International Garden Show 2000 Grape Harvest Festival with the Vienna Boys Choir

Graz (ots) - It's harvest time at the InternationalGarden Show 2000 in Graz. The show's own vine-covered slopes arefull of delicious Riesling, Morillon, and Mueller Thurgau grapes,and it will soon be time to bring them in. In honor of theoccasion, a large grape harvest festivalwas held, under the stewardship of the firm, Domaene Mueller. Thehighlight of this first harvest festival was the appearance ofthe Vienna Boys Choir, who had a terrace on the Himmelstreppededicated to them. The boys, who are famous all over the world,have therefore been named International Garden Show ambassadors.

The Himmelstreppe, with its 17 terraced steps is thecenterpiece of the Pheasant Garden, which will be populated by alarge number of pheasants during the period from the 13th ofApril through the 15th of October, 2000. Other highlights of theGarden Show will be a labyrinth, a garden maze, and a lotus pond.Each terrace of the Himmelstrepe is sponsored by a differentprominent individual. The first terrace was dedicated in thename of the Austrian soccer champion Sturm in March of 1998.Other terraces have been dedicated in the names of Sir EdmundHillary, Elton John, Barbara Frischmuth, and ArnoldSchwarzenegger.

Incidentally, grapes are not the only things beingcultivated in the Garden Show's plots. There are also pumpkins,rape, hops, tobacco, fields of corn, as well as fruit orchardsand a herbal garden. The goal of the Show is to make it clearthat agricultural plants can be both useful andbeautiful. The International Garden Show 2000's motto: "GardenMagic", therefore, seems to fit this year's event perfectly.(Photos available under Tel.: 03135/51860)For further information please contact:Dr. Robert Kaspar, Marketing, IGS - International Garden Show,Tel.:03135/51860, Fax: 03135/51860-6, E-Mail: office@igs2000.at,http://www.igs2000.at***OTS - RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTENT OF ORIGINAL TEXT IS THEEXCLUSIVERESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENDER ***

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