The Flowering Hungary awards were presented
19/11/2022 02:00
More than 50 prizes were awarded among the 2022 winners of Virágos Hungary.
MTÜ explained: in addition to a record number of applications during the country’s most important environmental beautification competition, a total of 439 applications from 339 municipalities – including 32 applicants from across the border – have been judged by a professional jury of nearly 150 members in recent months.
In the category of large cities, representatives of Debrecen and cities with less than 30,000 inhabitants took home the main prize, while Zalakaros won the main prize for a small town with a population of more than 1,000 people, and among the smallest villages, Gyugy became the most prosperous settlement.
Cegléd and Balatongyörök won the special prize of the Prime Minister’s Office in two categories, and the Ministry of the Interior awarded the most prosperous district of Budapest, which this year became the Xth district, among several awards. Kecskemét and Telkibánya became richer with the special award of the Hungarian Tourist Agency.
According to the announcement, the professional jury, in general, highlighted the fact that the record number of applications received despite the drought summer points to the need for the continuous development of the green environment for local communities. Many settlements are reacting to the effects of climate change by changing technology and changing the planted crop culture. More and more people use edible plants instead of annual flowers, or pay attention to planting trees, but the settlements have also shown good examples of using rainwater.
At the ceremony, it was remembered that this September at the award ceremony of the Entente Floral Europe competition in Balatonfüred, the international jury recognized the work done for the environmental beautification of Veresegyház, Orfű and Székesfehérvár.
Virágos Hungary, the country’s most popular environmental beautification competition, which moves the most communities in the country, will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2023. On this occasion, the organizing committee will prepare many interesting things for the next competitions, MTÜ announced.