make complex things simple, and provides opportunities for Lego fans to assemble, construct and create anything out of construction blocks. Here, activities are available absolutely for anyone – the Lego-go is looking for visitors of all ages and any proficiency level. Apart from courses and master-classes, team racing, competitions and educational programs are held there as well. Motto of the Center is ‘One can touch everything, one can play with everything’. SHOW-GARDENS

MICROZOO AND BUGAGASHECHKA QUESTROOM Тел.: +7 (812) 715-03-65 vk.com/microzoo More than 10,000 inhabitants live in the microzoo! It is here that one can watch the SAINT PETERSBURG VETERINARY DEPARTMENT largest in Russia colony of grass cutting ants, communicate with a spider, and meet Tel.: +7 (812) 717-52-37 both the Giant Roach and Buzzy Wuzzy Busy Fly, take into their own hands a giant walking-stick or a millipede, or feel like Karik an Valya. The Department pursues a policy and carries out state government control in the There is a questroom with 3 story line games (tale, education and emotions) on the area of veterinary science, as well as coordinates activity of other state executive territory of the microzoo. bodies of the area in Saint Petersburg. The Department holds city events promoting animal friendly principles and treatment.

ВELVET VET CLINICS www. elvet.ru vk.com›elvet ROYAL CANIN www.royal-canin.ru. Elvet vet clinics is a leading network of modern veterinary centers which are entrusted to take care of animals from the Cats Republic, Bugagashechka and the ROYAL CANIN® is one of the world largest manufacturers that has been developing State Hermitage. and producing pet food of highest quality for more than 45 years. The company They are located at: supplies pet food for the State Hermitage. - 42, Gagarin Ave. (Tel.: +7 (812) 726-45-44; +7 (812) 726-56-07); - 32/1, Korolev Ave. (Tel.: +7 (812) 347-06-83; +7 (812) 925-06-06); Curator of the art-program «LUKOMORIE» – MARINA KRASILNIKOVA – artist, curator, - 57, Dalnevostochny Ave. (Tel.: +7 (812) 447-81-19); organizer of art projects, head of TOK.Net Creative Association. - 271, Primorskoe Shosse, Sestroretsk (Tel.: +7 (812) 456-75-25); Participant of collective exhibitions and biennales, diplomas of national and - 214, Koltushskoe Shosse, Vsevolozhsk (Tel.: +7 (812) 972-11-44). international projects. Author of solo exhibitions in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014. Curator and organizer of a series of theme exhibitions of Russian artists in Helsinki STIMULUS, Ropes Adventure Park is the largest covered ropes adventure park in (Finland, 2011-2014); International Art festival “The Living Gulf of Finland” 2014, 2015; Russia. organizer of International Exhibition of Children’s Crafts “Seal Bridge” (Russia, Finland, Tel.: +7 (812) 930-17-77 Estonia, 2010-2015); curator of International Festival of Contemporary Animalistic Art www.stimul-tb.ru “ZooArt”, 2014.

VSEVSAD LLC is a leading company of Vsevolozhsk district in landscape design, urban land improvement and planting. 184, Koltushskoe Shosse, Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region Tel.: +7 (812) 949-68-10 www.vsevsad.org SHOW-GARDENS

«LUKOMORIE» Project

Partnership project of ANO Vsevmusey (Autonomous Noncommercial Cultural and Educational Company Vsevmusey) unites organizations with an experience in constant cooperation with children with special needs into one fairy-tail environment. The central element of a landscape composition will be a fairy- tale gold chain uniting art objects and landscape compositions in a story-line and turning those into one playground environment for children and grown-up… children. While walking along unknown paths, the smallest guests will be able to communicate with unseen creatures, build ‘little huts having neither windows, nor doors’, and follow a learned cat in its walks around the chain. Apart from expected characters from Lukomorie, there will be Doctor Aibolit (Powderpill) and his assistants under the tree. The doctor will not only keep a wary eye on health of animals and introduce young travelers to inhabitants of the garden but help visitors to stop being afraid of people in lab coats. After the Festival is over, the landscape composition will be transported to Cat Museum (214 Koltushskoe Shosse, Vsevolozhsk) where it will be a part of an everyday life of the museum. Within the Festival, the following projects will be organized on site: World Day of St. Petersburg Cats, master-classes on representing unseen creature with different art techniques, on sand art, on creating huts for garden inhabitants, there will also be lessons from Dr. Aibolit, interaction with characters from Lukomorie and nature lectures (For kids about animals). There will also be fascinating topical areas: Lego-go! (a lego sandbox, a lawn for lego flowers, combats of heroic lego-robos and lots of other nice things); Bugagashechka (a landscape project SHOW-GARDENS

‘Traces of Unseen Animals’, a lawn to communicate with guinea pigs of different kinds, installations ‘no windows, no door’, art facilities ‘Gardens as Home for Insects, Inhabitants of Gardens’, stations for young naturalists); Republic of Cats (exposition of art objects ‘The Learned Cats’, hall ‘The Learned Cat’ with a display to get cats from animal shelter a place in someone’s heart and home)’ Stimulus as a literary Oak Square (a barrier zone of varying severity); Marina Krasilnikova, a curator of Art-platform, invites to master-classes in most different art techniques from artists of St. Petersburg, workshops on Slavic craft, as well as temporary art display and an exhibition performance of Lukomirie knight. SHOW-GARDENS

@FatCatArt Теперь вы можете любоваться цветником интернет-котов: при участии @Сatsmuseum @Poonchic, @Bergamot.the.cat, @Pebblesthekitty, @Themaincoonlife @Сatsmuseum (www.catmuseum.ru) – Музей Кошки – первый музей в России, полностью посвященный кошкам. Представленные экспозиции музея посвящены Инсталляция творческого дуэта FatCatArt в рамках проекта Музея кошки «Луко- разным аспектам взаимодействия Человека и Кошки: история, биология, культуро- морье» логия. Коллекция музея включают всё, что связано с кошками: костюмы, сувениры, предметы быта, плакаты, афиши, фигурки, картины, игрушки, статуэтки, а также При поддержке Республики Кошек живые представители кошачьей республики. Открытие основного здания Музея кошки состоялось 20 декабря 2008 года в городе Всеволожске. Под крышей Музея «уживаются» более 4 000 самых разных кошек, на экспозиции вас встречают более Инсталляция “Сад Котов”, созданная творческим дуэтом FatCatArt и их друзьями 3 000. Коллекция постоянно пополняется. Музей имеет статус народного, так как по сети Инста-грам @Сatsmuseum, @Poonchic, @Bergamot.the.cat, @Pebblesthekitty, большая часть экспонатов – это подарки, которые появляются от друзей, коллег, @Themaincoonlife, исследует Флору и Фауну интернета – котов и цветы. коллекционеров и просто посетителей Музея, гостей из других городов и стран. FatCatArt, проект художника и режиссера Светланы Петровой и ее кота Зарату- С 2012 года совместно с Театром кошек Юрия Куклачева Музей кошки реализует стры, – эксперимент по созданию «умного» интернет-мема, медиавируса, разнося- программу «Школа доброты». А также, с конца 2015 года обсуждается туристиче- щего информацию об истории искусства в форме LOLcats – невероятно популярных ский маршрут Москва-Петербург в рамках проекта «Разношёрстный Петербург», в сети смешных картинок с котами, а также исследование жизни искусства в Сети и который завоевал второе место Федерального конкурса по туризму, и готовится специфики творчества в цифровую эпоху. новая экспозиция от Музея Кошки для Театра кошек Москвы. Ежегодно Музей кош- Интернет создал виртуальный мир, где законы Природы 2.0 и Общества 2.0 весь- ки принимает участие в межмузейных фестивалях («Ночь музеев», «Детские дни в ма отличаются от тех, что правят реальным миром. В мире онлайн кошки являются Петербурге») и многочисленных выставках художников, иллюстраторов и других полноправными личностями, могущественными властителями умов, говорящими творческих личностей. Музей Кошки поддерживает благотворительные програм- человеческими голосами своих смиренных ассистентов, тех, кого в профанном оф- мы, акции по благоустройству мест обитания животных в городе (акция по «Котофи- флайн мире называют их «хозяевами». кации дворов Петербурга»), обеспечивает поддержку приютов для животных. В проекте FatCatArt человек и кошка равноправны, и они нашли в Инстаграм, @FatCatArt (www.fatcatart.com ) – Светлана Петрова и кот Заратустра (Россия). этом царстве хо-роших фотографов, котиков и селфи, своих единомышленни- Светлана Петрова – художник, режиссёр, Президент Международного фестиваля ков – 4 популярных фотопроекта, также отличающихся совместным творчеством анимационных искусств «Мультивидение». Заратустра – первый в мире кот – совре- человеческого художника и его кошачьей музы. @Poonchic, @Bergamot.the.cat, @ менный художник, работает в жанре апроприации и перформанса. Он поселился Pebblesthekitty, @Themaincoonlife исследуют характеры животных, живущих в на- у художницы после смерти его хозяйки, матери Светланы, чьей памяти посвящен шем обществе, обретающих в чем-то человеческие черты, но, тем не менее, оста- проект. Работы FatCatArt стали интернет-мемами, международная слава привела к ющихся нашими любимыми дикарями, любопытными искателями приключений и ряду выставок в разных странах. В 2015 году в крупнейшем мировом издательстве свирепыми охотниками. Penguin Random House у проекта вышла книга “FAT CAT ART: Famous Masterpieces В «Саде Котов» представлены работы, раскрывающие взаимодействие кошачьих Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude”, которая была впервые опубликована в США. и растительного мира. Фотографии @Poonchic, @Bergamot.the.cat, @Pebblesthekitty, @Themaincoonlife соединены серией стеео-варио принтов «Коты и цветы» проекта @Poonchic (https://www.instagram.com/poonchic) – фотограф Биназир Асади, кот FatCatArt, показывающих преемственность изображения природы в классической Пунчик (США) живописи и современном цифровом искусстве. Биназир - студентка, изучающая фотографию в Калифорнии. Кот Пунчик – хариз- Эти произведения, свободно выросшие на просторах Сети, любовно собраны и матичная личность, получающая удовольствие от жизни во всех ее проявлениях. пересажены в Михайловский Сад. Он знаменит в интернете, как «Кот, катающийся на машине». Биназир видит в своей SHOW-GARDENS

модели не просто животное, а глубокое и интеллигентное существо, с чем невоз- @Themaincoonlife (https://www.instagram.com/themaincoonlife ) – фотограф Река можно не согласится. Комоли, кошка Артемида и кот Аполлон (Великобритания). Артемида и Аполлон – знаменитые в интернете коты, известные своими забавными приключениями и @Bergamot.the.cat (https://www.instagram.com/bergamot.the.cat) – фотографы остроумными фотографиями своей хозяйки Реки, изучающей фотографию в Вест- Таня Кузнецова и Гарри Данс (Великобритания), кот Бергамот. Бергамот живет в минстерском университете. Проект «Жизнь мейнкунов» рассказывает о взаимоот- живописном уголке сельской Англии, в графстве Девон. Сейчас ему один год, он ношениях двух кошачьих, об их ежедневной жизни, добавляя нотку антропомор- – результат помеси двух пород: рэгдол и Бирманской. В августе 2015 г Таня Кузне- физма в происходящее. Артемида и Аполлон всегда появляются вместе в сериях цова и Гарри Данс взяли его из местного приюта для кошек. Будучи сведебными фо- фото, связанных на манер диалога. Инстаграм аккаунт @Themaincoonlife был от- тографами по профессии, они начали фотографировать его ежедневные прогулки крыт 1 мая 2015 и на сегодняшний день имеет 87 000 преданных фанов. на природе и выкладывать их в Инстаграм. Так у Бергамота появился собственный аккаунт, @bergamot.the.cat, где можно увидеть его приключения. Кот назван в честь Теперь вы знаете, на кого подписаться в Инстаграме! цитрусового растения бергамот, которым ароматизируют Эрл Грей, любимый чай пары. Кот Бергамот очень активен, он любит гулять, охотиться и исследовать при- Инсталляция «Сад котов» создана при участии Ирины Бесединой роду. При поддержке Музея Кошки и Республики Кошек @Pebblesthekitty (https://www.instagram.com/pebblesthekitty ) – фотограф Валери http://catmuseum.ru/ Локант, кошка Пебблз (США) Валери – фотограф-самоучка, известная своими вин- http://catsrepublic.ru/ тажными натюрмортами, снятыми на iPhone. Кошка Пебблз (в переводе «Камушек») много пережила в детстве от человеческой жестокости, но счастливо нашла любя- щий дом в семье фотографа. Она очень забавна и лю-бопытна и постоянно вмеши- вается в постановочные съемки Валери, которая души не чает в своей любимице. Так и родился популярный в Инстаграме проект натюрмортов с маленькой кошеч- кой. Для творческой пары Валери и Пебблз это не только искусство, но и веселая игра. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

“LAND LAB” LANDSCAPE DESIGN IRIS CJSC St Petersburg-Novy Peterhof, post 29 km STUDIO BY SENYA VEREVKIN PROJEKT Tel.: +7-931-202-70-17 E-mail: [email protected] Director and Art Advisor – Smirnov Mikhail Tel.: +7-921-866-43-07 (Elena), +7-921-757-87-28 (Gennady) Workshops were established in 1988. Metal artwork of any E-mail: [email protected] complexity, hammer work, casting, and restoration. Individual www.landlabspb.ru design.

“LAND LAB” is an amalgamation of professional background and creative search for new formats in landscape design. We specialize in landscaping and improvement of suburban and urban facilities, as well as office spaces, on a turnkey basis. Furniture Showroom TEAK HOUSE One of our business lines is express-landscape (creation of one Tel.: +7 (812) 644-64-28 landscape element in 1–2 days). E-mail: [email protected] www.teakhouse.ru

Teak House is a fast growing interior gallery specialized in production of furniture from solid Indonesian teak. Unique showroom Teak House in St Petersburg is situated in the area of Loft 12A. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “FUN AND PLEASURES. YOUR TIME HAS COME!”

(Lively Playgrounds in Urban Environment) Idea authors – Senya Verevkin, Ksenia Marger Project authors – Senya Verevkin, Mikhail Smirnov

“Business before pleasure”, at times it is very difficult to explain this idea to children. Let them get in contact with wild life, soil, plants, and the distinction between business and pleasure blurs. We suggest creating lively green grounds with a small garden and sandpit right in the urban environment. Planting flowers, greenery or vegetables, children work with pleasure, come to know the world around them, and communicate with each other. From garden beds placed in boxes they can go to the sandpit where they play with familiar, yet abnormal in size even for adults, objects – a bicycle and a rocking horse. Everyone gets into the common world called childhood. Such grounds will balance children and adults and contribute to sustainable development of cities and balanced co-existence of people and wild life in the city. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

MARYINO MANOR

General Director – Galina Georgievna Stepanova Village Andrianovo, Tosnensky District of Leningrad Region, Russia Tel/Fax: +7 (812) 318-15-12; +7 (812) 918-81-25 Tel: +7-921-914-34-34 – events Tel: +7-901-316-00-96 – excursions, and suits E-mail: [email protected] www.usadbamaryino.ru

In about one hour way from St Petersburg, on the bank of the Large Pond and in the midst of a picturesque park an ancient manor Maryino, an ancestral estate of counts Stroganovs and princes Golitsyn, has been located in Andriyanovo village for more than two centuries. In the present days the manor turned into the palace and park ensemble open for visitors.

Today both visiting guests of the manor and local residents may admire reviving beauties of the estate – the park is open for walks, the palace houses excursions, music saloons and balls a part of apartments is equipped for comfortable hotel rooms, and state rooms and the park host weddings, banquets, and other celebrations. Having visited the manor once during annual festivals and celebrations (Epiphany, Maslenitsa festival, Easter, Midsummer Night, and Festival of Roses in July are widely celebrated in the manor, as well as the birthday of the manor itself which takes place at the end of September) you will certainly come to Maryino once and again! MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “FLOWER OF HAPPINESS”

In 2016 during the Imperial Gardens of Russian Festival an unusual plant – Flower of Happiness came into blossom in the Mikhailovsky Garden. This plant was brought to the garden from a magic place in the Tosno District: Maryino Manor, where it was grown. Besides that the Flower of Happiness is a perfect dream, it also possesses a marvelous property of fulfilling wishes. Wishes must be pronounced aloud, standing in the center of the flower. Magic powers of the flower are able to fulfill the wishes of both single visitors and of the number of people who manage to get into the flower’s center. The magic properties of the flowers are increased by people in love, day dreamers, and children, as all these people live with their souls open to the world and are able to see miracles by their hearts! Good fairies are fluttering around the flower and hand out flyers telling how to get to the wonderful manor where such valuable Flower of Happiness grew. This marvelous plant has been grown by a tight-knit team of like- minded people working at Maryino Manor: G. G. Stepanova with her family, E.N. Timofeeva with assistants, and O. V. Ivanov with his gang. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

“GORKA” CREATIVE TEAM OF DESIGNERS: OLGA RIABCHIKOVA, YULIA MUSIFULINA, TATIANA POLKANOVA, ELENA STAROVOITOVA

Тел./факс: +7-911-938-19-99 E-mail: [email protected]

We, Yulia Musifulina, Tatiana Polkanova, Tatiana Rykova, Olga Riabchikova, and Elena Starovoitova, alumni of the International Design School, are a female team of young landscape designers. We design public and private spaces with environmental priorities in human interests. We were lucky to be taught by the best experts in the area of urban planning and landscape design – V. A. Nefedov and E. O. Shtiglits. We are united by the aspiration to create the spaces for people where they can live at full rate and enjoy the life. Health and well-being, comfort and esthetics constitute the philosophy of our socially-oriented design. We are settled on the HILL from which we see the perspective and prospects of the area which needs beautification, whereas unconventional view of assigned tasks every time suggests unique solutions, new methods and strategies of landscape design. Our mission is to create a well-elaborated space in natural surroundings, clearly structured public zones, which consider living processes and communicative needs of a person. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

BEST GROUP OF COMPANIES Tel./fax: +7 (812) 380-03-55 E-mail: [email protected] http://bestgroup.ru/

BEST group of companies, established in 1997, is one of the leading investment and developer’s companies in the North-West of Russia. It has successfully operated on the commercial real estate market of St Petersburg for 19 years. The main advantage ФИННКОУТИНГС – the official distributor of company «TIKKURILA» since 1999. of the Group of Companies is a distinct specialization in the field of commercial real Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 244-94-90 estate, experience in solving the most complex organizational, legal, engineering, www.finncoatings.ru and financial issues, creativity and high proficiency of the staff. Best GC comprises – “Best. Commercial Real Estate” – consulting, lease out and sale of office, commercial, production and warehousing real estate, sale and purchase of land plots; – “Best” – investment and developer’s activity; – “MTL. Real Estate Management” – management of commercial and residential real estate and apartment hotels. Over the last years, Best GC on several occasions has reached the final and won prestigious real estate competitions, including CRE Awards, PROEstate and Professional Recognition. SOLOGARDEN – The nursery of open-ground plants. village Toksovo, Vsevolozhsky district, Leningrad Region Tel.: +7-921-755-73-30; +7-921-333-10-25

BRANDWOOD E-mail: [email protected] www.instagram.com/brand_wood/

BRANDWOOD – designer’s carpentry shop. Any solid wood items on a by-order basis: kitchens, bedrooms, nurseries, drawing rooms, stairs, art objects, bathrooms, outdoor furniture, playgrounds, interior items, and small architectural forms. We also work with metal, plastic, and resins. In addition, we offer design, architecture and design engineering services. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

“STRAWBERRY PATH” Project

“Strawberries have ripened in the forest. Father took a mug, mother took a cup, Zhenya took a jug, and little Pavlik took a saucer. They went to the forest to pick up berries…” V. P. Kataev

A bright summer day, the sun is shining; the wind brings the smell of grass and flowers. A path to cherished strawberry meadows goes over the hills, over the green, through the birch wood, and, finally, here they are – strawberries! Our project was inspired by our impressions from expeditions to the forest for strawberries. The playground’s concept involves integration of an emotional image of the forest, travel and adventures into the urban environment. Unconventional and multi-functional set of gaming equipment made of ecofriendly materials provides creation of developmental scenarios of stay on the playground, possible change of games, including associative and imitation games, adventure plots. Coming to the playground, you find yourself in the forest fairytale. Here one can run over strawberry hills, go through the birch wood, and then take a rest in long grass. Or invent your own adventure. We offer the space of imagination and emotions for all age groups, the space you would like to return once and again! Upon Festival’s completion Children’s Playground “Strawberry Path” will be donated to School No. 13 of Primorsky District, St Petersburg. School No 13 was established in 1962 as a residential school for mentally-retarded children. Since 2011 it has been operating as the school for children with special developmental needs and consists of an orphanage and a preschool education department. The school implements educational programmes of primary and basic MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

general education adapted for physically challenged children (with severe speech disorders, locomotors disorders, severe defects, developmental delay, mental retardation, and autism spectrum disorders). It is the only institution of this type in Russia. The school is attended by 290 children, of which 35 children live in the orphanage; the preschool department has 7 groups. School No. 13 is listed on the National Register of leading educational institutions of Russia. School’s children groups annually become winners and awaredees of Russian and city creativity competitions. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

PETER FINK & ANDREAS STIHL MARKETING LLC with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in St. Petersburg

E-mail: [email protected] www.studiofink.eu [email protected].

Peter Fink is a British landscape architect. Peter Fink was born in London and grew up in Czechoslovakia. Upon resettling in London in his early twenties he studied sculpture at St Martin’s and later Philosophy. By focusing on issues of social sustainability Peter as an artist is interested in how culture can became a core quality in the design of our cities as a primary catalyst for change. In 2013 Peter founded Studio Fink to focus on developing projects that highlights the role of artistic creativity in our cityscapes. To collaborate with many diverse architectural practices Peter also taught architecture in London as a Unit Master at the Architectural Association and in the Bartlett school of Architecture. His works were widely published in Europe, North America and Asia. Peter Fink is an author of numerous innovative projects. Peter’s projects won more than 30 professional awards. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

ANDREAS STIHL MARKETING LLC E-mail: [email protected]

Today the products of the STIHL brand are known in many countries and they set the pace on the market. Those who are engaged in forestry, agriculture or the garden and park sector as well as in construction, know and think highly of the STIHL brand, its uncompromised quality, care for customers and constant drive for innovation. We intend to pursue this goal in the future as well. We shall overcome any difficulties to reach it. The STIHL Company has been working in Russia since 1994. At the outset it was a small representative office performing representation and consultation functions. 2009 saw the foundation of a limited liability company called “Andreas Stihl Marketing” with its headquarters in Saint-Petersburg and a network of regional representatives throughout the country. The company is presently represented in Russia by nine sales companies located in the large cities of the country and having, in turn, a huge dealer network selling the products to the end users. A very important component of any STIHL tool is competent servicing, that’s why the STIHL tools are sold exclusively via a special dealer network. Only such a network is able to provide professional advice, servicing and a supply of official spare parts. In order to get information on the products by STIHL or VIKING in Russia please contact us by STIHL Hot Line 8 800 4444 180 or visit our web site www.stihl.ru MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

“COLORFUL WORLD” Project

The theme of childhood is always interesting, totally different in nature organizations and companies are enthusiastic to develop it. STIHL didn`t stand back, and also joined to the creation of their stand, which would not leave indifferent any young person who has come with his family to the Mikhailovsky Garden for the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival in 2016. On the garden`s lawn the guests are met with a bright, cheerful, joyful playground, inviting boys and girls and their parents to come to the stand and to remain there until the moment when it’s all entertainment will be tried, and all energy have been exhausted. The project was realized in a friendly and warm cooperation with the Russian Museum and the British designer Peter Fink. He was the creator of this truly memorable stand, which we have named the Colorful World.

The project was realized with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in St. Petersburg. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM BRANCH IN MALAGA I.Levitan, V. Vereschagin, I.Repin, P.Konchalovsky, V.Kandinsky, V. Tatlin, O.Rozanova, M.Chagall, A.Rodchenko, N. Altman, P. Filonov, K.Malevich, A. Deyneka, L.Bakst, M.Vrubel, A.Golovin, N.Goncharova, M.Larionov, K. Somov, A. Benua and others. In August 2015, the exhibition of works by Pavel Filonov was opened, and in www.coleccionmuseoruso.es January 2016 new exhibitions: the Jack of Diamonds and Seasons were opened. On July 20, 2016 the exhibition «Chagall and his Russian contemporaries» will be Currently world`s only and the first European branch of the State Russian Museum opened in the branch of the Russian Museum. opened on March 25, 2015 in Spanish city Malaga (Andalusia) in «La Tabacalera» More than 107 thousand guests have visited the branch of the Russian Museum in exhibition center former tobacco factory. The total space of the State Russian Malaga since its opening . Museum branch is 7500 m2. Especially for its opening the building underwent In February 2016, with the joint efforts of the staff of the Russian Museum and the reconstruction, the purpose of which was the conversion of the exhibition halls of Cultural and Exhibition Centre «La Tabacalera» a landscaped seminar «Days of historic the second floor with total area of 2300 m2 gardens in Malaga» was held, where the listeners were told about the gardens of St. Along with the exhibition halls, the branch includes space for mounting and Petersburg and the historical gardens of the Russian Museum – Mikhailovsky and restoration of exhibits, Information and Education Centre (IEC) the Russian Museum: the Summer gardens. In response, the Spanish delegation presented the gardens virtual branch, Children’s educational center with creative workshops, cinemas, of the Alhambra and Generalife, as well as the historical La Concepcion Botanical souvenir shop and a cafe. Garden and its society. Every year, the exhibition halls will hold three exhibitions, which will display In the future it is planned to make the branch of the Russian Museum a real original works of art from the collection of the Russian Museum: one “permanent” center of the Russian culture and art in all its forms as dancing, cinema, theater AND (up to 9 months) and two temporary (up to 6 months each). photography. This cultural project will serve as a bridge uniting the representatives The branch of the State Russian Museum opened with the Russian art of XV–XXth of different countries and nation of Europe. centuries exhibition and Russian art from the age of Diaghilev where Spaniards and guests of Malaga could see originals of A.Venetsianov, K.Briullov, A.Ivanov, MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

LUCKY PROJECT LLC Tel.: +7 (812) 925-76-42; +7-921-740-08-26 E-mail: [email protected] www.project-lucky.ru

Enterprise «Lucky Project» is specialized creative union of architects, engineers, designers, ecologists and constructors. We put our heart, spirit and soul in сreating trendy landscape, interior and architectural design projects. Everything we do is harmonious, unique and emotional.

ROCA GROUP LLC www.roca.com www.ru.roca.com

Roca is a world leader in the conception, design, manufacturing and sale of products for the bathroom space. Currently it has 75 production centers, is present in over 135 countries across five continents and directly employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Roca is a leader of the Russian market of bath spaces and moreover it is the first Spanish company in investment volume terms. In the Russian and CIS markets Roca Group presents several brands in different segments – a premium trade-mark LAUFEN (Switzerland), Roca brand itself that offers bathroom products in medium and high segments. Furniture for bathroom - brand Aquaton. In economical niche – Jika (Czech Republic) and in the Russian Supported by the Tourism Department of the Embassy of Spain in the Russian Federation, econom - trade-marks Santek and Santeri. Roca has 7 factories of sanitary ware in the Culture Department of the Embassy of Spain in the Russian Federation and Consulate Russia. General of Spain in Saint Petersburg MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

“GARDEN OF 5 SENSES» Project

The garden will be designed specifically for children, using the plants to induce singular sensorial experiences. State-of-the-art techniques will be used to set up vertical gardens inspired in the traditions of our region: vegetable gardens for feeding purposes, and ornamental Mediterranean gardening. Water will run between them, and hedges of aromatic plants in the arab- andalusian manner will complete the design. The goal is the stimulation of all five senses: Sight. Colours and shapes of bougainvilleas, geranium and other spring flowering species such as can be seen in our streets. Hearing. The ever turning sound of water flowing from fountains. Touch. The different textures can be grasped by children playfully blinded, thanks to the vertical display. Smell. Children will be taught to appreciate the smell of rosemary, lavender or other aromatic herbs. Taste. Children will be able to pick the vegetables directly from the garden-wall and try recipies with them. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

GLODYA VLADIMIR Tel.: +7-981-713-07-04 E-mail.: [email protected]

Born in 1994. At the present time, student of Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University named after S. M. Kirov. Since 2013 to the present day has been working at Intex. As a team member took a direct part in mounting the compositions for Imperial Gardens of Russia festivals: in 2014 году (project “Conservatories – A Step towards the Sun”) and in 2015 – projects “All Roads Lead to Rome – the Miraculous Caravan” and “A Long Journey of the Mandarin”.

INTEX LLC Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 441-24-06 E-mail: [email protected]

The Intex company has been in place since 1992. The high professional skills and vast expertise of the company’s experts as well as the use of advanced technologies allows for the implementation of the most sophisticated and original ideas. The company performed a lot of complex and large-scale work in design, landscape construction and development, including the Mikhailovsky palace and the Summer Garden of the Russian Museum, State Residence of the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad Region, town of Pionersky), the former country house of A.A. Polovtsev, State Guest Residence K4, FSI Sochi Incorporated health resort of the Administrative Department of the RF President and many others. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “DESERT ISLAND”

Children know no limits in space or imagination. They are not boxed into rigid boundaries of the adult world view. Our project will help adults to remember their childhood, and children to play sea conquerors, Robinson Crusoe, or Sindbad the Sailor to their heart’s content. A little bit of imagination and … coming off the path and crossing the bridge, our visitors will find themselves on a desert island, imagine that they have suffered shipwreck and been casted on the island, but there is always an opportunity to throw a bottle with a message asking for help into the sea, and there is a chance that a brave captain prowling the oceans will lower the boat and save the one seeking help. And a moment later one may come to be in a miraculous garden somewhere in hot countries, in the oasis amidst the desert and just like travellers going with the caravan of exotic spices and goods listen to the murmur of the spring and stretch legs in the shade of southern citrus trees. All this is just our imagination, nothing more; nevertheless, the images are as bright as in our childhood. Go back to your childhood more often! MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

OLGA PODOLSKAYA DESIGN STUDIO SPACE FOUR CONCEPT STORE is universal design space where you can find everything to create a modern interior: from furniture, illumination, and accessories to textile and objects of art. The items presented at Space Four Concept Store complement each other and meet current ideas about luxury. Tel./Fax: +7-911-810-12-12 Tel.: +7 (812) 244-94-96; +7-931-211-46-47 E-mail: [email protected] www.spacefour.ru www.opstudio.design https://www.facebook.com/spacefour.ru https://www.instagram.com/space4_interior_design Olga Podolskaya design studio presents a current trend of interior design. Established in St Petersburg, the design studio works on projects of private and public interiors in Russia and abroad, performs the design, visualization, and full equipping of the facility: from furniture to decorative items, providing The Project is made with assistance of professional stylistic support. ST PETERSBURG REALTY is the largest real estate broker and leader in sales of Designer Olga Podolskaya is a graduate of the International Design School flats on the North-West primary and secondhand markets. 22 years of successful and has a British diploma of Rhodec School. The designer’s portfolio comprises operation on the market. The Company sells accommodations in more than 200 several dozens of projects; each project has its own image emphasizing the houses from 42 developers. Complex transactions: accommodation selection, client’s character. All works of Olga Podolskaya received high appreciation as mortgage execution, insurance – commission-free. at design competitions (Pinwin Awards, ADD Awards) as in press: you can find Tel.: +7 (812) 335-55-55 her designs in the best interior magazines in Russia. E-mail: [email protected] From this year on an Italian factory produces a furniture collection for modern www.spbrealty.ru and classic interiors under the brand of Olga Podolskaya Design Studio. SETL CITY is one of the lead developers of the North-West, successfully operating on the market since 1994. SETL CITY implements projects in different price brackets: residential complexes of comfort, business and premium class. The overall area at different stages of construction is over 6 million sq. m. The Company operates in compliance with Federal Law No. 214. Tel.: +7 (812) 335-55-55 E-mail: [email protected] www.setlcity.ru MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “OPEN THE WORLD YOURSELF”

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer

Children are able to think and create something the same way as they see this world: straightforwardly, volumetrically, without any constraints or thinking what other people might say. Your first sight of the world is a sight of a clean sheet which can produce some pictures. In course of time the picture is becoming more distinct and bright, with sharp edges and clear lines and rules. At times you need a reason and time to remind yourself that the world provides you with boundless opportunities for creativity. Open the world yourself, and get to know yourself once again! The first life experience is reflection: that is how children perceive the world by imitating adults and senior ones. This world is colorful and diverse; the world is boundless; the world of games and transformations; the world behind the looking-glass; the world of extraordinary impressions. Teenagers: they are not children, although not adults yet. It is a difficult stage when a young person standing full length should see the opportunities opening. Attempts to find yourself can either lead to the world of discoveries and creativity or to the narrow-minded existence. What are you like at the moment? Through what prism do you look at the world around you and what do you see? Is the world bright and free as this garden which a child’s eyes can see in the mirror or just a small plot of a well-groomed lawn, which can be seen through a small window in the wall of rules and norms we often set for ourselves? We would like to show the world as it is and as it may be to adults and children, the ones who have grown up and are still growing! You can take a different look at this world, at yourself, at your children, and discover this world once again! This project is created to unite adults and children, nature and design, classic landscape art and modern installation. MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

DROZD & ZHABA CREATIVE BUREAU

Tel.: +7-965-076-52-51; +7-921-398-69-59 E-mail: [email protected] vk.com/drozdzaba

The company specializes in concept design, arrangement and decoration of festivals, exhibitions, events, photo-sessions; event-management; interior and garden design. We always work for positive result and solve urgent problems.

ST PETERSBURG BOTANICAL GARDEN of Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Tel.: +7 (812) 372-54-64 (excursion bureau) +7-921-765-00-65 (evening and specialized excursions) E-mail: [email protected] www.botsad-spb.com MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “FATHERS AND SONS”

Project authors – Natalia Zazerskaya

Everyone knows that the garage is not only the place where a family car is kept. The garage is a workshop and a vegetable store, men’s club and even a shrink’s office. But one of the main sacred actions taking place in the garage is exposure of a young man to the adult world. “Sonny, give me that wrench,” said the father once opening the hood. And a boy, not believing his ears, took this necessary tool in his hands. This simple event reminds of an ancient coming-of-age ceremony which was aimed to bring the child into a difficult and dangerous adult life. Object “Fathers and Sons” is a women’s view to the men’s world, the history of father’s upbringing and moving into adulthood told by means of flowers, herbs and hardware. With thanks to fathers for sons! MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

ST PETERSBURG STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY growing in the open and under cover, fruit growing, as well as in training of highly qualified agricultural professionals.

Institute of Agrotechnologies, Soil Sciences and Ecology Chair of Vegetable Growing and Ornamental Gardening St Petersburg - Pushkin EDUCATION AND EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY AT PUSHKIN LENINGRAD STATE Tel.: +7 (812) 476-44-44, +7 (812) 470-04-22 UNIVERSITY Fax: +7 (812) 465-05-05 10, Peterburgskoye shosse, St Petersburg-Pushkin E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +7 (812) 465-81-25; +7-905-211-34-52 www.spbgau.ru EEF Manager – Galina Nikiticheva

St Petersburg State Agrarian University is one of the largest agricultural educational Education and Experimental Facility (EEF) was founded in 1986. It specializes in institutions in Russia. growing of vegetable and flower seedlings. The area of heated greenhouses of These days St Petersburg State Agrarian University, founded in 1904, train the the facility is 0.5 ha. The Winter Garden composed of indoor plants offers exciting professionals of in-demand specialties and specializations for the agricultural sector. excursions and educational seminars. In addition, the staff of EEF provides expert The university has a license for implementation of 63 programmes of higher consultations on landscape design and train students. education and 4 programmes of secondary education. The academic teaching staff of the university comprises 423 lecturers, including 85 doctors of sciences and 270 assistant professors working at 38 chairs. Chair of Vegetable Growing and Ornamental Gardening was founded in 2009 after amalgamation of two chairs: the Chair of Vegetable Growing and the Chair of Fruit Growing, which laid the foundation of Leningrad Agricultural Institute (present St Petersburg State Agrarian University) 1922. In 2012 the Chair became the part of Institute of Agrotechnologies, Soil Sciences and Ecology. Now the Institute has about one thousand intramural and extramural students. Members of the Chair are fully engaged in development of national vegetable MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS

Project “THE SEA IS CALLING …”

Project leader: Assistant Professor at Chair of Vegetable Growing and Ornamental Gardening, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences – Lennara Khairova Artist – Tatiana Kuvshinova

In the faraway blue sea The Brigantine sets the sails… P. D. Kogan

What do boys dream of? They dream of making for the open sea on a strong sailing ship and reaching a desert island inhabited with odd beasts and birds and covered with wonderful plants. Or may they find some treasure in the cave? Our sailing ship called Smely (Brave) is ready to set off. Blue waves of flowers are washing its stern. Dolphins are jumping out of waves, and a snow-white seagull is sitting on the ship snout. A fearless young captain is at the steering wheel. He will lead the ship to remote coasts to meet adventures. A crew of young sailors is ready to fulfill his orders. Right now they are about to set the sails and the ship is setting off. It will go from one wave to another. The wind will swell the sails. The captain’s eyes will begin to water, but his hand will keep the steering wheel tight. In far waters of Arctic and South Rustle sails of impetuous ships. The swift-winged, they are led by the captains, Who discover new waters and lands… N.S. Gumilev MIDDLE-SIZED GARDENS SMALL GARDENS

CREATIVE GROUP: SVETLANA KUROPATKINA, SERGEY KISELEV, YEVGENIA SAPELKINA, ANNA KIRILOVA WITH THE SUPPORT OF CF «Good city of St. Petersburg»

Svetlana Kuropatkina is a curator, a journalist, and a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia, a Counselor to President of the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Art and Restoration;

Sergey Kiselev is a curator, an artist, and a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, a member of the Creative Union of Artists of St. Petersburg, and a member of Trustee Board of ‘Promotion and Renaissance of the Russian Art’ Welfare Foundation;

Yevgenia Sapelkina is a sculptor, a member of the Creative Union of Artists of St. Petersburg, a founder and a head of ARTRAVEN Modern Art Gallery in Wyborg;

Anna Kirillova is a florist designer who lives and works in Wyborg. Small gardens

ART-SPACE “VNUTRI”

20, Voznesensky pr., St Petersburg Tel.: +7-921-330-18-32

“VNUTRI” is a creative, hospitable, and modern space for collective creative work of artists and designers. Our major task is to see and hear the beauty and reveal it for ourselves and for the people around. An idea is born Inside A sensation is born Inside The beauty is born Inside Creation of unique interiors for your house is a separate line of our activity. Our design studio designs private and public interiors, providing full furnishing of the facility, and our experts will render assistance in selecting pieces of art for your interior. In addition, “VNUTRI” Gallery hosts art exhibitions, creative and literary soirees, lectures in art, discussion clubs for interior designers, workshops from fashion designers, stylists, and photographers. For the one who is interested in modern forms of communication and cultural entertainment, the life VNUTRI is really busy. Small gardens

PRINCIP NOVO LLC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION «DOBRY GOROD PETERSBURG» Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 738-37-94 Tel.: +7-921-952-91-90 www.dobrygorod.spb.ru Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 702-92-93 Charitable foundation “Dobry gorod Petersburg” has been involved in promotion E-mail: [email protected] of charity and volunteering in St Petersburg since 2011. The Foundation pools www.principnovo.ru resources of common citizens and business and allocate them for solving critical problems of the city. We assist citizens of St Petersburg (individuals and companies) «PRINCIP NOVO» is a fast growing landscape company. By combining the experience with taking part in the life of the city, active incorporation into its development, and it has gathered and the introduction of modern landscape industry technologies providing aid to others, as well as receiving it. the company provides for the performance of a whole package of services involved The establishment works with application of the community foundation in arranging unique zones, creating a comfortable and cosy environment for country method, which has perfectly proved itself all other the world, and is a member of the life. Russian Community Foundation Partnership. The work carried out by the PRINCIP NOVO Company includes: landscape design, The largest in Russia, annual charity city festival “Dobry Piter”, which has been held landscape construction, landscape gardening, complex care of a garden plot, for over 10 years, is the brand identity of the Foundation. This Festival started the growing of plants, sales of plants. movement “Dobry Gorod” (Kind City) across Russia, and over 40 cities have already joined this movement. The Foundation devotes much attention to senior citizens, supports initiatives of elderly people and for elderly people. Over 50 projects were implemented in 2015. “Dobry Gorod Petersburg” is one of the Russian leaders in development of children and family charity. Every over about 30 thousand children and families are involved into charity and volunteering through the Foundation’s programmes. The Foundation also partners with large companies in implementation of their corporate social responsibility. Each year more than 1,000 of their employees take part in programmes of corporate volunteering, and the actions take place in 20 regions of Russia. Small gardens

“THE FLOWER FOUNTAIN” Project

Project curator – Svetlana Kuropatkina Consultant – artist Sergey Kiselev Sculptor – Yevgenia Sapelkina Floral artist – Anna Kirillova

In the rich verdure of a magnificent garden the visitors suddenly come across a flower fountain. The garden, allowing the fountain to disturb its tranquility, welcomes its appearance by a light sway of branches and palpitation of leaves. Flower ribbons go down the iron chutes, as water threads, either forming a sophisticated sculpture or coming to life in the odor of sunny buds and leaving the tail of reminiscences from the childhood. The same way as the seed gives birth to the flower, the fountain, as a spring coming from the ground, symbolizes birth, contemplation, and infinity.

Project is realized at support of Charity foundation “Dobry gorod Petersburg”.

After the Festival project “The Flower Fountain” will make the basis of the public garden in Prospekt Veteranov 147, Krasnoselsky District, MS Sosnovaya Polyana. Small gardens

NORDPARK LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGIES LENINGRAD NURSERY OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS Tel.: +7 (812) 905-74-53 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.lenpitomnik.ru Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 925-97-81 E-mail: [email protected] Leningrad Nursery of Ornamental Plants, established in 1997, it has been one of the largest suppliers of planting material for urban landscaping and private garden NORDPARK is a young Russian-Swedish landscape architectural company plots in the North-West. On the plot of over 20 ha of fertile land the Nursery cultivates offering the whole scope of works on creation of unique landscapes keeping about 1,000 plant varieties: conifers and deciduous trees from small transplants to up with the latest global trends and having special charm and style of their large-sized plants of about 7 meters in height, ornamental shrubs, redivives and own. Using the broadest set of instruments developed by European landscape annual flowers. Every year the Nursery’s assortment is enriched with unusual and architecture over its long history, the Company aspires to transform the city unique European plant varieties, which are carefully adapted and acclimatized image by creating comfortable green space meeting all needs of its citizens, and for our environmental conditions. The range of Company’s services includes on the country site – to bring the wild landscape in tune with the atmosphere of consultations on landscaping, supply and planting of almost any variety of plants, the house and the style of its owner. lawn arrangement, seasonal maintaining of planting vegetation, and landscape Core values of the Company are freedom of creativity, unconventional design. The Leningrad Nursery makes every effort to create a green garden on the approach, and consistently high quality of ideas implementation. The Company empty space with no much bother or trouble to the client. considers the nature itself and satisfied clients to be the main source of inspiration. Small gardens

“THE WORLD BEHIND THE LOOKING GLASS” Project

Developing the project concept, the authors gave priority to interactivity and entertainment of children’s theme in landscaping. The composition presents a rectangular court closed on three sides with a П-shaped path along the inside perimeter, which allows going round the court. The ground in the center of the composition is a variation on a chess board theme. However, some of the squares changed their places, whereas flowers and conifers can be found on other squares, as well as the figures of fairytale characters. Welcome to the World behind the Looking Glass! In our World behind the Looking Glass there is a surprise prepared for small and big visitors of the Festival: in the shrubs framing the composition we have hidden distorting mirrors as in a real Fun House. Going around the composition, our visitors will be able to see themselves in the most freakish forms, take photos, and meet fairytale characters keeping quiet among the shrubs. Small gardens Small gardens

PUSHKIN LENINGRAD STATE UNIVERSITY University Rector – Viacheslav Skvortsov, Doctor of Economics, Professor St Peterburg-Pushkin Tel.: +7 (812) 466-65-58 E-mail: [email protected]

PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE STUDIES AND FINE ARTS FACULTY Faculty Dean – Maria Kharitonova, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences www.philosophy.lengu.ru

Pushkin Leningrad State University is a state educational institution of higher vocational education. The university was established in 1992, and today it is a multi-level educational center with a network of branches all over Russia. 11 schools and faculties of the university provide training in more than 50 fields of higher education. Philosophy, Culture Studies and Fine Arts Faculty conducts training in the area of cultural studies, philosophy, fine arts, landscape architecture, and graphic and environmental design. The teaching staff comprises high-quality professionals, doctors and candidates of sciences, as well as members of professional creative unions. The postgraduate training program aims at training the academic and teaching staff of top qualification in philosophic sciences and art history. Project authors: BORIS ANUSHIN – Assistant Professor at Chair of Cultural Studies and Art of Pushkin Leningrad State University, member of the Russian Union of Artists LILIA EGLIT – Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, member of St Petersburg Union of Artists. Small gardens

Project “THE WORLD OF CHILDHOOD”

Project authors: Boris Anushin, Lilia Eglit All of us come from our childhood, as the childhood is where our outlook is born. Everyone bears an ideal image of this world (the world of childhood) and we keep this image at the bottom of our hearts for our entire life. We, Lilia Eglit and Borsi Anushin, invite you to look at the world of childhood through very general, yet light, image of family, which is bright, life assuring and intrinsically valuable by itself. A child is closer to nature than anyone else: it is the whole universe of feelings, emotions, sensations and bright impressions which are becoming more heavy-footed and earthy with years. In our project we would like to present the image of childhood as the starting point of demerging from nature: the adolescent period inhering the intact purity and sincerity. Unbiased emotionality of the childhood with its uncovered sensory perception of the world is marked by translucent contours. The shade opposing the light symbolizes the earthy material life and is emphasized by color – the image of material beauty on Earth. Herewith, the floral carpet within the contours of shade is also symbolic, as even sorrows in childhood are bright and rainbow-like because they are brightened by joyful perception of the world and overall feeling of safety; thus, they are swift passing. Translucent structures and bright flowering plants express a subject matter of the composition in material: from inherent emotional sincerity and purity to earthy colorful harmony through the childhood. Small gardens

ART-ENVIRONMENT “SHELEST”

Barnaul, Altai Territory, Russia Tel.: +7-903-910-66-11 E-mail: [email protected]

LARISA ABRAMOVA – designer, organizer and head of Art-Environment “Shelest” – professional creative environment for projects creation and implementation: from concept development to designer’s supervision. Objects, spaces, nature and people communicate with each other in search of new sensations, emotions, and energies. In our work we aspire to combine and

harmonize these components and for this purpose we communicate with landscape professionals, as well as with experts of other adjoining and creative areas. Special weather conditions of Siberia and short working season require mobilization of the whole processes: creative, technical, and organizational. In winter, when a part of the garden is covered with snow, some other accents such as a Christmas tree, winter flowerbeds and bouquets, amusements in the form of slides and snow architecture appear. “Listen to beauty and take a closer look at something you have heard” is a style of life and work of our Art-Environment.

PAVEL FILATOV – photographer, organizer and member of numerous photo expeditions across Altai, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Nether-Polar Urals. Two-time champion of Russia in sport caravanning as a member of motor expeditions. He works together with wife, Elena. Tel.: +7-913-231-46-12 www.pavelfilatov.com Small gardens

Project «GARDEN-PLAYGROUND “COLORS OF LIFE”»

Project author – Larisa Abramova A child is like a ray of white light. The basis of the composition is a white color (a white verandah). The chamomile field (central zone) symbolizes innocence, purity, and openness. The same way a white ray of light falls into colors, the child develops different qualities when exposed to bright colors. In the garden spots of colors – zones – radiate outward from the center. These zones are decorated with plants and thematic posters of the relevant color characterizing its symbolism and impact on the human development. Each color bears its energy, knowledge, and feelings. Green zone – protection, family, support area Yellow – energy of knowledge Red – energy of physical development, endurance, and stamina Light blue – friendliness Dark blue – adventures Brown – working capacity Pink – romanticism Orange – creativity. The posters are made using photos of wild landscapes, scenery, the plant life of Altai, as well as photos of birds and animals. Photos are provided by Pavel and Elena Filatovs. Small gardens

ANDREY N. KOVALEVSKY

Tel.: +7-950-029-87-40 E-mail: [email protected]

Andrey N. Kovalevsky – upon graduating the institute for the first twenty years was involved into design engineering in divisions of the Ministry of Nuclear Energy as an engineer hydromeliorator. In the last years, after retirement, he has been doing publicist writing and local studies in parks of the manors of St Petersburg agglomeration. For the seventh year he has taken part in programs of public lectures and competitions during festivals in the Mikhailovsky Garden. In the previous years he presented compositions “Philosophical Rock Garden” and “Laozi’s Pond – the Mirror of the Garden”. In operation of the non-formal studio he is supported by his daughter Natalia. The composition of this year falls within several themes proposed by festival organizers: “treasure island, mysterious garden, water amusements, installations on the pond, young naturalist, entertaining botany”, which emphasizes non-indifferent attitude of the author to children. Small gardens

Project “MOKHOSTROV”

The core of project “Mokhostrov” submitted to the competition dedicated to childhood is northern nature, which is so close for families with children attending the festival. This is the natural component of culture, which was suggested by Nikolai Rerikh. The symbols of this emblem, three round stones (artificial shells) will come in unexpected contrast to the round floating island covered with the thick carpet of mosses, ferns, bushes of blueberry, cowberry, bilberry, and heather. The island will become a favorite habitat for ducks; it will add life to the pond and bring joy to children and their children. Water plants, sedge, and cattail along the island outline, as well as the leaves of water lilies, which come into flower, floating on the pond surface, will remind about local flora, which has existed long before the park, and about natural environment, which still surrounds people. Small gardens

Saint-Petersburg State State-Financed Professional Educational Institution GARDEN AND ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE

Tel.: +7 (812)-540-88-40 E-mail: [email protected]; sapl113.ucoz.ru www.sapl113.edu.ru/

Garden and architecture college provides training for skilled professionals in park and garden and landscape construction. The students get acquainted with the advanced techniques and methods required to create flower compositions for beautification of both outdoor areas and indoor premises as well as with the features specific for work in trade and business. The College is a regular participant in various artistic exhibitions and craftsmanship competitions. Project authors: Kuritsyna Tatiana – professional cycle teacher. Honored Worker of Elementary Vocational Education. Karamysheva Anastasia – Diploma winner of the 6th Imperial Gardens of Russia International Festival. Putkaridze Anna – teacher of additional education. Kozlova Irina – Foreman of vocational training in specialization “Foreman of garden and park and landscape construction”. Winner of the City Competition of Pedagogical Excellence “Best Foreman of Vocational Training 2013”. Small gardens

Project “YOUNG FLORISTS’ WORKSHOP”

Summer is amazing time! Outdoor activities are tempting! Especially for children! Small children are big fidgets. They cannot sit still even for a while. One of the first-priority task of adults is to direct the child’s aspiration for acting into a proper, more precisely, into a creative channel. A perfect way of intellectual and emotional development of small children is creative activity. And creative activity in the open air... in the garden is even better. “Young Florist’s Workshop” is a corner of the garden, where, staying outdoors, the child may create BEAUTY. Using different natural materials, children try creating their first floral works. Small gardens

SMALL INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE OF ST PETERSBURG STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY ANANTA LLC

St. Petersburg-Pushkin Tel.: +7 (812) 920-43-98; +7-909-968-19-08 www.ananta.club

Design, construction, materials and technology – in harmony with nature! Development of eco-technologies, equipment implementation, production of environmentally-friendly materials, design and construction of prefabricated, bio- positive energy-efficient houses, settlements of a new type. Creation of innovative agro-industrial productions.

GWENDOLEN LANDSCAPE DESIGN SHOP St Petersburg-Pushkin, Agro-Technological Center of St Petersburg State Agrarian University, Expoforum Agro Tel: 8-905-200-03-31

Modern citizens of metropolitan cities, tired of the mad pace of civilization, with increasing frequency are turning their gaze upon natural beauty. We are able to change the world around us being supported by natural laws. Landscape design for us is an activity entirely dedicated to creation of beauty and harmony of a human and nature! Small gardens

Project “WHERE DOES HOBBIT LIVE?”

Based on The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. Project autor – Gennady Kalashnikov

Originally hobbits lived in holes (they still feel most comfortably in them), but in the course of time their accommodation has become more diverse. In Bilbo’s time only the wealthiest and the poorest families kept up ancient traditions. The latter made holes with one window or without any, whereas prosperous hobbits were not satisfied with simple holes and created proper mansions (they were called smeals) with numerous passages and halls under the ground. But such accommodation needed some appropriate place, which was not easy to find. That is why on plains and in lowlands hobbits started building on the ground, and shortly thereafter in hilly areas, even in traditional areas of hobbit’s holes such as Hobbiton, Tuckborough and Michel Delving on the White Downs, wooden, stony, and brick houses appeared. More and more craftsmen – millers, blacksmiths, and cart wrights were moving in there. Soon, even wealthy holes acquired above-ground structures (sheds and working shops). Small gardens

NIKA LLC

Tel.: +7 (812) 640-85-13; +7 (812) 952-09-15; +7 (812) 952-09-16 E-mail: [email protected] www.nikaland.ru Director General – Konov Vladimir Chief Designer – Tuzova Irina

NIKA LLC is a multi-purpose landscape and construction company specializing in general improvement and landscaping of both urban areas and private plots. We especially enjoy working at children’s facilities. Kindergartens and schools decorated by our specialists look especially comfortable. It seems that they are smothered in flowers and verdure from spring till late autumn as the plants are selected by their blooming period from April to October. Herewith, the choice of plants is enormous as the company has its own nursery garden. A living illustration of our unconventional approach to the theme “Children, School, Garden” is the area of School No. 584 for children with ICP at Rudneva street 8 and of School No. 104 in Kharchenko street. Our indoor and outdoor grounds for miniature golf are also tailor-made. Each ground has its concept and unconventional decoration. We occupy ourselves only with what we love. And what we love? We love our city and people living in it. Small gardens

Project “MINI-GOLFIK”

Project author – Konov Vladimir

Grown man play golf, the youth prefer miniature golf, and who is MINI-GOLFIK for? Right you are. It is for our children! Try to offer your child something ordinary – and he will quickly get bored. The child wants something Unusual! And we have something to offer your child! It is – MINI-GOLFIK! An exciting, thrilling, and creative game! On a small ground of 3X4 m in size super-complex 3D modules of miniature golf are assembled as a puzzle. No every adult is able to get familiar with. By the way, it is noted that very often a child beats the parents, as the child plays without any inner limits! Let’s play like adults: a set of golf clubs, tracks, loops, traps, a judge’s table, and photo sessions… And the most important thing is that this great structure is easy to dismantle and move to your dacha! And you do not need much space, as it is MINI-GOLFIK! Small gardens

GARDENER’S NON-COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP (GNCP) “ZVEZDOCHKA” Gribakins str., St Petersburg Tel.: +7-921-952-09-16 E-mail: [email protected] Board Chairman – Konov Vladimir It historically happens that several gardener’s partnerships still exist in the territory of our city. Lands, being once marginal, were distributed among employees of industrial enterprises. Small land plots of 6 ares were cultivated by enthusiastic gardeners. The vegetable gardens were within easy reach: one could take a bus-trolleybus and in half an hour happily potter around the garden, a private small hand- made paradise. Later, the city overgrew its boundaries, new buildings poured over the city outskirts, some new districts developed, and these nice vegetable gardens remained in the midst of high-rise buildings: they are so touching with their wooden fences and small toy-like houses smothered in apple, cherry, and bird cherry trees. Our little gardener’s partnership (just 102 plots), sandwiched between powerful Zvezda plant, at which the first amateur gardeners worked, and noisy Ring Road, which never calms down, is a recreational zone for such industrial district as Obukhovo. In winter, our gardens sleep under the snow, with small streams of smoke idyllically rising above the roofs here and where, just like in the country. In spring, the gardens are full of blooming apple, cherry, plum, and bird cherry trees, and at night we enjoy songs of nightingales, trilling just like in Kursk (in Russian saying “Kursk nightingale” means an excellent singer).

NIKA LLC Tel.: +7 (812) 640-85-13; +7 (812) 952-09-15; +7 (812) 952-09-16 E-mail: [email protected] www.nikaland.ru Director General – Vladimir Konov, Chief Designer –Irina Tuzova

NIKA LLC is a multi-purpose landscape and construction company specializing in general improvement and landscaping of both urban areas and private plots. Small gardens

Project “BEEP! BEEP! CAR!”

Project author – Konov Vladimir

A bimetal biotechnical car (BEEP! BEEP! CAR!), is it a car or a flowerbed on wheels? It is up to you to choose. You can take a drive, blink with goggle-eyed headlights, hoot numerous horns, and enjoy sweet smell of flowers and herbs filling this fantastic vehicle. Our BEEP! BEEP! CAR! will definitely charm both children and adults. It does not take mush space, and you can use it to drive to the other end of the garden, away from mother’s severe look. Let’s go for a drive! Small gardens Small gardens

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION “PRIMULA” NATURE LOVERS’ CLUB

own of Lisiy Nos, St Petersburg Tel.: +7 (905) 285-11-33 E-mail: [email protected] www.primula.spb.ru

Community Organization “Primula” Nature Lovers’ Club, founded in 2010, brings together people interested in gardening, landscape design and the fate of their small motherland – the Village of Lisy Nos (Fox Nose). The members of our society are people who’ve already managed to accomplish the basics of life – building a home, raising children, and planting a garden. It is their altruistic desire to see gardens bursting beyond the confines of private estates, carpeting the streets and playgrounds, and flowing into the village’s main square, forming a vast public garden in whose creation the residents themselves have the opportunity to participate. This goal unites people of different age including young people. For six years in summer with participation of the Youth Labor Exchange we have arranged the Youth Ecological Squad and together with children we have been growing our future gardens. In 2010, starting with small-scale jobs – area improvement around the Palace of Culture in the settlement, every year we turn thickly grown, uncared plots into refined, interesting park and garden areas popular with children and adults. The settlement is extended with gardens. Thus, in 2012 we laid the LIABRARY GARDEN, and in 2015 the TURTLE GARDEN was set up. The whole settlement and its inhabitants are proud of these gardens, as we have put our labor and love into them. Small gardens

Project “THE KEY TO THE FORGOTTEN LAND”

Project authors and leader – Zabrovskaya Maria Architect – Parichka Natalia

The key to the forgotten land… Long ago it was lost forever. Thick brushwood covered the abandoned path, the gateway hidden under cobwebs and moss. To come back, to make your way over hill and dale, and to peep in there with half an eye. Is here anybody who has not dreamt of that? But how? And is it possible? As only those who are underage are allowed to enter this land. What if? May the situation be different? May the key to the land of your childhood be somewhere near and nobody has found it yet? You know, you just need to remember and you will be able to come back to that faraway fairyland. The project is based on the work of school children from the Lisy Nos Youth Ecological Squad, which they did one rainy summer day during classroom training. ART OBJECTS

INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DELIVERY NETWORK

Tel/fax: +7 (821) 336-70-20; 8 (800) 200-70-90 (Free call across Russia) E-mail: [email protected]

AMF, established in 1996, is the leader of the Russian market of flower delivery, a reliable partner, and a team of highly skilled florists. The company delivers flowers to almost every corner of the world. As soon as you select a bouquet, it may be delivered to any point in Moscow, St Petersburg, more than 740 cities in Russia and 195 neighboring countries and beyond. Our clients will be satisfied with work of the lead florists of both capitals, a wide choice of fresh flowers and ready-made bouquets, as well as with endless opportunities to fulfill any floral desire. At St Petersburg Branch of AMF (ul. Mira 15) any client may place an order for flowers delivery to any corner of the world and take opinion of professional managers on any questions concerning flowers. ART OBJECTS

Project «FLORAL PANEL “HAPPY SMILEY”»

The panel is made by florists of St Petersburg Branch of AMF

Smiley is a stylized graphic representation of a smiling human face. Traditionally, it is a yellow circle with two black dots representing eyes and a black arc representing the mouth. Smilies are widely used in the popular culture. “Smiley” is also used as a generic term for emoticon typically employing punctuation marks to depict emotions. “Happy Smiley” composition is made of bushy chrysanthemums of yellow and white colors. A special ground for taking photos is planned in front of the floral panel. ART OBJECTS

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DESIGN (SAINT PETERSBURG)

ТTel.: +7 (812)-326-07-01 E-mail: [email protected] www.spb.designschool.ru

International School of Design (Saint Petersburg) – educational institution of a new formation, provides modern professional education in accordance with international standards of profession, adopted by the International Association of Interior Designers (IIDA). International School of Design provides a unique opportunity to get the modern professional education in the field of design: “Interior design Landscape”, “Costume design and accessories”, “Graphic design”, “Interior Decorating”, “WEB-design”. Forms of training: full – time programs (1-2 years); distance learning; Summer school of Design; workshops and short courses; internships. ART OBJECTS

Poster Exhibition “FLOWERS OF CHILDHOOD”

Project curator Graphic-Artist, “Graphic design” Department Curator – Galina Metelichenko

To plunge into the world of childhood once again… What could be better than this? Spontaneity, joyful and free creativity, and inspiring imagination – these are the emotions and feelings which are so essential for an artist in the artist’s adulthood. We refer to the source of childhood to feed our creativity, to move beyond our adult platitudes, and to open new creative sides of life. Students and alumni of International Design School (St Petersburg), who traditionally take part in the Festival, were highly enthusiastic to take up this amazing theme which is so close to everyone. Since it is a perfect space to kid around, escape the rules, and be entirely sincere and joyful as children, who are the flowers of our life! The posters we are going to present this time will display these particular qualities. We will try to take the unique experience of spontaneity and joyfulness from the Land of Childhood and transmit them by means of a modern graphic language of a poster. ART OBJECTS

VOTSKY (GAVRILOV) VICTOR

E-mail: [email protected]

Graduated St Petersburg Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Industry. Member of the Union of Russian Artists, member of the Russian Design Union. Ph.D. in History of Arts. Assistant Professor at Chair of Interior Design of Saint- Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. Main areas of activity: architectural decorative plastics, art design. The artist’s works are kept in collections of the State Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Modern Museum of Modern art, and private collections in Russia and abroad. Participant of more than 200 exhibitions in Russia and abroad (Russia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, France), including the State Hermitage (Jewelry Vanguard–2002 and Plastics in Metal and Stone), in the Louvre (Carrousel du Louvre SALON SNBA–2003). Prize winner at competitions Biennale Design MODULOR–1999, 2009, 2013. ART OBJECTS

Project “CHESS CITY”

Chess is played by both adults and children. Chess joins together art, science, and sport. It is difficult to find a better game for the brain than chess: confrontation and opposition of black and white, of the sky and the earth, of male and female – yin and yang. Chess develops tactics and strategy, observation and patience, combinative thinking. You cannot help but compare the game of chess with Chinese I Ching (The Book of Changes), one of the oldest fortune-telling systems, the collection of practical, philosophical and spiritual wisdom of ancient Chinese culture. The book comprises 64 symbols (hexagrams), as many as squares on a chessboard. The basis of I Ching is ever-changing Universe, its changes and development. Each hexagram consists of two trigrams composed of three broken or unbroken lines. The upper trigram symbolizes the past of a person, and the lower one tells the person’s future. In particular, “Creativity” trigram presents three unbroken (male) lines and symbolizes the Sky, whereas “Fulfillment” trigram consists of three broken (female) lines and symbolizes Earth. When yang reaches its limit, it turns into yin, and when yin reaches its limit, it turns into yang. Confrontation develops into its opposite, attaining equilibrium and harmony, something permanent and changeable, two creative sources, the point at which the distinction between black and white blurs. It is impossible to achieve perfection in chess; nevertheless, aiming for the Great Limit means the non-existence which gives birth to existence. Expression of this process by modern plastic means, as well as the appeal to these images, is the establishment of sources building the foundation of the future at the present moment. ART OBJECTS

KRISTINA CHEMELOVA, NATALIA POTEKHINA AND EKATERINA BORODINA

Object “FLORA” CHEMELOVA KRISTINA– participant winner of anniversary exhibition Modulor–2015 in Art-Design category. Tel.: +7-911-755-94-50 E-mail: [email protected]

Object “FAUNA” POTEKHINA NATALIA – silver prize winner of anniversary exhibition Modulor–2015 in Art-Design category. E-mail: [email protected]

Object “PLAY OF LIGHT” BORODINA EKATERINA Tel.: +7-921-942 48 46 E-mail: [email protected] ART OBJECTS

Project “IMAGINAERUM”

Project leader – Gavrilov Victor – Assistant Professor at Chair of Interior Design of St Petersburg State University of Technology and Design (SPbSUTD). The project unites works of three authors – students of SPbSUTD – Kristina Chemelova (object “FLORA”), Natalia Potekhina (object “FAUNA”) and Ekaterina Borodina (object “PLAY OF LIGHT”). Project “Imaginaerum” demonstrates the power of imagination vitalizing objects and events by the example of communication of living and non-living objects: moss striving through an expressly artificial structure, an organism beating the same structure, play of light and color embodied in planes. Using the flight of imagination, some inanimate objects are turned into integral attributes of a beautiful garden from childhood memories: plants, animals, and sunlight. ART OBJECTS ART OBJECTS

DH DESIGN SCHOOL

ТTel: +7 (812) 350-74-08; +7 (812) 983-45-15 E-mail: [email protected] www.dhschool.ru vkontakte.ru/divaharmonia facebook.com/divina.harmonia.spb

DH Design School, founded in 2003, is one of the leading modern design schools in St Petersburg. In our school we teach adults to interior design, graphic design, landscape design, and photography. The teacher’s staff comprises practicing fashion designers, artists, designers, and architects. In our school we use proprietary teaching methods and programs meeting the needs of time and labor market. Solid grounding and applicability of knowledge enable the school alumni to build a career of professional designers. ART OBJECTS

Project “LITTLE GARDENS FOR LITTLE AND BIG ONES”

Project leaders – Olga Kalitenko, Irina Yuresku, Natalia Zazerskaya The composition consists of four objets d’art – models of four gardens designed by students and alumni of DH Design School: “The Jungle is Calling!” by Tatiana Arkhipova, “The Landscape Game” by Evgenia Kniazeva, “To Mum for a Cup of Coffee” by Svetlana Semenova, “Towards the Sun” by Oksana Travina. The authors make an attempt to present visually four important aspects of the child’s communication with the garden: the garden as the territory of dream and romantic journeys to fairylands; the garden as the meeting place of different generations and family unity; the garden as a world model and the space of free game improvisation; the garden as an instrument of environmental education improving the quality of life environment and providing children growing up in a modern metropolitan city with an opportunity of face-to-face communication with nature. ART OBJECTS

NATALIA TSVETKOVA

www.tsnatali.wix.com/installations www.tsvetkovaart.narod.ru E-mail: [email protected]

Artist, Ph.D. in History of Arts, Assistant Professor at A. L. Stieglitz Saint Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy. Member of the Union of Russian Artists, St Petersburg Design Union, European Textile Network, member of Professional Creative Union “Society “Free Culture”. Exhibitor of more than one hundred of Russian and international exhibitions including solo exhibitions. ART OBJECTS

Project “MOON FLOWERS”

The project was inspired by story “Forever and the Earth” by Ray Bradbury, in which the author tells about the genius and fragility of human life, about a journey through time undertaken to let a death- sick writer of science fiction live for a bit longer and write his best book. The story ends with a description of beautiful flowers: “…But these flowers appear each night. They seem to drop from the sky. They are the color of an autumn moon, their blossoms are immense and they burn and sparkle their cold, long petals in a blue and white fire.” The project presents several objets d’art: large fancy flowers placed in space between trees above the human height to create the impression that the flowers have dropped from the sky. The flowers are of expressly bright colors to stand in contrast with the setting and emphasize their non-earthy origin. ART OBJECTS

IRINA ZHUK

Architect, muralist Tel./Fax: +7-916-091-06-06 E-mail: [email protected] www.irinazhuk.com

IRINA ZHUK – graduated Moscow Institute of Architecture and Florence Academy of Art. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia. Expert in the area of universal design and barrier-free environment. Head of “Silhouettes” Sensor Project for physically challenged children and adults. Head of TouchArt LAB, which specializes in research into the role of tactile sensation in adaptation of the physically challenged people. Participated in social project “6 Senses of Human” (Moscow), Universal design in the Resource Center of Support for Deaf-Blind People (Moscow), arrangement of accessible environment for Sergiev-Posad Home for Deaf and Blind Children and House for Deaf-Blinds (Puchkovo). Winner of international exhibition Russian ArtWeek (Moscow, Central House of Artists) and All-Russian Contest “The Sixth Sense” for the design of accessible environment for deaf-blind people (Moscow). Solo-exhibition “Patterns of Thinking”, Resource Center of Support for Deaf-Blind People (Moscow). Participant of the 20th International Exhibition ARKHMOSKVA, “So-edinenie mirov” (Connecting the Worlds); Decorative Art, Artists Union of Russia (Moscow); Pictor Imaginarius around the World, Mosaic in/on Music (Moscow); International Public Art “Mosaic in/on music” (Moscow). Participant of Premio Internazionale GAeM (Italy, Ravenna). Author of City Mosaic course (Moscow, Museum of Moscow). ART OBJECTS

Original Sensor Project “SILHOUETTES”

“SILHOUETTES” is a project on the dialogue between the world of people able to see and hear and the world of blind, visually impaired and blind-deaf people. Today, the art may be available to almost everyone who can observe or touch it. Tactile silhouettes are the code to study the great scheme of the surrounding world, self-identity in the world, and ability to feel it “through skin and eyes”. The theme of today is children! Their images are work of imagination created by nature. That is always stories of here and now! That is a miraculous touch of the moment! “We can close our eyes and stop seeing, we can stick forefingers in ears and stop hearing, but we cannot take our skin off… My art has no physical restrictions, when the living space is perceived through skin and eyes.” ART OBJECTS ART OBJECTS

VERA VIGLINA

Artist and sculptor E-mail: [email protected] www.viglina.ru

Vera Viglina is St Petersburg artist, sculptor. Alumna of the Chair of Ceramics of Leningrad Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Industry. Vera Viglina works with large forms creating amazing unique sculptures from fireclay, sometimes combined with other materials, for gardens and parks. In her creative work the artist turns to eternal values such as love, family, self- improvement and aims at drawing the looker’s attention to himself/ herself. Her works are intended to distract people from everyday fuss, set balanced relations between the human being and metropolis. Exhibitions of Vera Viglina’s sculptures took place in the Yusupovsky Garden, the Peter and Paul Fortress, museum preserve Pavlovsk, the Mikhailovsky Garden and other sites of the city. ART OBJECTS

Project “THE GARDEN OF CHILDHOOD”

The image of childhood, as well as the theme of motherhood, is important in the creative work of Vera Viglina. Children depicted by the author are neither ingenuous babies nor little adults: they are some special creations living under their own laws in some special timeless environment. They play carelessly, running together about the summer meadow. Their games are like meditation, and children are absorbed in thoughts about themselves, garden, and the world around. In her sculptures, the author has managed to embody with an amazing expressiveness a lively longing of a child, unselfish desire to share joy, and unprotected openness to the world. By their presence children turn the environment around them into the sacred place of games and dreaming, into the garden of childhood to which each of us would like to come back. ART OBJECTS

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Project “BABA-YAGA’S FAIRYTALES”

Project idea author – Olga Abramova Project curator – Svetlana Kuropatkina

Project “Baba-Yaga’s Fairytales” is inspired by Russian folk tales collected and adapted by a well-known folklore specialist A. N. Afanasyev and illustrations by I. Ya. Bilibin. Fairytales and popular beliefs tie nations, connect material, artistic and spiritual cultures of the humankind. The center of the composition is the front of the hut decorated with fairytale symbols which create the image of Baba-Yaga through separate elements associated with the history, philosophy and culture of Slavic nations. Different styles, methods and materials are used in the composition. The project is created by students of St Petersburg Institute of Arts and Restoration under the supervision of instructors. ART OBJECTS

TUZOVA IRINA

E-mail: [email protected]

Tuzova Irina – a garden designer, I am occupied with development of projects on urban landscaping and beautification. I think that our city should not only be the capital of the North, but also green capital of the North. Our yards are too dull and faceless; the technologies of their landscaping are often standard and fail to consider the whole diversity of plants able to grow in St Petersburg. Each of my projects is tailor-made and has its unconventional concept and flower decoration. My last projects: landscape arrangement around apartments in Primorskoye shosse 424 and beautification of the area around business center Preobrazhensky Dvor (Liteyny pr. 26). Yet, my primary passion is planting sorted lilacs. I think that lilac perfectly suits our city, especially during White Nights, and I want lilac bushes to blossom in small gardens and yards, adorning them and filling the air with fragrance. ART OBJECTS

Project “DWARF HOUSE”

Project author – Tuzova Irina

“Dwarf House” – a house we used to admire when reading tales by the Brothers Grimm, right to fit your child, with all fairytale attributes: a bell above the front door, with a post box, small benches, watering cans, pots and potties with flowers. It will take hours to examine all pretty objects surrounding the house. Only children are allowed! All that adults can do is to gasp in delight looking at the house of their dream; nevertheless, both children and adults will enjoy the house. Sit down on a bench, embrace your child and tell your favorite fairytale. ART OBJECTS

RANDI & KATRINE ART-NATURA LLC E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] www.art-natura.ru

RANDI JØRGENSEN AND KATRINE MALINOVSKY is a creative duet from Denmark. The Company was created in 2005, and since then it has been successfully operating in The two artists met while studying in The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and the area of landscaping and architectural reconstruction of cultural heritage sites. When since 2004 they have been working together. They live and create their project in the Company quite often faces a complex of tasks and sometimes insoluble problems, Copenhagen, and have become widely renowned for the past ten years owing to its specialists always find the only correct solution, develop an out-of-the-box approach, their sculptures and installations in cultural institutions or at open sites. Not so long and, at times, invent their own way of solving the tasks set. ago, their personal exhibitions took place – ‘Mellem Tårne’ in ARKEN Museum of At present, the Company recommends its clients not to adapt themselves to typical Modern Art and ‘Follies & Faces’ in Museum of Art in Public Spaces in KØS and in solutions but to have, create and not to be afraid when demonstrating their true identity, Køge. to stand out of the crowd. When creating their sculptures and installations, the cultural duet applies an architectural method allowing them transforming a specific space: they rather build Art-Natura LLC possesses a technology of light-weight concrete production (fiber art constructions able to show interconnection between a person and a space than polyester concrete, polyester concrete, etc.) and a mobile station to produce such houses and towers that are not a piece of architecture from a functional point of materials right on a construction site which allows creating an exceptionally original, view. energy-efficient, and ecological architecture with its own style integrated into a specific The Authors are particularly interested in anthropomorphic architecture; in a landscape situation and complying with definite tasks. number of their project they have been making houses and towers more human- like, combining a construction with a face and a body. Towerman Project, a new Man of Tower for the Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival, is one representatives from Towermen family spread all over the world – on squares and parks of South Korea, Denmark, and now in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ART OBJECTS

TEKNOS Saint Petersburg Branch of Teknos LLC is in Maryino Industrial Park, Saint-Petersburg-Peterhof. Tel.: +7 (812) 334-95-31 www.teknos.com

TEKNOS is one of the leading European manufacturers of coating materials possessing own production facilities in such countries as Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Russia. ТЕКNОS is: • 67 years of experience in coating materials market; • own R&D centers in Finland and Russia; • Company Branches in 17 countries. Issues of product quality and environment protection are closely interrelated for TEKNOS. The Company gives special attention to ecological safety of materials both in its activity and when developing new types of products. The framework of architectural and construction products of TEKNOS Co. is made of materials on water-basis that produce minimal impact on environment. ART OBJECTS

Project “TOWERMAN”

Towerman is a project under which two distinguished artists Randi and Katrine made their attempts to speculate on topic of anthropopathy of residential estates and other architectural constructions, as well as to draw parallels and analogies between elements of buildings and parts of human body, and, in particular, human faces. Torwerman is a fairy-tale man of tower that sits leaning forward in a garden to entertain children and make adult speculate. Dressed in bright colors and made of wood with numerous decorative details, he invites to play – to climb up into his legs, come inside and hide in his body, climb up the ladder and look out of a tower window. The authors offer visitors to think on the issue with the help of this project – ‘What interconnection leis between people and buildings?’, and ‘What influence architecture produce on people in general?’

Project is realized at support of Danish Culture Institute in Saint Petersburg. ART OBJECTS

FONTANKA-32 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ART CENTRE of the Central District of Saint-Petersburg

Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 417-53-54 E-mail: [email protected] www. fontanka32.org

The Municipal State Funded Educational Institution of Additional Education of Children Fontanka-32 Children and Youth Art Centre is 89 years old. From 1945 to the present, the CYAC has been located at the former house of the count Koushelev (32 Fontanka embankment). Today more than 3000 children study here and 144 qualified teachers are employed. The main aim of the Centre is to provide conditions for children and young people to develop their creativity and organize their leisure time. An excellent team, Fontanka Children’s Art Workshop made up of the of the Children and Youth Art Centre “Fontanka-32” works according to the author programme “Art to life”. Children get real knowledge and skills in the process of project activities. They gain creative artistic experience and learn how to use it in their lives thanks to games, intensive work with different materials, participation in competitions, festivals and exhibitions of different levels. Head of group and author of the project’s ides – Nadezhda Oleynik, teaching artist, member of the Association of Art Historian (AIS), member of the Artist’s Union of Russia, member of the Teachers’ of Art Union. Tel.: +7-921-871-67-82 E-mail: [email protected] ART OBJECTS

Project “THE CITY OF SUNNY BUNNIES”

Idea author – Nadezhda Oleynik Children are great visionaries and inventors. They create the world of their own using the simplest materials and common objects; they animate it and make up the whole stories about this world. In summer in the country, many children enthusiastically build huts, settlements, and even towns inhabited by animals, birds, characters of books and films. Project “The City of Sunny Bunnies” involves the natural landscape of the Mikhailovsky Garden and trees transformed by children into a clay town with houses inhabited by BUNNIES also made of clay. Clay is a natural material; clay items live long and can fit into any landscape perfectly. The composition will be not complete without plashes of sunlight (in Russian they are called “solnechnye zaychiki” (sunny bunnies)) reflected from numerous mirrors placed in the grass and fixed in the trees. Children are so fond of reflecting sunlight all around! The composition is made by students of Fontanka-32 Children Art Centre under the supervision of Nadezhda Oleynik. Children attending ceramics studios of the Children’s Activity Center of Primorsky District “Put” under the supervision of Elena Alekseeva and the Children’s Activity Center of Vasileostrovsky District “On the 9th Line” under the supervision of Ekaterina Tokareva took part in the project. ART OBJECTS

OCHEN KHOROSHO THE WORKROOM OF VEGETABLE FLORISTICS

OCHEN KHOROSHO THE WORKROOM OF VEGETABLE FLORISTICS is the first Russian specialized service for the production and delivery of edible bouquets of seasonal and exotic fruits, vegetables, nuts, mushrooms, berries and herbs. www.ohorosho.ru

RAZ`EZZHAYA THE WORKROOM OF INTERIOR ITEMS creates the decoration for life: magnetic boards, markerboards and slateboards for drawing, multipurpose lamps, playhouses and children’s furniture. www.raz-ezzhaya.ru ART OBJECTS

Project “MAGIC PETERSBURG”

Childhood is the best time to build castles in the air. A granite lion suddenly grows up magic carroty mane, classic columns have rhino’s heads on the top, and pink elephants and white bears are roaming among cars in the city. “Magic Petersburg” installation is a collaborative project of Raz’ezzhaya Interior Studio and “Ochen Khorosho” Vegetable Floristic Studio. An interactive entertainment venue located on Rossi Bridge is both for children and their parents: photo zones, tintamarresque and anti- tintamarresque, and slate boards for pictures drawn in chalk. We invite visitors – both adults and children – to have fantasies on the theme of magic in the urban environment. ART OBJECTS

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VEGETABLE GARDENING St Petersburg regional non-profit organization “UROZHAY” (HARVEST) was established in 2015. It is a non-governmental establishment uniting gardeners and vegetable growers of St Petersburg and effectively promoting development of horticultural and Tel./fax: +7 (812)-295-12-29 dacha associations infrastructure through assistance in settlement of specific issues E-mail: [email protected] and general improvement of gardeners’ quality of life, which includes arrangement and holding of different events: congresses, conferences, seminars, and round table St Petersburg administration for development of horticulture and vegetable discussions in the area of horticulture and vegetable gardening development and gardening, established in 1995, carries out implementation of the state policy promotion. in the area of development, beautification and servicing of gardening, market- gardening and dacha non-profit associations in compliance with the procedure established by the legislation.

SADSERVICE LLC Leningrad Region, Vyborgsky District, Roshchino settlement, Biont Business Center Tel.: +7 (813) 786-43-03 www.sadservis.com

Sadservice LLC performs works on waste handling, planting and cutting of trees, lawns management, fountain servicing, and paving. ART OBJECTS

Playground Project “ABVGDeika”

TV programme ABVGDeika is the most long-lasting television educational project in the Soviet Union and later in Russia. In the absence of positive patterns of children behavior in mass media, the role of such TV programme as ABVGDeika is overriding. For this very reason the St Petersburg Administration for Development of Horticulture and Vegetable Gardening suggests the project “ABVGDeika”. This project is fully congruent with the National Strategy of Actions in Interests of Children for 2012-2017 proposed by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, as this project successfully fulfills an important task of information socialization of children in today’s society. The project presents a classroom with flower composition forming the word “ABVGDeika” as the classroom’s walls. On the ground visitors can see large colorful boxes full of special game-based aids and toys, a bookstand with children’s books, a stand for pictures and can hear popular songs from favorite old cartoons playing in the background. Besides, during the Festival, the ground will host workshops in carving (the art of carving fruit and vegetables) and flowers planting and selection. On the opening day of the Festival the visitors will see a special presentation of ABVGDeika TV programme with the participation of actors and clowns of TV project, as well as awarding the winners of the children drawing contest “My Favorite Dacha” announced by the Administration. ART OBJECTS CREATIVE PROJECT

This year Finland is participating for the first time in the Imperial Gardens of Russia, the annual International Festival of the Russian Museum in the Mikhailovsky Garden. The Consulate General of Finland and the Finnish school in St. Petersburg with the support of UPM, Tikkurila and K-rauta are representing Finland at the Festival.

THE FINNISH SCHOOL IN ST. PETERSBURG E-mail: [email protected]

The Finnish school in St. Petersburg was located in the parish building of St. Mary Church on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street from 1847 to 1930. Its first director was Uno Cygnaeus, who on his return to Finland laid the foundations of the Finnish school system. The School resumed its work in the early 1990s on Podolsk Street. CONSULATE GENERAL OF FINLAND After working in several other locations, the School returned «home» to the renovated premises in the House of Finland on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street IN ST. PETERSBURG in 2010. The School conducts training in Finnish following the Finnish school general education curriculum. A distinctive feature of the training can be considered the Phone: +7 (812) 331-76-00 study of Russian language and culture for all classes. An important partner of the E-mail: [email protected] School in St. Petersburg is the primary school 204 (www.school204.ru). www.finland.org.ru

Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg is one of the largest Finnish missions abroad. It represents the interests of Finns and Finland in the region and enhances co-operation between Finland and Northwestern Russia in questions of cross-border mobility, trade, transport, logistics and investments. What comes to environmental concerns, the focus of cooperation is the protection of the Gulf of Finland. In the field of culture the Consulate General seeks to expand cultural ties. The Consulate General cooperates with other institutions representing Finland, keeps in touch with the Finnish community in the region and offers consular services to Finnish citizens. CREATIVE PROJECT

PARTNERS: TIKKURILA Group website: www.tikkurila.com Tikkurila brand website: www.tikkurila.ru Tikkurila community: vk.com/tikkurilaru

Tikkurila is a leader in the market of paint materials in Finland, Sweden, and Russia. UPM IN RUSSIA Established in Finland, nowadays the Company works in 16 countries. Tel.: +7 (495) 411-00-45 (Moscow) Our high-quality products and a wide range of provided services guarantee the Tel.: +7 (812) 336-97-17 (St Petersburg) best choice in the market. Sustainable beauty since 1862. www.upm.ru

UPM has had trade relations with Russia since the 19th century. Today UPM is selling paper and label materials, and procures wood and recycled paper in Russia. It owns plywood mill UPM Chudovo in Novgorod region as well as the UPM Raflatac slicing and distribution terminal in St. Petersburg and Moscow. UPM sales offices are located in St.Petersburg, Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Ekaterinburg. UPM employs about 850 people in Russia. K-RAUTA www.k-rauta.ru Tel.: 8 800 3333 008 [email protected]

K-rauta is a building and home improvement chain that helps its customers to create comfortable living conditions easily and quickly. Quality and customer satisfaction are K-rauta’s priorities. The first K-rauta hypermarket in Russia was opened in Saint Petersburg in September 2006. At the moment K-rauta has 13 stores in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Yaroslavl. K-rauta is an international building and home improvement retail chain owned by the Finnish Kesko Corporation. Kesko was founded in 1940 in Finland. Now Kesko has more than 1500 stores in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus. The K-Group employs around 40,000 people. CREATIVE PROJECT

Creative project “HAND IN HAND”

As a Finnish proverb runs “Play is a child’s job.” And we completely agree with it! Childhood means parents, games, friendship, walks, sweets, and many other things. Children’s friendship knows no boundaries or obstacles, so we invite all Festival’s participants to create a collective installation “Hand in Hand” and see how an original chain of friendship may be created by common efforts! Visitors will create “Hand in Hand” installation during the Festival in the workshop mode. Paints and brushes will help in the creation! NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

CHETYRE STIKHII (THE FOUR ELEMENTS) CREATIVE UNION

Idea author and project curator – Tatiana Tyangova Tel.: +7-960-271-03-51 E-mail: [email protected]

Chetyre Stikhii (The Four Elements) Creative Union is the association of professional artists of St Petersburg working in different styles and turning flat wooden objects into angels, horses, fish, cats, sheep or elephants decorated with ornaments. The association appeared thanks to the idea of artist Vladislav Shumakov who made first wooden objects and professional artists started painting them using methods which were not common for wood painting. Academic painting methods, paintings in the old- master style, and vanguard motives with a grain of warm humor are used along with the depiction of flat forms which is typical for popular folk decoration. For the period from 2009 to 2016 9 thematic collections were created by the union’s artists. For several times the members of the Union presented their creative work at the imperial Gardens of Russia Festival. NON COMPETITION PROGRAMM

Project “HOW I LOVE MY LITTLE HORSE»

“How I love my little horse! I shall brush it well, of course, I shall comb its tail and mane, And go riding out again.” Agnia Barto

In the context of designer’s painting-on-wood art project “4 Stihii”, the team of artists presents the project “How I love my little horse!” for participation in the Imperial gardens of Russia Festival. Rocking horses are suggested as the landscape design items. Symbolic, yet recognizable, figures of horses will serve as a playground for children, and the Mikhailovsky Garden will present one of four elements – Earth – blooming, cheerful habitat of horses, which symbolize achievements, luck, competitions, victory over the opponent, and standing for the sun, light of life, and spiritual enlightenment. Modern urban environment, which is far from any pastoral scene, is deliberately filled with natural elements (parks, gardens), as well as art ones (museums, galleries, outdoor exhibitions). Items made with feeling, with good taste may be a good ornamentation for any exterior, landscape of a club, private house, dacha, weekend school, any place where warm and cheerful atmosphere is needed. Painted horses are not only amusement for children but also admiration for adults. These objects d’art may be interesting for everyone who is concerned about external environment, development of artistic vision in children, decoration of space for children, and those who like decorative and applied art. Artists: Christoph Rabiariveru, Aleksandr Bazarin, Ivan Tarasayuk, Anna Kazhdan, Elena Belik, Irina Khalimon, Vladimir Khudobko, Olga Dolzhenkova, Olga Gasparyan. Forms are made by sketches of designer Leonid Zaytsev, and blanks are made by Sergey Lyubimov. Financial partners of the festival SISTEMA

13/1 ul. Mokhovaya, Moscow, Russia Тел.: +7 (495) 737-01-01

SISTEMA is a publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS, which is a major shareholder of companies serving over 100 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, high technology, radars and aerospace, banking, retail, tourism and healthcare services. Founded in 1993, the Company reported revenues of RUB 708.6 billion for 2015, and total assets of RUB 1.3 trillion as at December 31, 2015. Sistema’s global depositary receipts are listed under the symbol “SSA” on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema’s ordinary shares are listed under the symbol “AFKS” on the Moscow Exchange. Website: www.sistema.com SISTEMA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

13/1, Mokhovaya str., Moscow, Russia Tel.: +7 (495) 737-01-01 www.bf.sistema.ru

SISTEMA Charitable Foundation is one of initiators of Imperial Gardens of Russia Festival. Sistema Charitable Foundation was founded in 2003. Being one of the largest corporations in Russia, it now is a main tool to realize social investment of a Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation and its subsidiary and affiliated companies. Sistema is a member of Donors Forum and National Council on Corporate Volunteering. It is one of top ten largest Russian charitable foundations in terms of donations scope. The Foundation develops a strategy of social investment, builds a portfolio of priority projects, implements social and volunteering, scientific and educational and cultural programmes. The Foundation decides to support those projects of a unique and innovative nature, quite often from areas that have not been targeted by charity providers. Supporting culture is one of priority tasks in activity of the Foundation. Partnership relationship between Sistema and The State Russian Museum started in 2003 when they signed their first long-term agreement on cooperation. During their cooperation, large scale exhibition and publishing projects were realized; reconstruction of masterpieces, palace and garden architectural complexes being part of the State Russian Museum complex took place. Scientific, outreach conferences, public discussions and interchange of opinions in the area of fine art, as well as numerous cultural programs were organized. Owing to support of Sistema Charitable Foundation, a unique project on creating a network of virtual branches of the State Russian Museum and abroad was started; now the project included nearly 200 digital representative offices. In 2013, agreement of cooperation was prolonged for 10 years up to 2023. NOVATEK

22А ul. Pobedy, Tarko-Sale, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, 629850, Russia

Office in Moscow: 2 Udaltsova ul., Moscow, 119415, Russia Tel.: +7-495-730-60-00 Fax: +7-495-721-22-53 www.novatek.ru

NOVATEK is the largest independent natural gas producer in Russia. The Company is engaged in the exploration, production, processing and marketing of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. NOVATEK OJSC attaches great importance to the implementation of projects aimed at supporting culture, the preservation and resurrection of the national treasures and spiritual heritage of Russia, the promotion and integration of Russian art into world culture.

The Company pays particular attention to the works of Russian artists of the late XX– XXI centuries. The important direction of charitable activities is supporting projects implemented by young authors. The Company stands in long-term partnership relations with such famous cultural centers of Russia as: the State Russian Museum, the museums of Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Multimedia Art Museum/Moscow House of Photography and others. PJSC MOBILE TELESYSTEMS

Public Joint-Stock Company Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is a leading multi-service telecommunication provider in Russia. MTS’ subsidiaries provide mobile communication services in Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. A consolidated subscriber base of the mobile business of MTS Group in the countries of operation is 107.8 million subscribers, and in Russia the number of subscribers is 77.3 million. The company also provides services of fixed-line telephony, broad-band Internet and cable television, the number of subscribers of fixed-line services in Russia is about 8.9 million. The Company has the largest in Russia non-food retail chain, which amounts to more than 5,000 communications stores and the largest in Russia LTE-network with more than 20 thousand base stations. MTS rapidly develops convergent products and services for private and corporate customers in different areas: telecommunication solutions for business, financial and banking services, satellite TV services, services of e-commerce, M2M connectivity, monitoring, navigation, system integration, data processing, and e-document management. The largest shareholder of MTS is Sistema JSFC. Since 2000 shares of MTS have been listed at New York Stock Exchange under code MBT, and since 2003 – at Moscow International Exchange under code. Additional information about the company is available on website www.mts.ru. BANCA INTESA

General Banking License № 2216. www.bancaintesa.ru

Banca Intesa is a Russian subsidiary bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, one of the top banking groups in the euro zone and leader in Italy in all business areas. Banca Intesa provides banking services to enterprises and to individuals in 25 regions of Russia throughout the country from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The main activities of the Bank are corporate lending and SME financing. The history of Banca Intesa dates back to 1992 when the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development set up KMB Bank. Today Banca Intesa keeps leading positions in Russia in financing small- and medium- sized enterprises. To private clients Banca Intesa offers a wide range of services including consumer loans, deposits, Internet banking and cards of international circuits. Social responsibility is a hallmark of Banca Intesa and the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, which supports various projects in the field of arts and culture both in Italy and in Russia. Partners of the festival SAINT PETERSBURG PUBLIC CHARITY FUND OF RUSSIAN MUSEUM PALACES RESTORATION

Tel./fax: +7 (812) 312-43-70 E-mail: [email protected]

The fund is the curator of the First International Festival “Emperors’ Garden of Russia”, and was founded in 1992 with the support of the Russian museum. Core business activities – culturological, educational, social and charitable. Support of creative initiatives, creation of grants, and fulfillment of social programs which are created to support the most vulnerable categories of citizens among which are handicapped children, orphan children – all these are the main activities of the Fund. The Fund is a participant of the Federal Target Program “Renaissance”, and provides managerial and financial support to one of the program’s sections – the opening of the chain of informational and educational centers:“Russian museum: Virtual branch” on the territory of the Russian Federation as well as abroad. THE “FRIENDS OF THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM” INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY

Tel.: +7 (812) 315-15-85 Tel./fax: +7 (812) 347-87-23 E-mail: [email protected]

The “Friends of the Russian Museum” International Society was founded on 19 March 1997 on the threshold of the centenary of the Russian Museum. Nowadays the “Friends of the Russian Museum” Sistema Finance Investments, OJSC Novatek, PJSC VTB Bank, PJSC LUKOIl, Northwest Bank Sberbank PJSC, Kirishi Oil Refi nery, PJSC Severstal, PJSC MobileeleSystems, Banca Intesa and others. Among honoured members of the society are the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, writer Daniil Granin, conductors Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Spivakov and others. ART LINE ART SUPPORT FOUNDATION

E-mail: [email protected] www.art-line-fund.ru

The Art Line Foundation was set up in 2007 to promote modern Russian art by holding exhibitions, carrying out educational projects as well as by publishing activities. Thus with the support of the Russian Museum, The Tretyakov Gallery and the Tsaritsyno State Museum-Reserve the Foundation organized the following exhibitions: “Love for Bronze”, “Sports in Art”, “Children Next Door”, “Russian Insomnia”, “Russian Heartstrings. A Glimpse from Germany”. Since 2008 the Foundation has been involved in the annual international festival “Imperial Gardens of Russia”. At the initiative of the Art Line the Mikhailovsky Gardens in St Petersburg have an open air Museum of Roses with blossoming flowers. In 2011 the Foundation started a long term musical project “Children Help Children” with a permanent group of highly talented children as its integral part. All the children are foundationers and prize-winners of international music festivals and contests. In the framework of this educational project quite a number of charity concerts were held in Russia and abroad. In 2011 pianist and educator Tatiana Malysheva formed a group of gifted children to serve the aims of the Art Line Foundation. The month of December saw the first performance of the group in the Pushkin memorial museum as a New Year present for multi-child families. The audience was treated to lyrics of the great poet and the beautiful music by Karl Maria von Weber, Frederic Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff … With the concert “Winter Dusk” the Art Line Foundation launched the first project “Seasons” as part of the long term educational programme “Children Help Children”. The “Winter Dusk” was followed up by a music and poetry composition “The Spring Is Coming” performed in the memorial museum of the outstanding Russian actress Maria Yermolova. as well as by other concerts “The Beautiful Summer”, “In the Rain of the Fall” and “The Snow is Falling” and others. A new project of the Foundation “Music Windows to Europe” started in October 2013. In the period of October 2013 to December 2014 the following concerts were held: Opening a Window to German Music, Opening a Window to Scandinavian Music, Opening a Window to British Music, Opening a Window to Italian Music, Opening a Window to Polish ,Music, Opening a Window to Austria Music, Opening a Window to Russian Music, Opening a Window to France. MARIYA MIKHAYLOVNA KOPYEVA

President of Art Line art support foundation (domestic art popularization, search for new talents). Member of the Organizing Committee of the Russian Imperial Gardens international festival. Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia and International Federation of Journalist. Member of the Mariinsky Theatre Friends Society. Member of the Venetian Heritage charity organization. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Painting School under the patronage of His Royal Highness Charles the Prince of Wales. Life member of the British Cultural Heritage Society. Author of multiple publications having appeared in Russian and international periodicals. ANDREAS STIHL MARKETING LLC

E-mail: [email protected]

СToday the products of the STIHL brand are known in many countries and they set the pace on the market. Those who are engaged in forestry, agriculture or the garden and park sector as well as in construction, know and think highly of the STIHL brand, its uncompromised quality, care for customers and constant drive for innovation. We intend to pursue this goal in the future as well. We shall overcome any difficulties to reach it. The STIHL Company has been working in Russia since 1994. At the outset it was a small representative office performing representation and consultation functions. 2009 saw the foundation of a limited liability company called “Andreas Stihl Marketing” with its headquarters in Saint-Petersburg and a network of regional representatives throughout the country. The company is presently represented in Russia by nine sales companies located in the large cities of the country and having, in turn, a huge dealer network selling the products to the end users. A very important component of any STIHL tool is competent servicing, that’s why the STIHL tools are sold exclusively via a special dealer network. Only such a network is able to provide professional advice, servicing and a supply of official spare parts. In order to get information on the products by STIHL or VIKING in Russia please contact us by STIHL Hot Line 8 800 4444 180 or visit our web site www.stihl.ru INTEX LLC

Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 441-24-06 E-mail: [email protected]

The Intex company has been in place since 1992. The high professional skills and vast expertise of the company’s experts as well as the use of advanced technologies allows for the implementation of the most sophisticated and original ideas. The company performed a lot of complex and large-scale work in design, landscape construction and development, including the Mikhailovsky palace and the Summer Garden of the Russian Museum, State Residence of the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad Region, town of Pionersky), the former country house of A.A. Polovtsev, State Guest Residence K4, FSI Sochi Incorporated health resort of the Administrative Department of the RF President and many others. COCA-COLA HELLENIC IN RUSSIA

Coca-Cola Hellenic is one of the world’s largest bottlers of products under the trademark of The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola Hellenic operates in 28 countries and is Europe’s leading manufacturer of beverages trademarked by The Coca-Cola Company with sales of more than 2 billion unit cases. The company serves a population of approximately 590 million people, and provides about 36,000 jobs. In Russia Coca-Cola Hellenic is represented by Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia in Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Orel, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Rostov region, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok. In recent years Coca-Cola Hellenic has established itself as one of the largest investors among manufacturers of consumer goods. Coca-Cola Hellenic in Russia presently employs approximately 10,000 highly qualified and professionally trained employees and one job in the Coca-Cola System creates up to 6 jobs in the related areas. SOCIO-CULTURAL HENNESSY FOUNDATION

Since its establishment in 2004 Socio-cultural Hennessy Foundation continues the honorable tradition of contributing to the projects of artistic societies and initiatives, which embody the Russian culture. At the same time, the projects of Socio-cultural Hennessy Foundation are aimed at discovering new ways of looking at modern and academic arts, while implementing creative approach to the interpretation of art events and inspiring people to perceive classics as vibrant and actual. Socio-Cultural Hennessy Foundation activities are not limited to just partnership with well-known Russian theaters and museums and world-famous representatives of Russian art. One of the key priorities for Socio- cultural Foundation Hennessy is to find, support and promote “new names” – young actors, musicians and artists who have not yet achieved popularity, but have bright talent and great charisma. This brings to life the mission of Socio-Cultural Hennessy Foundation, which is to find new creative formats of participating in cultural life of Russia and to support art projects oriented on its further development. LADOGA DISTRIBUTION www.ladogaspb.ru

The Company is ranked among the largest alcohol distributors in Russia. It is an exclusive distributor in Russia of • alcohol products of Ladoga Group LLC (St Petersburg), Fruko Schulz (Czech Republic), Bodegas el Cidacos (La Rioja, Spain), Bodegas Camino Real (Navarre, Spain), Sas les Vignobles Reunis-Roullet (Cognac, France) and Sas Maison de Negoce Charantaise (Cognac, France); • wines and strong alcoholic beverages from leading manufacturers such as Constellation Brands, Maison M. Chapoutier, Société Coopérative Vinicole Bestheim, Spirit France (Pere Magloire и Janneau), Jacquart, Codorniu (Cava Nuviana, Legaris), Sogevinus SGPS S.A. (Kopke) etc.; It is the largest distributor of Diageo and Denview Limited (Beam) in Russia. The Company develops the chain of market bars Monopol. VODKA “CZAR’S GOLD”

It is not a mere coincidence that vodka “Czar’s Gold” is the spirit of Premium class as it is true czar’s vodka. Its formula was developed as far back as 300 years ago. It is made with honey and linden extract. In the past 10 years vodka “CZAR’S GOLD” and its export analogue Imperial Collection Gold have won prizes of numerous prestigious Russian and international tasting competitions and food exhibitions. Vodka “CZAR’S GOLD” is purified going through filters with gold thread. After, it is filled into bottles decorated with pure gold (99.9%). Bottles are made of special medical glass, which guarantees the original taste of vodka throughout its shelf life. THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM BRANCH IN MALAGA www.coleccionmuseoruso.es

Currently world`s only and the first European branch of the State Russian Museum opened on March 25, 2015 in Spanish city Malaga (Andalusia) in «La Tabacalera» exhibition center former tobacco factory. The total space of the State Russian Museum branch is 7500 m2. Especially for its opening the building underwent reconstruction, the purpose of which was the conversion of the exhibition halls of the second floor with total area of 2300 m2 Along with the exhibition halls, the branch includes space for mounting and restoration of exhibits, Information and Education Centre (IEC) the Russian Museum: virtual branch, Children’s educational center with creative workshops, cinemas, souvenir shop and a cafe. Every year, the exhibition halls will hold three exhibitions, which will display original works of art from the collection of the Russian Museum: one “permanent” (up to 9 months) and two temporary (up to 6 months each). The branch of the State Russian Museum opened with the Russian art of XV–XXth centuries exhibition and Russian art from the age of Diaghilev where Spaniards and guests of Malaga could see originals of A.Venetsianov, K.Briullov, A.Ivanov, I.Levitan, V. Vereschagin, I.Repin, P.Konchalovsky, V.Kandinsky, V. Tatlin, O.Rozanova, M.Chagall, A.Rodchenko, N. Altman, P. Filonov, K.Malevich, A. Deyneka, L.Bakst, M.Vrubel, A.Golovin, N.Goncharova, M.Larionov, K. Somov, A. Benua and others. In August 2015, the exhibition of works by Pavel Filonov was opened, and in January 2016 new exhibitions: the Jack of Diamonds and Seasons were opened. On July 20, 2016 the exhibition «Chagall and his Russian contemporaries» will be opened in the branch of the Russian Museum. More than 107 thousand guests have visited the branch of the Russian Museum in Malaga since its opening. In February 2016, with the joint efforts of the staff of the Russian Museum and the Cultural and Exhibition Centre «La Tabacalera» a landscaped seminar «Days of historic gardens in Malaga» was held, where the listeners were told about the gardens of St. Petersburg and the historical gardens of the Russian Museum – Mikhailovsky and the Summer gardens. In response, the Spanish delegation presented the gardens of the Alhambra and Generalife, as well as the historical La Concepcion Botanical Garden and its society. In the future it is planned to make the branch of the Russian Museum a real center of the Russian culture and art in all its forms as dancing, cinema, theater AND photography. This cultural project will serve as a bridge uniting the representatives of different countries and nation of Europe. ROCA GROUP LLC www.roca.com www.ru.roca.com

Roca is a world leader in the conception, design, manufacturing and sale of products for the bathroom space. Currently it has 75 production centers, is present in over 135 countries across five continents and directly employs over 20,000 people worldwide. Roca is a leader of the Russian market of bath spaces and moreover it is the first Spanish company in investment volume terms. In the Russian and CIS markets Roca Group presents several brands in different segments – a premium trade- mark LAUFEN (Switzerland), Roca brand itself that offers bathroom products in medium and high segments. Furniture for bathroom - brand Aquaton. In economical niche – Jika (Czech Republic) and in the Russian econom - trade-marks Santek and Santeri. Roca has 7 factories of sanitary ware in Russia. FRENCH INSTITUTE IN RUSSIA www.institutfrancais.ru

French Institute in Saint Petersburg is one of two representative offices of French Institute in Russia – Cultural Center of French Embassy in the RF. It assists in developing cooperation between French and Russian partners in the area of culture and education in the Saint Petersburg and the North Western region of Russia. French Institute arranges cultural events reflecting the most significant tendencies in French modern culture – art displays, guest performance of musical, theater and dance teams, film festivals, as well as meetings with French and Russian academic and cultural figures. French Institute offers French Learning Courses, being the only courses in Saint Petersburg recommended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France, as well as DELF/DALF international examination is held there. Campus France, a state agency on promoting French higher education abroad, operates there and provides information on studying in France and obtaining scholarship from French government. Multimedia library in French Institute offers to general public a wide collection of fiction pieces, scientific publications (Arts), audio and video materials, French periodical publications, modern and classic music, novelties of French cinema. French Institute maintains teaching cooperation with Federal and local administrations in the area of education and holds postgraduate courses for French language teachers in schools and higher educational establishments of Saint Petersburg and North Western region. CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN SAINT PETERSBURG

Phone: (812) 320-32-00 Fax: (812) 320-32-11 E-mail: [email protected]

Consulate General of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Saint Petersburg was open in 1992. Consular district includes: Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region, Novgorod region, Pskov region, Murmansk region, Arkhangelsk region, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Kaliningrad region, Vologodsk region, the Republic of Karelia and the Komi Republic.

Priority areas of activity of Consular General are to provide services to British citizens, support development of trade, economic, cultural, scientific and educational connections between the United Kingdom and the North Western region of Russia, strengthen contacts between peoples and maintain memories of historical events uniting the two countries. THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN ST. PETERSBURG

Phone/fax: +7 (812) 571-74-66 [email protected] www.dki.spb.ru

The Danish Cultural Institute was founded in 1940 and is an independent institution under the aegis of the Danish Ministry of Culture. Main goals of the Danish Cultural Institute are to support the strengthening of dialogue, exchange of experience and ideas in the cultural sphere between Denmark and other countries and by means of international cooperation of cultural and arts institutions and representatives to facilitate the promotion of cultural values both in Denmark and abroad. The Institute’s head office is situated in Copenhagen with a number of branches abroad. The Danish Cultural Institute in St. Petersburg, opened in 2003, actively participates in the realization of the project aimed at sustainable development of cultural relations between Denmark and Russia. CONSULATE GENERAL OF FINLAND IN ST. PETERSBURG

Тел: +7 (812) 331-76-00 E-mail: [email protected] www.finland.org.ru

Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg is one of the largest Finnish missions abroad. It represents the interests of Finns and Finland in the region and enhances co-operation between Finland and Northwestern Russia in questions of cross-border mobility, trade, transport, logistics and investments. What comes to environmental concerns, the focus of cooperation is the protection of the Gulf of Finland. In the field of culture the Consulate General seeks to expand cultural ties. The Consulate General cooperates with other institutions representing Finland, keeps in touch with the Finnish community in the region and offers consular services to Finnish citizens. THE FINNISH SCHOOL IN ST. PETERSBURG

E-mail: [email protected]

The Finnish school in St. Petersburg was located in the parish building of St. Mary Church on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street from 1847 to 1930. Its first director was Uno Cygnaeus, who on his return to Finland laid the foundations of the Finnish school system. The School resumed its work in the early 1990s on Podolsk Street. After working in several other locations, the School returned «home» to the renovated premises in the House of Finland on Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street in 2010. The School conducts training in Finnish following the Finnish school general education curriculum. A distinctive feature of the training can be considered the study of Russian language and culture for all classes. An important partner of the School in St. Petersburg is the primary school 204 (www.school204.ru). BUSHE CONFECTIONARY AND BAKERY NETWORK

Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 640-60-06 [email protected] www.bushe.ru www.буше.рф

Bushe is made of special places all over the city where its visitors are treated with friendly atmosphere and real food. Since 1999, Bushe has been baking bread and pastry for people with different tastes, yet pretty the same serious requirements to quality. Bushe changes the taste of an everyday life, improves it for the better, and units traditions of European craft bakery, technological production possibilities and high ecological standards. Bushe consciously refuses to apply food improvers in favor of natural bio ferments, as well as uses only ingredients of high quality and from well-proven manufacturers. Bushe always gathers together fascinating and fruitful people that create life communication energy and a mood to get transferred to The Imperial Gardens Festival. At the Festival, the Bushe Area will treat its visitors with well-loved traditional sandwiches, hot soup in cups and freshly roasted coffee made by #bushebarista! SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY OF FILM AND TELEVISION

Tel: +7 (812) 315–72–85 Fax: +7 (812) 315–01–72 http://www.gukit.ru

Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPSUFT) is the only higher educational establishment where highly qualified and harmonically developed professionals get training for film-making, television and related industries; and, its graduates do meet world standards and employment market requirements. N. I. VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 314-49-14 www.vir.nw.ru

N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) is a unique scientific organization aimed at systematic collecting, preserving in live condition, studying and applying genetic resources of crop plants and their wild counterparts in Selection and Plant Science to provide production safety of the country. VIR is the only Russian Genetic Bank of plants that have been collected from all the continents of the Earth; it is a recognized leader in the area of plant genetic resources. For 120 years of its activity, the Institute made 270 expeditions to 110 foreign countries, and more than 1280 trips across the territory of Russia and former USSR countries. VIR collection is ranked the fourth in the world according to number of preserved items, and it is ranked the first as for botanic, genetic and ecological diversity of the collection items. In order to assure germinating power, the collection items are preserved at special low temperatures (+4о, -18о С) and in cryogenic storage facilities, under condition of tissue culture in vitro. Out of 325 k collection items, more than 20% is made of cultivars and populations that have already disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nearly 80% of all cultivars of Russian and CIS-countries (for the period from 1920 to 2016) have been created based on VIR collection. S.M.KIROV ST.PETERSBURG STATE FORESTRY ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY

Tel.: +7 (812) 550-06-90, 550-08-45, 550-08-15 E-mail: [email protected] www.ftacademy.ru

S.M.Kirov St.Petersburg State Forestry Engineering University founded in 1803 by order of Alexander I is the oldest forestry engineering university in Russia that carries out higher and post-graduation occupational professional education programs. The university is a leading research and methodological centre for forestry engineering higher educational establishments of the Russian Federation. Operating under its auspices are en Expert Evaluation Centre accredited by the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Russia, an International Centre for Forestry and Forest Industry (IСFFI) representing part of the international cooperation program of the Russian higher education system, the St.Petersburg regional branch of the European Forest Institute, the Forest and Forest Product Technology Department of the World Technological University and the Educologue interuniversity centre for training, research and methodology. In 1933, the Department of Park-and-Garden and Landscape Construction was opened at the university that gained the status of the Faculty of Landscape Architecture in 2012. During the years of its work, the Landscape Architecture Department produced hundreds of general qualification amenity planting specialists (design, construction, operation etc.). MEDIA TEK GC

Tel.: +7 (812) 45-45-370 www.mediatech-ltd.ru

Engineering and entertaining systems for a living space on a turnkey basis: • Electric power supply and low power networks; • Automation of all engineering and entertaining systems (Smart House); • Home theater on a turnkey basis (design, room acoustic preparation, selection of video and audio equipment Hi Fi and Hi End class); • Multi-room. Services: design, installation of communication lines and equipment, placement into operation, warranty and maintenance support of all systems. CHARITABLE FOUNDATION «DOBRY GOROD PETERSBURG»

Tel./Fax: +7 (812) 738-37-94 www.dobrygorod.spb.ru

Charitable foundation “Dobry gorod Petersburg” has been involved in promotion of charity and volunteering in St Petersburg since 2011. The Foundation pools resources of common citizens and business and allocate them for solving critical problems of the city. We assist citizens of St Petersburg with taking part in the life of the city, active incorporation into its development, and providing aid to others, as well as receiving it. The largest in Russia, annual charity city festival “Dobry Piter”, which has been held for over 10 years, is the brand identity of the Foundation. This Festival started the movement “Dobry Gorod” across Russia. The Foundation devotes much attention to senior citizens, supports initiatives of elderly people and for elderly people.

“Dobry Gorod Petersburg” is one of the Russian leaders in development of children and family charity. The Foundation also partners with large companies in implementation of their corporate social responsibility. IN SEARCH OF HARMONY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS

ТTel.: +7 (812) 595–42–22; +7–921–755–61–35

In Search of Harmony Foundation to Support Educational, Psychological, Social and Cultural Programs was founded in 1997 by experts in social and cultural rehabilitation of maladjusted people. At present, the Foundation cooperate with the State Russian Museum to develop, create and practically implement museum social and cultural projects targeted both at children and adults with special needs, those facing difficult situations or belonging to risk group. A number of museum art treatment programs, social and cultural programs and art projects are created for children suffering from severe mental diseases; for orphan children and children left without parental custody; for people with visual or hearing disabilities; for people using wheelchairs, etc. ADVITA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION www.advita.ru www.vk.com/advitafound www.facebook.com/AdVitafund

For 14 years the largest in St Petersburg AdVita Charitable Foundation has been rendering assistance to children and adults suffering cancer and undergoing treatment in hospitals of the city, as well as to cancer departments. AdVita buys medications, consumable materials for the patients under care, pays for tests and rehabilitation actions which are not covered by budgetary quotas, as well as pays for bone marrow donor searches in the international registry. The Foundation established its own donor service and bone marrow donor database of 4500 people. Annually volunteers of the foundation run 600 campaigns to collect voluntary donations at mass cultural events in the city. There are boxes for donations in several stores, restaurants and hotels. The Foundation has about 400 volunteers, and AdVita also has revived once-popular tradition of charitable souvenirs. You can buy post cards, magnets, calendars, notebooks, badges, T-shirts, mugs with pictures drawn by the paternalized in the gift shop in Legko-Legko space (Bolshaya Pushkarskaya, 10) from 12:00 to 20:00 seven days a week or on the website www.legko-legko.ru. All money received from sale of souvenirs is sent to treatment of children. ALESHA CHARITY FOUNDATION

Tel.: +7 (812) 947-15-73 E-mail: [email protected] www.aleshafond.ru

ALESHA Charity foundation has been operating in St Petersburg since 2008. People under the Foundation’s care are predominantly seriously ill children who need money for treatment or rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the number of people applying for help is growing every day. So in conditions of challenging economic situation the Foundation tries to find the maximum number of possible ways of fund raising. Over the years of its operation Alesha Foundation has raised more than 100 million rubles and allocated them for different needs of people under its care, arranged more then 300 festive events for children from children’s homes and paid expensive treatment of more than 50 children. The Foundation’s mission is to let charitable acts become a mode of life bringing good mood to everyone rather than just a habit. CHARITY ORGANIZATION APELSIN

Tel.: +7 (812) 327-49-55 E-mail: [email protected] http://apelsindip.ru

Charity organization APELSIN specializes in targeted aid, support, and protection of children and adults with mental incapacity, provides conditions to unlock the potential of people with special needs, promotes the system of social assistance and acceptance of such people in the society. The Foundation’s mission is to provide each child or a young person with disability living in the children’s home or psychoneurological residential care facility with a voluntary individual assistant (VIA), an enthusiast helping the person under care to broaden his or her “limited capacities”. Such voluntary individual assistant is an interlocutor, educator, defender, and a “voice” of a person with special needs. VIA is also a companion in a real life outside the walls of the “specialized institution”. VIA is someone who changes the person under care, changes the attitude to such person and the situation around, when necessary. VIA is indeed a significant person! TIME TO HELP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ON HELPING ORPHAN CHILDREN

ТТел.: +7 (812)-966-01-66; +7-921-966-01-66 www.save-kids.ru www.время помогать.рф

Time to Help Charitable Foundation on Helping Orphan Children has been providing comprehensive help to orphan children and children facing difficult life situations, living in orphanages and boarding- schools in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region since 2006. For the period of the Foundation’s activity, 22 establishments in Leningrad region and 35 establishments in Saint Petersburg have been provided with aid. The Foundation activity is supported by S. Yu. Agapitova (Attorney on Children Rights in Saint Petersburg), T. A. Litvinova (Attorney on Children Rights in Leningrad region), A. R. Melnikova (Deputy of Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, actress). Charitable events like Grant Some Warmth to Children, Time to Go to Scholl, Grant Sports to Children, Dream Prompt Party, etc. are held annually. Leavers of orphan establishments undergo comprehensive social integration programs. Partners of Time to Help Charitable Foundation are Bukvoyed Internet Book Shop, MTS PJSC, Detsky Mir Internet Shop, Pizza Hut Restaurant Network, Stolle Internet Pie Café, Budu Mamoy Internet Shop, Rostelecom, etc. TEPLY DOM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Tel.: +7 (812) 275-81-65; +7-921-746-42-75 www.domgdeteplo.ru.

Since 2006 TEPLY DOM Charitable foundation has been rendering assistance to parents in hardship to overcome hard times together with children. The group of people under the Foundation’s cares are leavers of children’s homes, women having many children, lonely elderly women, mothers with special needs, parents who used to be addicts, as well as people who found themselves in a difficult life situation and have children. Annually the Foundation renders assistance to at least 120 families in which about 300 children are brought up. The Foundation renders material, psychological, and social assistance. The obligatory condition of assistance is attendance of weekly classes and home assignments. Over 9 years of operation the Foundation trained about 497 families who live independently, bring up children and do need further assistance. RIKI GROUP OF COMPANIES www.riki-group.ru

Riki group of companies is the leading Russian company, which specializes in creation, management, licensing and promotion of animated media brands for family audience. The portfolio of Riki Group comprises supra successful Russian brands: Smeshariki (Kikoriki), Smeshariki Nachalo (Kikoriki:Team Invincible), Smeshariki. Legenda o Zolotom Drakone (Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon), Smeshariki Déjà Vu (Kikoriki: Deja Vu), PINCODE, Malyshariki, Fixiki, and Tima i Toma, a new series for children of preschool age. Riki Group co-operates with leading Russian and international TV channels. Projects of Riki Group are consistently ranked among Top-10 of children’s animated series in Russia and the CIS countries; they are broadcasted in more than 65 countries worldwide and translated into 18 languages. The total viewing figures of all projects of Riki Group on YouTube exceed 5 billion. On repeated occasions projects of Riki Group picked up awards of prestigious film festivals, participation in which has become a good tradition for the Group. So, the animated series Tima i Toma was presented at the 23rd Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film – one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. VIDIGUIDE www.vidiguide.ru

VidiGuide is a mobile video guide with high-accuracy content delivery. Our application won St Petersburg Award in category “Best Business Idea 2015”, as well as the competition in tourism solutions development Hack’n’Roll, held with support of the Foundation for Internet Initiatives Development and the Federal Tourism Agency. With VidiGuide app you can walk around the city and receive useful notes about sights. Activate geolocation and Bluetooth and set forward! Watch video clips from professional certified guides about the most interesting and unusual sights, add to favorites, communicate with friends and receive new impressions. The far it goes, the more interesting it gets! Receive notices from our partners with discounts on tickets to museums, galleries, or comfortable cafes! Lots of pleasant bonuses are waiting for you!

This summer we have really good news – VidiGuide is an official application of the Imperial Gardens of Russia 2016. Walk around the Mikhailovsky Garden and discover unconventional landscape compositions, watch designer’s videos and enjoy the bright and rich calendar of events. Save your time, enjoy your walk! Media partners SAINT PETERSBURG TV CHANNEL www.topspb.tv

Saint-Petersburg TV channel is the main TV channel of St Petersburg covering the life of the city, history, culture, politics, and people. Since its first day of broadcasting – October 10, 2010 – it has become the voice of St Petersburg, providing a detailed report on the life of the capital of the North with its problems and achievements, daily routines and holidays. The TV Channel offers a wide range of programs of own production. The viewing grid consists of social, political, as well as cultural-educational, and informative projects. They are aimed at various audiences and suitable for family viewing. Today it broadcasts in the networks of the majority of cable TV providers in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and from October 2013, it is included into the basic package of satellite channels Tricolor TV. By the beginning of 2014 the TV channel audience reached 10 million people. Hundreds of thousands of users look through the news items and stories of Saint Petersburg TV Channel on the official website topspb.tv, on pages of Facebook, VKontakte and Twitter on a daily basis. Saint Petersburg TV Channel holds professional and public awards, including the grand prize of Sesame 2013 competition, which was granted to daily analytical newscast “Pulse of the City”. The primary goal of the TV channel is to awake interest to all cultural, political, and sports events of the city, not just to witness them but take an active part in them, in this way making their contribution into the history of St Petersburg and of the whole country. ARGUMENTY I FAKTY PETERSBURG NEWSPAPER www.spb.aif.ru

Argumenty i Fakty-Petersburg Newspaper is a broadsheet publication consisting of 24–40 pages; the retail network comprises over 1,900 sales outlets. The core of readership is formed by independent well-to-do males and females at the age of 30–50. Several columns focus on business community of St Petersburg: AiF is read by more than 178,000 executives of different levels, 353,900 of well-to-do and prosperous people. AiF Petersburg makes the top three by budgets of advertisers in the market of St Petersburg (according to TNS). The circulation of the paper in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region is more than 100 thousand copies. Website spb.aif.ru is monthly visited by more than 800 thousand people. POSTER GROUP OF COMPANIES

Tel.: +7 (812)-327-80-80 www.poster-group.ru

Poster Group of Companies specializes in outdoor advertisement installation in Russia. The company ranks second in St Petersburg and is in the Top-five of outdoor advertisement providers in Russia according to the number of sides of all formats. Key services: - outdoor advertisement on billboards, city formats, supersites, pillars, substandard structures; - production, assembly, and installation of illuminated advertisement; - wide-format and interior printing; - POSM production; - promotional items production. COMPANY VOLGOBALT MEDIA

Tel./fax: +7-812-327-67-00 E-mail: [email protected] http://volgobalt.com/

Company VOLGOBALT MEDIA − the largest outdoor advertising provider. 14 years of successful and fruitful work, a great number of effectively conducted advertising campaigns, won contests and awards, and properly implemented social projects many of which were held in joint with the Government of St Petersburg. At the market the agency has a deserved reputation of a reliable partner and reasonably is in TOP-3 of outdoor advertising providers in the capital of the North. The Company’s mission is to create new ideas and turn them into effective advertising campaigns of high quality, which naturally fit in the modern information space providing the customer with the most comfortable communication at all stages of communication. KASSIR.RU

KASSIR.RU is the largest ticket operator of Russia with many years of successful experience of ticket sales for most significant cultural events of the Russian Federation. Today KASSIR.RU books and sells tickets for all events of Moscow, St. Petersburg, 12 large regions of Russia, more than 120 cities of Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. KASSIR.RU is a branched network of booking offices, a high-technology website making it possible to book and buy tickets online and its own contact centre processing more than 55,000 calls per month. The priority in company operation is high service level and wide selection of entertainment events for all spectators of Russia

Company website: www.kassir.ru Single Contact Centre: 8-800-555-07-70 TVOYA ISTORIYA MAGAZINE www.tvoyaistoria.ru

Tvoya Istoria is the first official magazine about Russian fashion. Traditions of applied art, young Russian designers, architectural novelties, best photographers of Russia, interesting interviews and people, dramatic events in Russian fashion, art and culture, special project «Modern Russian Museum» – in each quarterly issue of Tvoya Istoriya magazine. Tatiana Parfyonova, Tatiana Mikhalkova, Boris Eifman, Andrey Bartenev, Igor Chapurin, Aida Garifullina and many other brilliant representatives of contemporary Russia are presented in the magazine pages. Tvoya Istoriya is one of the first magazines printed in contemporary Russia that introduces heritage of the Russian culture, traditions in the modern and fashion context. The magazine participates in international cultural forums, in Russian fashion weeks, closely and efficiently cooperates with the Russian museum. ZEMLEVLADELETS PUBLISHING HOUSE

Тел.: +7 (812)-325-60-62; +7-901-305-62-44 E-mail: [email protected] www.zs-z.ru

Zemlevladelets Severo-Zapada is a full-color magazine covering almost all aspects associated with country estate construction technology. It was rewarded with the Golden Reserve of Press Award. Information partner of the Cultural Foundation’s programmes. Landshaftnye Resheniya is the only magazine in the North-Western Region devoted to landscape design and ornamental gardening. Dela Sadovye is a field-specific well-illustrated periodical for gardeners and plantsmen. ST.PETERSBURG DESIGN WEEK»/Finestreet Media Group

Tel: +7-812- 438-15-38 Fax: +7-812-346-06-65 E-mail: [email protected] www.spbdesignweek.ru

St.Petersburg Design Week is a unique citywide project in international format which is held on an annual basis during the last ten days of May. It is a free international professional project with unpatented brand in the area of architecture, design, arts, and fashion. The mission of St.Petersburg Design Week is intensification of the architecture and design market in St Petersburg, integration of international projects into St. Petersburg Design Week and quite the opposite, extension of creative and business connections between professionals in the national and international communities, acculturation of the visitors of the Design Week.

“LIVING SPACE” MAGAZINE/Finestreet Media Group

Tel.: +7-812-438-15-38 Fax: +7-812-346-06-65 E-mail: [email protected] www.design-navigator.ru

“Living Space” Magazine is an acknowledged leader at St Petersburg market of interior glossy magazines. The publication touches all interest areas of the reader who is indifferent to the environment around him/ her. The editorial board directly cooperates with the leading global brands and starry speakers in the sphere of design and provides information support of international and city events in the area of design and architecture. The magazine is addressed to people oriented towards purchasing of expensive interior goods, renovating their houses and flats single-handedly or with assistance of professional architects and designers. “Living Space” is distributed in places of target audience crowding and possesses broad advertising opportunities particularly but not exclusively thanks to annual specialized supplements: “St Petersburg Interior Salons”, “ADD. Architects. Designers. Decorators”, “Kitchens. From Space to Details”. ZODCHIY PUBLISHING HOUSE

Vestnik “Zodchiy. 21st Century” Quarterly Magazine is a modern professional publication covering the issues of urban construction development, architectural engineering and landscape design, bringing up problems of cultural heritage conservation and restoration, informing about architectural, construction, and restoration technologies, goods and services, providing information and organizational support for federal programmes, congresses, exhibitions, and seminars. Mobile versions of magazines are available: Google Play; App Store NORTHERN STAR INFORMATION AGENCY

Tel.: +7 (812) 230-17-82; +7 (812) 230-38-92 E-mail: [email protected] www.nstar-spb.ru

Northern Star Information Agency was formed in 2011 for qualitative coverage of current events taking place in the sphere of higher education, science, culture, and arts. Thanks to close cooperation and established partnership with higher educational institutions and musical establishments the agency guarantees prompt presentation of objective and full information to its audience. Activity of Northern Star Information Agency is aimed at creation of the integrated cultural and educational environment in the North- West and strengthening of the status of St Petersburg as of national center of science, culture and education. Since 2003 “St Petersburg Muzykalny Vestnik” newspaper has been published on the initiative of the International Non-Governmental Foundation of Culture and Education (St Petersburg). “St Petersburg Muzykalny Vestnik” is a monthly research and information publication covering musical life of the city. Founder – International Non-Governmental Foundation of Culture and Education. Publisher – “North Star” Information Agency. The newspaper publishes reviews, culture and music reviews, anniversary materials, program of music and theatrical events. Representatives of the world of music: conductors, composers, ballet-masters, singers, instrumentalists, professional music experts, and cultural figures of St Petersburg appear on pages of the publication. Editor in Chief – Natalia Tambovskaya. “St Petersburg Muzykalny Vestnik” is a multiple holder of the insignia “The Golden Fund of the Press”. TOURPRESSCLUB

Tel./fax: +7 (812) 712-09-49; +7-921-995-15-40 E-mail: [email protected] www.tourpressclub.ru www.турпрессклуб.рф

TourPressClub is the Travel Journalism Guild of the Russian Federation Media Union. This public non-profit organization founded in 1994 unites more than 30 representatives of mass media, who work in various print and electronic media, as well as on radio and television. A number of journalists from TourPressClub are honoured with high-profile Russian and international awards for their professional activity. Since 2000 TourPressClub has published the Industriya Turizma i Kultury magazine, a dedicated periodical intended for professionals. The two industries, tourism and culture, are inseparably entwined and complementary, which famous experts confirm on the magazine’s pages. The magazine is issued six times a year with circulation of 4,500 copies. The full-colour glossy magazine has 72 to 88 pages and a laminated cover. It is distributed for free. KudaGo

KudaGo is the advertising billboard of a new format. The website provides information on landmarks, interesting and major events as well as informal sights of St Petersburg, Moscow and other 15 cities in and outside Russia. KudaGo Portal is a modern mass media with reliable up-to-date information, fine content, and extensive functions. Besides looking through advertisements of events on the billboard, the website visitors may also buy tickets online, mark the most interesting sights and ads in the user account, discuss them in comments, or find company to spend leisure time together. In addition, the initiative group of KudaGo users arranges meetings and events supported by the portal. http://kudago.com AGENCY OF MUSEUM COMMUNICATIONS

Tel./fax: +7 (812) 438-22-05 /06 +7-911-996-22-08 E-mail: www.amk-spb.com www.museum.communications-spb.com

Agency of Museum Communications is the company uniting over 80 museums of St Petersburg and Leningrad Region into the integrated virtual space, as well as it unites into the integrated cultural-touristic space the countries of the Baltic Sea in the virtual Center of Cultural Tourism (CCT CBS), in in charge of special museum projects of the Russian Union of Travel Industry in the North-West of Russia, is a coordinator of international project “Cultural Tourism Management” in the North-West, and a member of the Guild of Travel Journalists of Russian Media Union. EXTRA-BALT PUBLISHING HOUSE

Тел.: +7 (812) 603-27-30 E-mail: [email protected] ( General director Ekaterina Ivleva)

Extra-Balt Publishing House is one of the largest Russian companies offering integrated solutions in publishing and distribution of the printed press. It has been effectively operating in St Petersburg market for over 20 years and specializes in production and distribution of any printed products. Advantages of Extra-Balt: vast experience in creation of the corporate and regional press, broad delivery network, call-center for control over postmen, patented application Mobile Controller (on-line check of delivery: GPS-navigator attach a photo to the address), as well as electronic subscription to publications for busy readers. Besides, Extra-Balt Publishing House is involved in digital-technologies, creation and work on media platforms.

Media Projects: – Network of publics “Nash Gorod” (“Our City”) is an online communication platform for residents of all districts of St Petersburg, daily news digest, information on famous citizens and unknown sights. – Citizen and Law Legislative Portal is for everyone who wants to possess reliable information in all areas of law: the latest news, expert commentary, ratings of law companies, struggle of entrepreneurs for their business. – Delovaya Gazeta of Leningrad Region is aimed at provision of up-to-date economic information on the region, current events taking place in different districts of the Leningrad Region. The newspaper is published in hardcopy on a monthly basis and has its website. – Delovaya Gazeta of St Petersburg is the news portal and a newspaper, which let the readers keep up with future state auctions, commercial tenders and learn the results of past ones, as well as provide reliable information on all scandals concerning unfair budget allocation. LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN WEEK−2016 MOSCOW FLOWER SHOW (MFS)

Тел.: +7-985-999-24-10 Moscow Flower Show is one of Russia’s greatest international festivals of landscape and garden design. The Festival is one of the most influential professional grounds and an important social event due to its outstanding competitive, educational, cultural programs and charity initiatives. “GARDENS & PEOPLE” LLC represents 3RD MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL “GARDENS & PEOPLE”

E-mail: [email protected] www.sadiludi.ru

3rd Moscow international festival of landscape art, horticulture, and nursery gardening “Gardens & People” takes place from August 18 to September 4, 2016 года at Exhibition of National Economy Achievements (VDNKh). The theme of competition projects is “Time in the Garden”. 88 projects have been submitted to the competition. Chairman of the international jury is Annie Guilfoyle, a famous garden designer, founder of Creative Landscapes, Director of Garden Design Department at Design School KLC in Hampton Court Palace. The exhibition venue will host lectures, workshops, round table discussions for professionals and amateurs of landscape art. In 2016 the Festival is invited as co-organizer of international exhibition “Flowers”, the largest professional exhibition of green industry (VDNKh, August 24–26). President of Moscow international festival “Gardens & People” – Irina Savateeva. Acknowledgements THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE IX IMPERIAL GARDENS OF RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSES GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

For support of the festival’s idea development and creative input to:

Vladimir Yevtushenkov – chairman of the Board of Directors of JSFC Sistema

Vyacheslav Kopyev – Counselor to Chair of the Board of Sistema JSFC

Elena Chernyshkova – president of the Sistema Charitable Foundation

Leonid Mikhelson – chairmen of management Board of NOVATEK, OJSC

Denis Solovyev – director of PR Department of OJSC NOVATEK

Maxim Khitrov – director General of LUKOILNorth-Westnefteproduct

Mr. Antonio Fallico – chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca Intesa, Head of Subsidiary Bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group THE FESTIVAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE EXPRESSES ITS GRATITUDE TO Staff of the Russian Museum:

Aleksandra Alexeeva Vadim Karateev Ekaterina Poleva Nikolai Alexeev Tatyana Kalugina Marina Potapova Ekaterina Amfilohieva Alla Karyagina Marina Pokhvalinskaya Valery Akhunov Svetlana Konotokina Natalia Pribytok Olga Babina Anna Kostrova Irina Raskina Evgenia Bazhenova Irina Koshneleva Sergei Renni Tatiana Barkova Lilia Kraeva Daria Savosteenko Anastasia Barybina Marina Krutikova Natalia Selezneva Svetlana Berezjuk Natalia Kulikova Sergei Sidorov Alla Vodoleeva Anna Krivonogova Elena Stankevich Aleksandra Vorontsova Elena Kuznets Boris Stolyrov Olga Goncharova Elena Kurapova Anna Timofeeva Anastasia Gordeeva Alexei Kutuzov Irina Tokareva Dmitri Goryachev Marta Mamedova Maria Fedorova Ekaterina Guseva Rimma Mamina Ksenia Chochlova Elena Danyuk Julia Maniskalko Anna Tsvetkova Maria Dmitrenko Aleksandra Matveeva Vladimir Cherni Oleg Doronin Victor Mel’nikov Olga Cherdantseva Elena Evgrafova Julia Motenkova Alfia Shageeva Evgeni Eliner Izabella Murav’eva Ksenia Shafronenko Elena Eliferenko Polina Nosova Polina Shishkova Olga Yemelyanenko Maria Ovchinnikova Valentina Shcherinova Galina Istelin-Girei Marina Panteleimon Irena Evert Anastasia Zelvenskaya Olga Platonova Ekaterina Juganova Larisa Zobnina Vela Portugalskaya Elena Yakovleva Marina Kalimullina Tatyana Petryakova Results of the exhibition- contest 09 июня 2016 года международное жюри осмотрело все композиции выставки- конкурса «Цветы жизни» и определило победителей в нескольких номинациях:

Номинация «Шоу-сад»

1 место - Креативное бюро «Дрозд и жаба» и Ботанический сад Петра Великого БИН РАН - композиция «Отцы и дети» 2 место - ООО «Удачный Проект» - композиция «Зоосад» 3 место - Питомники ЛАППЕН - композиция «Детское сафари»

Номинация «Средний сад»

1 место - Глодя Владимир Юрьевич – композиция «Необитаемый остров» 2 место - Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Аграрный Университет – композиция «Море зовет…» 3 место - Творческая группа дизайнеров «ГОРКА» - композиция «Земляничная тропинка»

Номинация «Малый сад»

1 место - Санкт-Петербургская общественная организация «Клуб любителей природы «Примула» - композиция «Ключ от забытой страны» 2 место - ООО «Ананта» и «Гвенделен» - композиция «Где же живет хоббит?» 3 место - Ленинградский Государственный Университет им. А. С. Пушкина – композиция «Мир детства»

Номинация «Арт-объект»

1 место - Творческий дуэт Ранди & Катрине, при поддержке Датского института культуры в Санкт-Петербурге – композиция «TOWERMAN» 2 место - Ирина Жук – композиция «Силуэты» 3 место - Управление по развитию садоводства и огородничества Санкт-Петербурга – композиция «АБВГДейка»

Номинация «Цветочные композиции»

1 место - Усадьба Марьино - композиция «Цветок счастья» 2 место - Управление садово-паркового хозяйства Комитета по благоустройству Санкт-Петербурга, ОАО «Садо- во-парковое предприятие «Центральное» - композиция «Пусть всегда будет солнце!» 3 место - Благотворительный фонд «Добрый город Петербург», Сергей Киселев, Светлана Куропаткина, Евгения Сапелкина, Анна Кириллова – композиция «Цветочный фонтан» Жюри присудило специальные призы:

Специальный приз от Русского музея - Филиал Русского музея в Малаге – композиция «Сад пяти чувств»

Специальный приз жюри – Дизайн-студия Ольги Подольской и SPACE FOUR CONCEPT STORE – композиция «Открой себе мир»

Специальный приз жюри за смелость и свободу творческого выражения – Русский музей, Отдел «Россий- ский центр музейной педагогики и детского творчества» – композиция «Там, на неведомых дорожках»

Специальный приз за качество посадочного материала – Питомники ЛАППЕН – композиция «Детское сафа- ри»

По итогам голосования детского жюри :

I место – проект «Зоосад» (ООО «Удачный проект»);

II место – проект «Необитаемый остров» (Владимир Глодя и ООО «Интекс»);

III место – проект «Зазеркалье» (NORDPARK Ландшафтные технологии).