Application procedure for the Landesgartenschau 2026 has beenStarts

"The application process for the Landesgartenschau 2026 has been opened," said Economy Minister Dr. Volker Wissing. Interested municipalities can apply until 15 October 2020. The host city is to be announced in 2021.

"Our state garden shows offer cities and regions the opportunity to reinvent themselves and create places that can become real crowd-pullers," said Economy Minister Dr. Volker Wissing. "They bring leisure and recreation spaces to the city, which also have an effect beyond the Landesgartenschau. I am looking forward to imaginative applications and i am curious who will be our host in 2026," Wissing said.

Interested municipalities can submit their application documents until 15 October 2020 submit to the Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture. From there, the applicants are also advised and advised. In March this year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs will offer an information event for interested municipalities.

An evaluation advisory board headed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs will assess the concepts submitted before the Council of Ministers is expected to take a decision on the 2026 National Garden Show host in 2021. the Application guidelines for the Landesgartenschau 2026, urban development, construction, transport, mobility, culture and tourism as well as education in the areas of children, youth, family and sport, social and senior citizens' affairs as well as regenerative energy and climate neutrality. Early and continuous citizen participation was given a much greater weight. In addition, the procedure has been explicitly opened up to smaller municipalities, which can now apply for the first time by means of inter-municipal associations to host a state garden show.

Investments to achieve the GARDENing, landscape planning and urban LGS objectives can be subsidised by the state government.