Imperial gardens in the Mikhailovsky garden. "Flower Assembly" in the Summer Garden

The International Festival of Landscape Art "Imperial Gardens of Russia" is an annual large-scale cultural event held by the Russian Museum and on its territory - in the Mikhailovsky Garden.

The first international festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" was held from May 30 to June 3, 2008 in the Mikhailovsky Garden and was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 110th anniversary of the Russian Museum. The main organizer of the festival was the Russian Museum with the support of the Charitable Foundation of His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent and the Union of Russian Horticulturalists. Since then, the festival has become an annual holiday for citizens and guests of the city, as well as one of the landmark events in the cultural life of St. Petersburg.

The central event of the festival is a landscape exhibition-competition. On the sections of the Mikhailovsky Garden specially allocated for the exposition, the participants of the competition create landscape compositions on a given theme. Every year, the team of the working group of the festival develops a new theme and task for the participants of the exhibition-competition, and also forms a scenario plan for the entire festival, which also includes a variety of cultural, entertainment and educational activities.

The festival is designed for a wide audience. First of all, these are citizens and guests of the city, as well as specialists in the field of landscape and gardening art. In addition to the landscape exhibition-competition, the festival program includes extensive cultural and entertainment activities: concerts, master classes, lectures, excursions, fashion shows, special programs designed for children of different ages, as well as for people and children with disabilities.

The Mikhailovsky Garden was chosen as the venue for the festival, and this is no coincidence. The Mikhailovsky Garden is part of the unique architectural and artistic complex of the Russian Museum and is an outstanding monument of landscape art located in the historical center of St. Petersburg.

The Imperial Gardens of Russia festival has no fixed dates, but traditionally takes place during the white nights in the first half of June and lasts ten days.

The Imperial Gardens of Russia festival is the first landscape festival in Russia and currently the only one in the North-West. It stands among such well-known landscape events in the world as: Chelsea Flower Show, London; Flower Show in Hampton Court (Hampton Court Palace Flower Show), England; International "Festival of Gardens" in Chaumont-sur-Loire, France, etc.

The festival is not a commercial project, it primarily has a socially significant and educational role, and is supported by sponsors.

The development of the landscape festival is extremely important for the tourist destination, improving the ecological situation in the metropolis, creating a school of garden art and landscape design, and for the sustainability of the urban environment. All this together creates a serious potential for the development of culture on the one hand and the economic development of the city as a whole. High attendance and a positive response in the media suggests that this festival project of the museum is necessary for the development of both a tourist destination and environmental consciousness among residents and visitors of the city. Cultural events that create a highly aesthetic environment and carry educational ideas cannot exist without the support of socially responsible business. And during the years of the festival, it has already got permanent partners and sponsors who support the festival even in difficult times.

The festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" is included in the annual calendar of events of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg.

In 2013, the festival was awarded the highest Russian award in the field of landscape architecture of the Russian National Landscape Architecture Award in the EVENT OF THE YEAR nomination.

In 2014, he took first place in the final of the NATIONAL PRIZE in the field of event tourism "Russian Event Awards" in the nomination BEST PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF CULTURE

For the Russian Museum, as the world's largest collection of works of national fine art, the festival is of particular importance in solving such cultural and educational tasks as fostering interest in historical territories and reviving the traditions of Russian garden and park art. With the opening of a new "exhibition hall" in the open air, the Russian Museum has an additional opportunity to realize its creative potential.

During the white nights season, the city hosts many open-air events, which are not hindered even by bad weather. One of the most beautiful is the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival.

This year the festival will be held a little later - from June 21 to 27 and not in Mikhailovsky, but in the Summer Garden. Each festival of the past years had its own theme. We remember dedications to French, Italian, British gardens, the art of the labyrinth, the Russian avant-garde and the revolution.

This year's festival is called "Flower Assembly" - in memory of the decree adopted by Peter the Great 300 years ago to hold assemblies. The format of the festival has also changed: instead of large-scale installations by landscape designers, chamber flower arrangements will dominate. This is a forced measure.

The Summer Garden is not Mikhailovsky, it is impossible to create landscape installations on lawns here. Therefore, it was decided to make small flower arrangements, decorating fountains and bosquets, - said Sergey Renni, head of the Gardens branch of the Russian Museum. - Works in Summer are being carried out very carefully, as there are many restrictions on the part of KGIOP.

According to Olga Cherdantseva, chief curator of the gardens of the Russian Museum, the queen of flowers, the rose, will occupy a special place.

The Museum of Roses will open in the Green Cabinet (where the museumification of the Lacoste fountain is located). Historical varieties of roses will be presented in 36 compositions.

Two entrances to Berso (at the main parterre) will be decorated with flower garlands in the form of arches. And in the center will hang a chandelier of flowers.

As the organizers joke, it will be possible to make appointments here.

The partners of the festival from the Vorontsov Palace in Crimea came up with the exhibition "The History of the Rose". The public will see 22 panels telling about famous historical figures and roses associated with them.

The fountain on the Tsarina's Square is decorated with geometric compositions of white chrysanthemums and red roses. Eight objects created by children from social institutions will appear near the monument to Ivan Andreevich Krylov. The kids were offered to dream up on the themes of Krylov's fables: "Monkey and Glasses", "Crow and Fox", "Dragonfly and Ant", "Swan, Cancer and Pike". According to Olga Cherdantseva, this is a reminder of the labyrinth with Aesop's fables, which was under Peter the Great in the Summer Garden.

All the ponds of the Summer Garden will be decorated with flowers. For example, three compositions of pink and cream chrysanthemums, made in the form of rays, will appear in the Menagerie Pond.

In the central part of the bosquet "Cross Promenade" there will be flower arrangements symbolizing the seasons. "Spring" and "Summer" will be made from flowers, "Autumn" - from herbs, vegetables and fruits, and "Winter" - from coniferous branches and cones.

An unusual exhibition in the Red Garden, the garden of Peter the Great, will also be dedicated to the seasons. There will be shown compositions of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and herbs, made in the style of the Italian mannerist artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

Helpful information

During the days of the festival, from 21 to 27 June, the entrance to the Summer Garden will be paid. A ticket costs 500 rubles, for children under the age of 18, students and pensioners - 200 rubles, a family ticket for parents with children (2 adults and 2 children) - 800 rubles. It is more profitable to purchase tickets in advance, until June 21. On the website of the gardens of the Russian Museum, tickets now cost: 430 rubles and 160 for preferential categories.

In addition, for three days before the start of the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival (June 18-20) and two days after it ends (June 28-29), the Summer Garden will be closed due to the need to assemble and dismantle decorations, respectively.

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In the year of the 315th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg and the 120th anniversary of the opening of the Russian Museum, the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival will be held for the first time in the Summer Garden. The name "Flower Assembly" refers to the time of Peter the Great - in 1718 Peter the Great issued a decree on holding assemblies, the first of which took place just in the Summer Garden. The Imperial Gardens festival will remind you of the traditions of the Peter the Great holidays, in turn, offering guests a pleasant walk and exciting leisure time in one of the most beautiful parks in St. Petersburg.

Flowers are the centerpiece this time. The best teams of florists, artists, designers and decorators decorated the alleys, bosquets and fountains of the Summer Garden with their compositions. On the main alley, with the support of the European Garden Heritage Association (EGHN), which includes the Summer Garden, there is a photo exhibition of famous European palace gardens.

Tickets for the Flower Assembly are purchased on the website IGARDENS.RU, at the ticket offices of the Summer Garden, on the website KASSIR.RU and at the city ticket offices KASSIR.RU

buy a ticket on the festival website

In connection with the XI festival of the Imperial Gardens of Russia "Flower Assembly"

Please note that June 26 the summer garden is open as usual, and visitors can enter the garden using tickets for the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival

WITH 28 to 29 June The Summer Garden is closed for preventive maintenance due to the end of the Festival.From June 30, the Summer Garden will work as usual.

We also draw your attention to the fact that during the closing of the Summer Garden there is no opportunity to visit the Summer Palace of Peter I.

The key sponsors of the festival throughout the years of its existence have been AFK Sistema and the Sistema Charitable Foundation.

PAO NOVATEK, PAO Severstal, PAO Power Machines, OOO Lukoil-Severo-Zapadnefteprodukt, JSC Bank Intesa, Maksidom, OOO ORIMI also sponsored the XI International Festival Imperial Gardens of Russia ".

About the festival:

The holiday affected the main objects of the Summer Garden. For the first time, the bowls of the five main fountains: the Crown Fountain on the Parterre and four on the Main Alley are filled with a variety of flower arrangements made using a unique technology. One of the flowering fountains, in the truest sense of the word, became fragrant, and this happened with the participation of perfumers from St. Petersburg.

Four "intriguing" Petrovsky bosquets at the Armorial Fountainalso did not go unnoticed by florists.Bosquet "Bird's Yard" has turned into a cozy Spanish courtyard. In the “French parterre” bosquet at the foot of the monument to I.A. Krylov grew eight mini-gardens based on Krylov's fables, In the "Menagerie" pond, rays of pink and cream chrysanthemums stretched right on the water surface, and in the bosquet the Cross Gullische, surrounded by fir trees - Peter's favorite trees, an installation of fresh flowers and plants on the theme "Seasons".

The sculptures of Diana and Apollo, which greet visitors at the entrance to the first Summer Garden, have flower panels based on ancient mosaics.

The famous sculpture of Cupid and Psyche did not go unnoticed by florists! Near the foundation of the archaeological site of Lacoste, the Museum of Roses was opened. Historical varieties of roses will be presented in 36 compositions next to the fountain, which has survived natural disasters and palace coups.

There is a large-scale photo exhibition on the Main Alley - 5 0 photos showcase the timeless beauty of the most famous historic gardens in Great Britain, Italy, France and Holland, Denmark and Sweden.

The paintings of the great-grandfather of surrealism, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, came to life in the Red Garden bosquet. The vegetable floristic workshop has recreated the famous portraits and fake paintings painted by the Italian artist. The exhibition is complemented by baroque flowerpots and installations in the form of trees with crowns of fruits, vegetables and herbs.

And at the Coffee House, everyone is waiting for the magical Firebird that grants wishes!

Throughout the week, the Summer Garden will host concerts, master classes, flower fashion shows and photo contests.

“The following categories of citizens enjoy the right to free admission to the XI International Festival “Imperial Gardens of Russia” (upon presentation of an appropriate certificate):

Participants and invalids of the Great Patriotic War;

Awarded with the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad", as well as residents of besieged Leningrad; warriors-internationalists; conscripts for urgent military service; cadets of educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia;

Disabled people of 1 and 2 groups;

Children of preschool age, orphans and children left without parental care, who are in orphanages, as well as in boarding schools;

Large families;

Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, Full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory;

- employees of the state museums of the Russian Federation”.

Mikhailovsky Garden in St. Petersburg is one of the most popular and well-maintained parks, which is located in the very center of the city. In this rarest monument of landscape architecture of the 18th - early 19th centuries, two different styles of landscape art are uniquely combined in one area - regular or French, and landscape, English. The park is also characterized by the architectural harmony of the embodied plan of the great architect Karl Rossi - the unity of the building of the Mikhailovsky Palace and the natural landscape of the Mikhailovsky Garden. The garden is protected as an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Area: 10 ha

Where is

The territory of the garden is limited by Sadovaya Street, the Moika River and the Griboyedov Canal. To the south of the Mikhailovsky Garden is the Mikhailovsky Palace, as well as the buildings of the Ethnographic Museum and the Benois Wing. Near the northwestern part of the Mikhailovsky Garden is the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.

Entrance to the garden

Visitors can enter from Sadovaya Street or from the Griboedov Canal embankment. Entry fee: free.

Story

The Mikhailovsky Garden appeared at the beginning of the 18th century, by decision of Peter I, simultaneously with the Summer Garden. At first it was called the Third Summer Garden, because the first two gardens belonged to the king, and in this they began to build a castle for the queen, Catherine I. The master plan of the three Summer Gardens was commissioned by the sovereign architect Jean-Baptiste Leblon. In those years, the territory of the garden was more extensive than today, and the planners had to drain the site by constructing additional channels to drain the water.

At the current location of the Rossi pavilion, a compact Catherine Palace with a golden spire was built, which was called the Golden Mansions. Fruit trees, berry bushes were planted around, and pineapples and bananas were grown in greenhouses. Nightingales caught in three provinces were brought to the garden. Alleys in the form of green corridors alternated with ponds in which live fish were bred.

Anna Ivanovna III, having become king, started a large-scale restructuring of the garden, allocating a large place for hunting wild boars, hares and deer - yagdgarten. For hunters, special galleries were built, the stone walls of which protected from random bullets. When she was in the garden, a soap house appeared - an imperial bath with a fountain and rooms for relaxation.

Years later, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli built for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna the Summer Palace and a labyrinth garden with a main alley leading to Nevsky Prospekt. The garden was laid out in the then fashionable regular style, with cruciform alleys, trimmed trees, fountains and marble statues. In the garden, flower beds were also laid out and pavilions, gazebos and slides with swings were installed.

Since 1817, the construction of the Mikhailovsky Palace began, after which the garden began to be called Mikhailovsky. It was again rescheduled, trying to give a more natural, "landscape" character. Instead of ponds for fish, an English lawn appeared, vegetable gardens were replaced by paths for horseback riding. And on the site of the Golden Choir, the architect Rossi built a pavilion-pier for small boats of the imperial family.

Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich settled in the palace with his wife Elena Pavlovna, who often organized extensive high-society festivities in the garden. The Mikhailovsky Garden was opened to the public in 1898, 3 years after it was transferred to the Museum of Emperor Alexander III. True, according to the sign on the gate, not everyone could visit the garden: soldiers and dogs were forbidden to enter.

Wrought iron lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 1881, the Narodnaya Volya mortally wounded Emperor Alexander II on the embankment of the Catherine Canal, near the Mikhailovsky Garden. In memory of the tragedy, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, known as the Savior on Blood, was built on this site. In order to separate the temple from the Mikhailovsky Garden, an art nouveau lattice was made, which is an interweaving of bizarre large flowers and leaves, decorated with gilded details. Forged elements of the fence alternate with columns, flowerpots and urns, and a memorial plaque is placed at the site of the wound of Alexander II.

Video review of the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden

modern garden life

In 1999, the Mikhailovsky Garden was transferred to the State Russian Museum. Since then, there has been a phased reconstruction of the garden in order to return it to the appearance outlined by Carl Rossi. Over the years, new trees have been planted, and paths have been removed, distorting the original intent of the architect. A bust of Karl Rossi appeared near the Rossi pavilion, and busts of the artists Karl Bryullov and Alexander Ivanov, replicating the original sculptures of the 19th century, were also installed in the garden.

Events in the Mikhailovsky Garden

Mass events such as concerts and festivals are regularly organized in the garden. Every summer, the Mikhailovsky Garden hosts the Imperial Gardens of Russia summer festival, which showcases original ideas in the field of landscape design. Members of the British royal family, who are related to the Russian imperial house, came to see the work of professionals and amateur gardeners more than once.

In 2018, for the first time, not the Mikhailovsky Garden, but the Summer Garden was chosen as the venue for the XI Imperial Gardens of Russia festival (from June 21 to 27). As conceived by the organizers, the transfer of the venue of the event to the favorite garden of Peter I is symbolic for the celebration of 300 years since the issuance of Peter's decree on holding assemblies. In June 2019, in the Mikhailovsky Garden, you could show your creative abilities in creating costumes as part of the inclusive project "Art Transformations".

Exhibitions in the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 2017, as part of the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival, an exhibition of Russian avant-garde was held in the garden. And in May-June 2018, visitors to the Mikhailovsky Garden could admire the author's benches painted by artists who participated in the international action "Peace Shop".

How to get to Mikhailovsky Garden

The garden is located in the central district of St. Petersburg, so it can be reached from different parts of the city by choosing the most convenient public transport route.

Not far from the entrance to the Mikhailovsky Garden there are stops of ground public transport: bus: No. 3, No. 22, No. 27, No. 49, K212, trolleybus: No. 5, No. 22 and tram: № 3.

From Metro Gostiny Dvor"(Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya or green line): exit towards Gostiny Dvor, onto Sadovaya street. Go straight ahead, after about 350 m you will see the lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden on the left.

From Metro Nevsky Prospekt(Moscow-Petrogradskaya or blue line): exit towards the Griboyedov Canal, along the embankment, pass the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. Then go along the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden to the entrance.

From Palace Square: go towards the embankment of the Moika River near the Pevchesky bridge. After crossing the bridge, turn left. Then follow the embankment, skirting Konyushennaya Square, to the second Garden Bridge.

On car: the garden is located opposite the Mikhailovsky Castle, by car you need to go to Sadovaya Street.

On Taxi: it is convenient to get to the Mikhailovsky Garden using applications for ordering a taxi operating in St. Petersburg (Yandex. Taxi, Uber, Gett, Maxim).

Video review of the Mikhailovsky Garden

Mikhailovsky garden on google-panorama

June 9 for the tenth time opened its doors to visitors. The anniversary exhibition of landscape gardening art is dedicated to the theme of avant-garde. By tradition, the festival is held during the white nights season. For visitors, the organizers and participants present various landscape compositions, garden art objects and installations on the territory of the Mikhailovsky Garden. During the festival, the Mikhailovsky Garden turns into a cultural and entertainment venue. It hosts concerts, lectures, master classes, excursions, fashion shows, special programs designed for different ages of visitors.

I have been trying not to miss this event for several years now. Mikhailovsky Garden, summer weather, a sea of greenery and flowers, installations on a given theme... It is interesting to compare your view of landscape objects with the authors' idea. I will try to take you along the alleys of the garden with a stop at those objects that I liked - an interesting idea, original execution, a symbiosis of materials used, simply beautiful and original, but somewhere touching and sincere. In no way do I pretend to a complete description of the festival, I represent only my view of Avangardens -2017.

Before introducing the participants of the festival, I would like to pay attention to social projects. There are about a dozen of them, including mainly educational institutions or creative studios of "young" representatives.

"Dancing Garden" Boarding school No. 1 of the Vyborgsky district of St. Petersburg for deaf children.

"Fruits of Enlightenment". Yukkovskaya boarding school and the Department of Socio-Cultural Communications of the Russian Museum.

Flowerbed "Suprematism". Psychoneurological boarding school No. 7 of St. Petersburg.

"Let's give the bird a home." School number 432 of the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg. The composition is large, a couple of separate objects. True, there is a great desire to occupy the proposed houses yourself?

The interior of the kitchen of the 60s of the last century with kitchen items painted in the "avant-garde" style is presented in the "Total landscaping" project. The composition was created at the Bishop Maletsky Support Center for Young Disabled People. A great idea for a summer cottage using old furniture.

"Sakermahrepyaka" (Surrealistic barbershop). HairFucker Studio. The armchair stands for a reason - you can sit down and look at the mannequins with original hairstyles.

The kids rejoiced. Very interesting and original works, visitors were happy to stop at the objects, and near “Sakermahrepyak” there was just a queue to visit.

Let's move on to the works of the festival participants. Several "floating in the air" objects were presented.
"Flying over the city". Gnilovskaya Anastasia.

Installation "Butterfly Effect". Tsvetkova Natalia.

"Through space and time". Kalinichenko Irina.

There were also simply flying, and well-recognized objects. In the Mikhailovsky Garden, "natural flying" rested on the green grass or "parked" on the branches of trees.

Project "The rooks of the avant-garde have arrived." St. Petersburg Academy of Art and Industry named after A.L. Stieglitz. The author of the project is Anastasia Kolesnik.

Visitors looked at the details of the project "Nest" from the landscape studio "DEREVO PARK" with great pleasure. It was not possible to catch the moment when the "Nest" itself would be without visitors, therefore - only the details of the composition.

Living birds did not leave the “flying brotherhood” and, demonstrating great dignity and a certain amount of courage, posed for annoying photographers.

The water surface of the pond was occupied by the Zangezi project of the Zangezi Performance creative team and the St Petersburg University Alumni Association.

The festival featured two hearty objects. The first is "The Heart of the Garden" from the gallery of Olga Podolskaya.

The second is "The Heart of the Avant-Garde", created in the creative workshop "The Owners of the Forest".

Since 2017 was declared the Year of Ecology in Russia, the topic of ecology was also touched upon in the exhibition works. Several installations were presented by the Kronfest Environmental Arts Festival and the Museum of the History of Kronstadt.
The author of the fish is Yuri Stupitsa.

Several works of the All-Russian competition of wood carvers "STIHL". The work of Roman Chernykh "Alangasary". Alangasar is an ancient mythical giant from Udmurt mythology.

Modern satirical composition - "Burned at work" by Alexei Ilyin.

"Asters" of the Ecological and Biological Center "Krestovsky Island" of the St. Petersburg City Palace of Youth Creativity. The participants took the picture of one of the leaders of the Russian avant-garde Aristarkh Lentulov "Asters" as the basis for the idea, and you can try to repeat this composition on the backyard plot if there is enough free space.

Another painting at the festival is "To the last line ..." (participant - the Department for the Development of Horticulture and Horticulture in St. Petersburg). This composition is based on the “Suprematist Drawing” by I.V. Klyun (Klyunkov).

Rational Vanguard. Composition "New geometry as art". Landscape Anatomy Company.

The image of a person in installations. "Remember the shadow - the new monumentalism." Author - Igor Baskin.

"Quiet People" Institute of Finland in St. Petersburg, SPbHPA named after A.L. Stieglitz. This is the view of the author of the project, Reijo Kela, on people, society and time. The author does not give his own definition of who his quiet people are. Dumb? Forgotten? Self-withdrawn? Viewers are invited to draw their own conclusions. What is interesting - if the "Quiet People" throw off their clothes, faceless crosses will remain in the clearing.

I would love to stay for a session of meditation on the bench from the Dialogues project, presented by the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg.

And I listened to the Suprematist Organ. Music was represented by the St. Petersburg Institute of Arts and Restoration and the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg.

The caterpillars walking in Vera Viglina's project “Forms of Life – Life of Form” made me smile.

Several projects in the "true" colors of the Russian avant-garde - red, black, white.

"Bather". Creative association "4/30/9"

"The Ecology of Revolution: Rebuilding the World-2". Divina Harmonia Design School.

Khmel Studio in the Wheel of Education project is raising the issue of waste disposal and recycling. An excellent solution for using car tires and tires in modern landscape design.

I especially want to note the project of the Guild of Perfumers “Russian Avant-garde. Perfume projection. Russian perfumers - members of the Guild of Perfumers - have created a line of fragrances in the style of "Avant-garde" and "Revolution". Along one of the alleys of the Mikhailovsky Garden there are stands with reservoirs filled with aroma gel. Presented are fragrances dedicated to people and events during the 1917 revolutions. The fragrance "I am Mayakovsky" turned out to be too cloying for me, the fragrance "Malevich" was saturated with a variety of smells, just as the artist's paintings are saturated with the color of paints. But the fragrance "Anarchy" turned out to be very sweet, light and slightly dizzy. I was so carried away by the “absorption” of smells that I forgot to capture the “alley with smells”. But you definitely won't miss it. Where visitors with zeal and pleasure "lay bows" to multi-colored tanks (and each fragrance has its own color), the Perfumers Guild operates. A perfumer on duty works on the alley, answers questions, you can buy the scents you like in the souvenir shops of the Russian Museum.

We had a pleasant walk through the Mikhailovsky Garden. Avant-gardens objects and installations, greenery, flowers, "postcard" city views around. The exhibition is open for a few more days, you can still have time to draw your own picture of the Avant-gardens.