Press Releases

July 2010

Bad Honnef / Nürnberg. Twelve two-man teams of trainee landscape gardeners are now reaching for the title of "German Champion Team". The dedicated trainees entering for the Germany-wide competition for the "Landscape Gardener Cup 2010" at the "GaLaBau" exhibition in Nürnberg want to qualify for admission to the WorldSkills championship in 2011. The winners of the nationwide qualifying rounds recently organized by the state associations of the Bundesverband Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau e. V. (BGL) (Federal Landscape Contractors Association) take part in the two-day German event in hall 2 at the exhibition. The federal "Landscape Gardener Cup 2010" is supported by the German landscape training organization, Ausbildungsförderwerk Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau e. V. (AuGaLa). The first three teams receive attractive material prizes and graded monetary prizes - for altogether 2,000 euros. The "German Champion Team 2010" will then compete in the "WorldSkills" championship in London (Great Britain) next year.

July 2010

Bad Honnef / Nürnberg. At the 19th International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces – Design – Construction – Maintenance, some 1,000 exhibitors present the green sector’s expertise and efficiency for visitors from Germany and abroad from 15–18September 2010 in Nürnberg. The Bundesverband Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau e. V. (BGL) [Federal Landscape Contractors Association] as honorary sponsor of the trend exhibition is delighted that Dr.Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, has assumed the patronage of “GaLaBau 2010”, and that Professor Dr. Dieter Hundt, President of the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA) [Confederation of German Employers’ Associations], will open the leading green exhibition with a political greeting. BGL President Redeker: “I wish exhibitors and visitors valuable inspiration for their further work!”

July 2010

The PLAYGROUND is part of the GaLaBau international exhibition from 15-18 September 2010. This segment in the fully booked hall 1 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg covers playground construction and maintenance. Some 100 manufacturers of playground equipment and leisure facilities show their new products here. A new feature is the special show "Playpoints – modern playing in the city", which shows ideas for playgrounds for children and young people of 11 plus.

June 2010

In September 2010, the golf sector meets in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg for four days to discuss the construction, maintenance and management of golf courses. The Deutsche Golfplatztage (German Golf Course Days) with some 100 exhibitors take place for the second time as part of the GaLaBau exhibition from 15-18 September. The Golf Congress 2010 parallel to this offers a varied programme with top speakers on 16-17 September. The event starts with the Golf Business-Cup on 15 September. The event is supported by the following German associations: Deutscher Golf Verband (DGV), Professional Golfers Association of Germany (PGA), Golf Management Verband Deutschland (GMVD), Greenkeeper Verband Deutschland (GVD), Bundesverband Golfanlagen (BVGA), and the two publications "golfmanager" and "Greenkeeper's Journal & European Journal of Turfgrass Science".

June 2010

The new multimedia press centre for GaLaBau is online and provides convenient access to information about the event. The video, photo, radio and download services are arranged compactly in the Media Centre and press releases are already linked direct to the relevant multimedia elements. NürnbergMesse uses e-mails in HTML format with a clear layout for sending its press releases. RSS feeds are also available as a new service for those who don't want to miss any news.

June 2010

GaLaBau is back again in 2010. A visit to the exhibition in Nürnberg from 15–18 September is a firm entry in the diaries of experts in the green sector. Landscape gardeners, landscape architects and decision-makers from local authority parks departments source information on new products and trends at the four-day international Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces, which takes place every two years. The PLAYGROUND segment and the 2nd Deutsche Golfplatztage provide important areas of landscaping like the construction and maintenance of playgrounds and golf courses with their own event. Some 1,000 exhibitors are expected from Germany and abroad.