The International Garden Festival is pleased to announce the designers and activities for the 12th edition to be held from June 25 to October 2, 2011 on the site of Les Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens. The 2011 Festival will feature a record 25 gardens by leading designers from the cities of New York and Berlin, and from Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. The line-up of gardens for 2011 includes: 3 gardens by leading landscape architects from New York City selected by invitation; 3 gardens by multidisciplinary teams chosen by a jury following an international competition; a garden created by faculty and students of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University; an award-winning installation by landscape architects Pete and Alissa North; an extra-mural garden The Fir is a Tree by Rita, this year’s Métis-sur-Montréal project on display on the Place de la Dauversière in Old Montréal; 16 gardens returning for exhibition re-worked by their designers to explore their “secret” aspects. The exhibition of ephemeral gardens is the centrepiece of a program that includes a roundtable on international landscape architecture, a culinary event in aid of the Festival and screenings of the film on the Festival and the Gardens in London, New York and Martha’s Vineyard. Symposium on Contemporary Landscape Design The Festival will host a Symposium organized by Les Jardins de Métis in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Montréal. Developed and directed by Emmanuelle Vieira, Artistic director of the Festival, the event will be an opportunity to exchange experiences and viewpoints, related to the week passed in Metis, but also discuss issues of contemporary architecture landscape in three major cities: Berlin, Toronto and New York. The Symposium will be held on Saturday June 25 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Jardins de Métis. Attendance is open to all interested persons. All attendees must register by June 23rd by email to emmanuelle.vieira@jardinsdemetis.com