Overview
- The garden show, which opened Thursday in a soft launch, greeted early visitors with sparkling wine, juice, and its official song.
- The program runs through October 11 with nearly 1,700 events, and organizers expect about 325,000 attendees.
- Advance sales passed 3,800 season passes and 12,000 day tickets, signaling strong interest before the gates opened.
- Thuringia’s minister‑president said public investment totals about €50 million and has already spurred more than €100 million in follow‑on spending.
- The 15‑hectare site offers around one million flowers, a former prefab tower block reworked as the “Blumen‑Block” exhibition space, and an installation that brings the vanished village of Kirrode to life.