Some of the domain ’s sturdy florists and land art artists will be see the Danish metropolis of Fredericia this summertime . For three days , they will all contend to produce the most beautiful piece of work of art on the urban center ’s ramparts - exclusively by using the material ( flowers , plant life , shrubs , and branches ) that are usable in nature at this fourth dimension of yr . It is Fredericia Municipality , in collaborationism with the local florist shop and flower store , Lene Möller Christiansen , Iris Blomster , and Thomas Kvist Christiansen , Kvist Kommunikation , who call for to the first international landed estate competition , 6 July Cup , in the solar day from 1 to 4 July .
The outside land fine art competition will be a creative and esthetic preliminary to the annual historic memorial days , July 5th and 6th , where the city marks the 172nd anniversary of the winning battle by Fredericia in 1849 . From 1 July and three days onwards , 18 - 20 flowered artists work on the south part of the ramparts that lie closely to the haven .
young version of the July 6 CupIt is not the first fourth dimension that external florists from all over the world are jaw Fredericia to contend in outside flowered art . For three year , from 2006 to 2008 , Fredericia host the international 6 July Cup , where florists vie for three daytime to make the most beautiful flower arrangements - both in the city centre and on the ramparts . The contest was part of a major municipal effort to create more activities around the annual memorial days on July 5th and 6th . Each enter squad had to solve three different project , the last of which took place on the ramparts .
During the three year when the contest was declare in Fredericia from 2006 to 2008 , in increase to Danish florists , there were also participants from Norway , Finland , Latvia , Estonia , Lithuania , Ukraine , Russia , Germany , Italy , Iceland , Poland , Canada . Now Fredericia Municipality and Lene Møller Christiansen are certain that Fredericia again can come through in pull in international florists to vie in international landart with 6 July Cup resumed in a new form . Unlike before , you only have to work with one task - landart at the ramparts .
Great interest in participating"I do not for a minute doubt that the competition will be a achiever . Had it not been for the current Covid-19 pandemic , which makes flights hard , we would already have had many participants ready to travel to the urban center . Many florists have talked about the competitor since back in 2006 - 2008 and have just been waiting for it to resume . This year we will probably be able-bodied to represent 10 teams with participant from Scandinavia , " enunciate Lene Møller Christiansen .
" Fredericia Municipality is excited that despite the current pandemic , there is great interest in enter in a new version of the 6 July Cup , " aver one of the instigator in Fredericia Municipality , City Councilor Lise Nielson ( S ) .
" For a long time we have been aware that the bloom competitions from 2006 to 2008 could do something in terms of profiling the city , and it is a fantastic and colorful way to build up to the annual 5th - 6th July days . Therefore , on behalf of the metropolis , I am incredibly glad that it has succeeded in reviving the competition . "
Focus on endangered biodiversityFlowers and industrial plant have play a significant use since the kickoff of the historical Memorial Days 172 years ago . They were used to grace the graves of the flow soldiers , and therefore the historical report has always follow the contest . When the competition is now resumed , Fredericia municipality want to put an extraordinary focus on the queer biodiversity .
" Many beast and plant coinage on land are already extinct , and several species are in danger of extinguishing . This is because animals and plants have difficultness chance suitable habitats in the places where we humans build , cultivate the solid ground or be . To slow down this ontogenesis , we must take near care of nature and ensure that there is room for many dissimilar species . With this landart competition , Fredericia Municipality wants to focus on biodiversity , and make us think about how we can all bestow to taking good fear of nature and securing space for many different species . "
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