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.

We are currently working on the programme of the next edition of the Meeting, which 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 Creating a garden with an investor, dr inż. Daria Szarejko-Worobiej, Pracownia Pastwisko

10:35-10:55 Umbrella gardens as support in overheated cities, Krzysztof Mielicki, Zielone Pojęcie

10:55-11:55  A truly natural garden – my path to horticultural fulfilment, Katarzyna Bellingham

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 Plant avant-garde, dr inż. Izabela Myszka, SGGW

13:25-13:55 The potential of ornamental grasses – how to create striking plantings with grasses?, Alicja Maj-Czopek, Szkółka Daglezja

13:55-14:25  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. Izabela Myszka – Assistant Professor at the Department of Landscape Art, Faculty of Construction and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Horticulturist dealing with contemporary garden art. In the garden space, she initiates meetings of philosophers, naturalists, ecologists and artists to consider contemporary problems. She runs the Garden and Landscape Art Studio and the optional class Garden Design for Horticulture. She collaborates with the University of Arts in Poznan, where she teaches a course in Landscape Design and with Northwest Normal University in Lanzhou, China. She designs and realises demonstration gardens. She is the author of publications on art in the garden. She considers the issue of plants as a living “substance” in garden art, and photographs, paints and sculpts.

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.

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.