22 May 2023
Jury for the Plant Novelties Competition 2022
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Alicja Cecot A graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture at the Agricultural University in Krakow and postgraduate journalism studies at Jagiellonian University. Editor-in-chief of the bimonthly “Szkółkarstwo” for 14 years. Worked as an editor for the magazine “Hasło Ogrodnicze”. Deputy-editor of the quarterly “Kwiaty”. She is published in numerous gardening magazines at home and abroad, including FloraCulture International, Kertészet és Szőlészet. Co-author of the book “Potrety Kwiatów” and translator of English language books (including “Kompozycje kwiatowe”). A speaker at many trade conferences connected with national and international horticultural trade fairs. Currently editor of “Pod Osłonami” and portal www.podoslonami.pl. |
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Tomasz Dymny Arboretum Wojsławice, Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoAbsolwent Wydziału Ogrodniczego Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczego w Poznaniu. Od 2012 r. pracuje w Arboretum Wojsławice, jako starszy specjalista, a od 2020 r. jako zastępca Dyrektora Ogrodu Botanicznego UWr ds. Arboretum Wojsławice. Kurator Narodowej Kolekcji rodzaju Buxus i Paeonia. Dendrolog, hortiterapeuta, inspektor nadzoru terenów zieleni, rodowity Wielkopolanin. Autor opisów roślin w katalogu Związku Szkółkarzy Polskich, a także licznych artykułów o tematyce ogrodniczej zarówno krajowych jak i zagranicznych. Wiceprezes Towarzystwa Miłośników Dzierżoniowa, Członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Dendrologicznego i Środkowoeuropejskiego Stowarzyszenia Irysowego oraz nieformalnego Stowarzyszenia „Zielony Warsztat – Grupa Hortiterapeutów". Miłośnik podróży i odkrywania nowych miejsc, a także pasjonat „dzikiej kuchni”. |
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Hanna Grzeszczak-Nowak Graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture at the Agricultural University of Poznan. Since 1985, dendrologist at the Botanical Garden of the University of Wroclaw. Since 1988, acting director of the Wojsławice Arboretum, then inspector of this Arboretum. Has consistently revitalized and developed the Arboretum. Maintains many unique collections of plants, including four national collections of types of Buxus, Hedera, Hemerocallis, and Rhododendrons. For years, promotes the cultivation of ornamental plants, organizing a number of events, including “HEMEROmania”, The Autumn Flower and Grass Festival, Lower Silesia Pumpkin Festival, Ivy weekend. Member of the Polish Dendrology Society, “Ericaceous Plants” Group, Efeu Deutsche Gesellschaft, Deutsche Gesellschaft Rhododendron. The author of numerous scientific publications, both domestic and foreign, books and many articles devoted to ornamental plants. |
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Marek Jezierski Graduate of Landscape Architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Polish television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture. Over the last twenty five years he has hosted and presented television gardening series “Rok w Ogrodzie”. He is a prolific author and has written numerous articles devoted to plants and gardening. Winner of the prestigious Honorary Green Laurel award granted by the Polish Nurserymen Association for dissemination of knowledge about plants, their use and benefits. |
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Izabela Kaszuba Graduate of the Horticultural Faculty at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. Owner of the Flora Point Świat Roślin garden center, offering a full assortment of potted plants, garden plants, cut flowers. Member of the Polish Association of Garden Centers. |
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Wojciech Podstolski PhD A graduate of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw and doctor of biological sciences at the Insitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Longtime collaborator and author of numerous articles concerning plant compositions and monographs of select types, published in magazines such as Kwietnik, Ogrody and Zieleń to Życie. Since 2009, he has worked in the Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw, where he modernizes and develops the collection of the Plant Systems Department. He also consults about selection of plant species for garden designers. At the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, he lectures and conducts seminars on the history and upkeep of gardens, as well as the species selection and plant compositions. Member of the Polish Dendrology Society and ICOMOS. |
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Wiesław Szydło PhD A graduate of the Faculty of Horticulture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. As a researcher at the Department of Ornamental Plants for 25 years, he taught classes, gave lectures and seminars about ornamental nurseries. Author of numerous scientific publications and books, including “Ornamental Nursery”, “Propagating conifers”, co-author and editor of “Catalog of Plants”, “Plants for every garden” and popular scientific articles published in the columns of most magazines appearing on the market devoted to ornamental plants. Vice-president of the Polish Nurserymen Association, member of the Polish Dendrology Society, member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice. For 25 years, also operates his own nursery farm.
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