Garden Creators Meeting

Join the green avant-garde!

Garden Creators Meeting is a unique event for enthusiasts and professionals who want to explore the secrets of home garden arrangement. During the meeting, participants learn how to plan a garden to become a real oasis – functional and natural. Experts – landscape architects, garden designers, gardeners, scientists, artists share their knowledge and inspire participants to experiment on their own.

The next edition of the Meeting will take place on September 6, 2025 during the 32. International Trade Fair GREEN IS LIFE! The main theme of the programme is “Join the green avant-garde!”. If you want to find out what interesting things happened in the past year, check out: PROGRAMME 2024

Programme 2025

10:00-10:15 Opening

10:15-10:35  The potential of ornamental grasses – how to create striking plantings with grasses?, Alicja Maj-Czopek, Szkółka Daglezja

10:35-10:55  Creating a garden with an investor, dr inż. Daria Szarejko-Worobiej, Pracownia Pastwisko

10:55-11:55  ‘A good year in the garden’ book launch by Katarzyna Bellingham,Wytwórnia  Publishing House

11:55-12:25  A garden without chemicals – a practical guide for designers, contractors and owners, Krzysztof Kowalski, PSCO, Centrum Ogrodnicze ZIELONYM DO GÓRY

12:25-12:45 Premium terrace – function, form, experience, Paweł Murawski, Koncept Zieleni

12:45-13:05 From chaos to efficiency – how Gardenphilia transforms everyday work, Stefan Daszewski, Gardenphilia

13:05-13:25 Umbrella gardens as support in overheated cities, Krzysztof Mielicki, Zielone Pojęcie

13:25-13:55  Rock gardens – our shield for a changing climate, Alicja Grabowska, Twój Ogrodnik

Speakers

Alicja Maj-Czopek – graduate of the Faculty of Landscape Architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Author of the book ‘Ornamental grasses’ and Vademecum Traw, an online encyclopaedia of grasses. Co-manager of the nursery of ornamental grasses and grafted conifers Daglezja in Ryki. Together with her parents, she takes care of show gardens under the name Majowe Ogrody, which include the National Collection of the genus Miscanthus and collections of ornamental grasses and perennials.

Alicja Grabowska – gardener, author of gardening guides ‘Szkoła cięcia’, ‘Szkoła cięcia 2’, ‘Cudowny Świat Bylin’. Runs a family nursery of perennials and an educational garden in Filipowice near Krakow. On a daily basis she shares her experience on social media and on her YouTube channel ‘Twój Ogrodnik’.

Dr inż. Daria Szarejko-Worobiej – landscape architect, educator and founder of Pracownia Pastwisko. She designs private gardens, public spaces and greenery at companies throughout Poland. Her approach combines respect for the identity of a place with modern trends, taking inspiration from nature and the rural landscape. Daria leads workshops, talks and coordinates community gardens. She is a garden educator at the Royal Castle in Warsaw and a lecturer in design, horticulture and socio-horticulture at postgraduate courses at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In her work, she focuses on building relationships with the investor, supporting them in the realisation of the garden – both with independent activities and in cooperation with contractors.

Krzysztof Mielicki – is a landscape architect from Poznań. He runs the company ‘Zielone Pojęcie’. His work is his passion. In it, he places emphasis on developing a balance between the needs of people and the good of nature.

Stefan Daszewski – founder and president of Gardenphilia.com, with over 30 years of experience in garden and commercial green space design. He is the creator of the Gardenphilia DESIGNER application, developed since 2001, which enables the design and visualisation of green areas. Thanks to his work, the programme has become an important tool for landscape architects, enabling them to create designs quickly. His company also develops other tools and solutions for architects and designers: applications dedicated to playground and pavement design for companies, high-quality 3D plant models – Gardenphilia DIGITAL MODELS – and universal libraries for manufacturers – product4.design. It is currently focusing on the implementation of solutions based on artificial intelligence to support the work of landscape architects in the design process.

Paweł Murawski – founder of the authorial studio Koncept Zieleni. Graduate of Landscape Architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In his work, he is guided by simplicity and functionality. He draws inspiration from Piet Oudolf’s designs. He says that work is his passion.