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On August 11, 2001, the City of Trier and Ludwigshafen bid to hold the second State Garden Show in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2004.
The Trier concept, providing for the inclusion of the entire region as an important component, persuaded the jury, and, on October 23, 2001, the State Council of Ministers accepted the bid of the Capital of the Moselle Region for the Garden Show.

Landscape architecture competition

In order to realize the project, the City of Trier announced a landscape architecture competition. From the limited public competition (eight architects’ offices were invited, an additional 22 were drawn by lots from the 104 entries), the city hoped to receive a variety of suggestions on design and integration of the open spaces in the development area “Petrisberg.” The winner of the landscape architecture competition was the team of Helmut Ernst and Michael R. Schwarz of Trier.

The Garden Show, Inc.

The implementation and planning of the Trier State Garden Show 2004 has been in the hands of the “Landesgartenshau GmbH” since December 2001, a limited liability corporation founded solely for that purpose. Participating partners are the City of Trier (60%) and the Project Association of State Garden Shows in Rhineland-Palatinate (40%). The supervisory board consisting of 13 persons is headed by Lord Mayor Helmut Schröer (Christian Democrats). Further members of the board are the Head of the Trier Office of Economic Development, Christiane Horsch; Secretary of the City Planning Department, Peter Dietze; and County Commissioner Beate Läsch-Weber; the representative of the Initiative Region Trier; a representative of the respective parties in the City Council; four representatives of the Project Association; and two representatives of the State Ministry of Economic Development, Traffic, Agriculture, and Wine Growing.
On May 1, 2002, the Landesgartenschau GmbH team began its official work under the direction of the two managing directors Roman Schleimer and Matthias Schmauder. The business office of the Landesgartenschau GmbH is located at the site of the future Garden Show.