The International Gartenbauausstellung 73 (IGA '73) was a

garden festival A garden festival is a festival and exposition held to celebrate the arts of gardening, garden design, landscaping and landscape architecture. There are local garden festivals, regional garden festivals, national garden festivals and internat ...

held in

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Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, which was recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions.http://www.bie-paris.org/site/en/1973-hamburg BIE Website The exposition was the 6th edition of the international

horticultural exposition A garden festival is a festival and exposition held to celebrate the arts of gardening, garden design, landscaping and landscape architecture. There are local garden festivals, regional garden festivals, national garden festivals and internat ...

organised under the auspices of the Association of International Horticultural Producers ( AIPH) and the second held at

Planten un Blomen Planten un Blomen is an urban park with a size of in the inner-city of Hamburg, Germany. The name Planten un Blomen is Low German for "Pflanzen und Blumen" in German or "Plants and Flowers" in English. History The first plant was a Platanus, p ...

park in Hamburg. The exhibition took place on the same site where IGA 63 was held a decade earlier. There were some changes to the site location, such as the vaulting of the Marseillerstrasse so that visitors throughout the area without crossing could visit. Instead of a cable car, a park trail was constructed on the site to provide for visitors. The line had four stations and took 30 minutes to complete a lap.

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External links

Official website of the BIE
International horticultural exhibitions 1973 in Germany Festivals in Hamburg Garden festivals in Germany {{Commonscat, Internationale Gartenbauausstellung 1973